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The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth. -- Stonewall Jackson
One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something. -- Henry David Thoreau
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. -- Horace Mann
Do every act of your life as if it were your last. -- Marcus Aurelius
Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. -- George Eliot
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless. -- Sherry Anderson
Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer. -- Peter Drucker
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. -- Tom Brokaw
The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today. -- Francis of Assisi
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can. -- Ashleigh Brilliant
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. -- Edmund Burke
Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better - even if you never know it. -- Greg Louganis
If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of twenty million full-time volunteers. -- Whoopi Goldberg
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people. -- Dick Gregory
The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others. -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. -- Dalai Lama
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. -- Margaret Mead
Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me. -- Alexander Pope
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. -- Mother Teresa
In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. -- Marianne Williamson
Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another. -- Erma Bombeck
Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop. -- Dorothy Height
Volunteer. Find ways to be useful. Be kind. -- Claudia Black
Volunteer. Sometimes the jobs no one wants conceal big opportunities. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The nonprofit professional volunteer world is a laboratory for self - realization. -- Madeleine M. Kunin
Think Positively.Network well.Eat healthy.Work Smart.Stay Strong.Build faith.Worry less.Read more.Be happy.Volunteer freely.Relax often.Love always.Live eternallyand you will see doors open to your favor. -- Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer. -- Jon Porter
I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis. -- Dalai Lama
Research has shown that people who volunteer often live longer. -- Allen Klein
You can study government and politics in school, but the best way to really understand the process is to volunteer your time. -- Rob McKenna
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. -- Julius Caesar
We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure. -- Mitt Romney
It's amazing to me the number of people who will volunteer to help at church but won't lift a finger to help at home! -- Joyce Meyer
Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way. -- Blake Mycoskie
Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work. -- George H. W. Bush
When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that. -- Bill Gates
Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable. Disposable in war; disposable in work. We need warriors and volunteer firefighters, so we label these men heroes. -- Warren Farrell
I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others. -- Debby Ryan
My record was so bad that I was first rejected by the Peace Corps as a poor risk and possible troublemaker and was accepted as a volunteer only after a great deal of explaining and arguing. -- Paul Theroux
The idea of kids helping other kids is such a great way to introduce children to being involved in charitable causes and volunteer work, setting them on the path to doing good for others throughout their lives. -- Brandy Norwood
Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need. -- Gillian Anderson
We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and I'm lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see what's out there and see what's happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way. -- Jennifer Garner
In 2009, designer Tina Tangalakis went on a volunteer trip to Ghana and instantly fell in love with the country and its people. It was from that trip that Della was born, a company that provides jobs, education, and skills training to women in Ghana. -- Amanda Hearst
Leaders receive and give assignments. This is an important part of the necessary principle of delegating. No one appreciates a willing volunteer more than I, but the total work cannot be done as the Lord wants it done merely by those doing the work who may be present at meetings. -- James E. Faust
I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first. -- Shirley Temple
A good mother remembers to serve fruit at breakfast, is always cheerful and never yells, manages not to project her own neuroses and inadequacies onto her children, is an active and beloved community volunteer. She remembers to make play dates, her children's clothes fit, she does art projects with them and enjoys all their games. -- Ayelet Waldman
I catch myself judging myself as that 13-year-old boy, who, of course, rightfully points out that he is only a child. And my membership - well, I was drafted into the Waffen-SS and didn't exactly volunteer, which was just as idiotic. I wanted to be on the submarines and then ended up with the Waffen-SS. -- Gunter Grass
I am obsessed with planning travel! Not just traveling, which I love, but the whole planning process and all the details that go into it. I subscribe to all these travel blogs and airline forums and research hotels and activities and destinations for hours on end, and I volunteer to plan trips for everyone I know. -- Lauren Weisberger
People who volunteer at the recycling center or soup kitchen through a church or neighborhood group can come to feel part of something 'larger.' Such a sense of belonging calls on a different part of a self than the market calls on. The market calls on our sense of self-interest. It focuses us on what we 'get.' -- Arlie Russell Hochschild
I used to work as a volunteer in a hospice, but I don't have any nursing skills or cooking skills or anything, so I was what they call an escort. I would take people to the support groups every night, and I would have to sit sort of on the sidelines so I could take them back to hospice at the end of the meeting. -- Chuck Palahniuk
I did most of my volunteer work when I was in college because I knew of more ways to get involved. In high school, we'd do things like, there was a homeless shelter near our hometown and our church group decorated one of the rooms. In college, I was in a sorority, and we did a lot of things, like pick up trash on the highway. -- Carrie Underwood
For me, when I was a kid, volunteering was the last thing I was thinking about. When I see kids doing it now, it amazes me. It's very impressive, it gives them something productive to do as opposed to getting in trouble. For them to take time out at such a young age is remarkable. I think all kids should take a little time out to volunteer. -- Derek Jeter
Love is not a volunteer thing. -- Samuel Richardson
Games are unnecessary obstacles we volunteer to tackle. -- Jane McGonigal
I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute! -- Suzanne Collins
There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments. -- Bobby Scott
Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer. -- Jimmy Doolittle
The more you expect from a volunteer the more you get. -- Andy Stanley
In a volunteer organization there has to be time for community. -- Andy Stanley
That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing. -- James Clavell
I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify. -- Ramsey Clark
You only get to be a victim once. After that, you're a volunteer. -- Naomi Judd
In volunteer politics, a builder can build faster than a destroyer can destroy. -- Morton Blackwell
The all-volunteer army works. It works particularly when we pay our troops well. -- George W. Bush
The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army -- Jay Baer
An all-volunteer army is best suited to fight the new wars of the 21st century. -- George W. Bush
Everything in this world can volunteer some reply, what takes up time is posing the questions. -- Jose Saramago
I told the government I'd volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose, -- Edward Snowden
My wife and I volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation, and we have two giant labs. -- Yul Vazquez
A mystery of the universe is how it has managed to survive with so much volunteer help. -- Norman Maclean
In the knowledge economy everyone is a volunteer, but we have trained our managers to manage conscripts. -- Peter Drucker
I never volunteer to talk about god or religion, but people feel compelled to talk about it. -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
I spent ridiculous amounts of time as an activist and volunteer and was a teacher for 20 years. -- Johann Lamont
I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A. -- Rachelle Lefevre
I'd volunteer to go to prison, as long as there are books. Because with books I am free. -- Mohammad Hatta
One of the gratuities about being a director is that you can volunteer yourself out of difficult details. -- Steven Spielberg
The outpouring of support from health professionals who want to volunteer for Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts has been tremendous, -- Calvin Johnson
There really wasn't an environmental movement 30 years ago. The Sierra Club national office in 1969 consisted of one full-time volunteer. -- Denis Hayes
The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training. -- Herbert Hoover
Interests evolve into hobbies or volunteer work, which grow into passions. It takes time, more time than anyone imagines. -- Po Bronson
I volunteer a lot of my time with an organization in New York called The Center for Children and Families. -- Tyra Banks
I'm going to help the committee regardless of any position I have. I will volunteer to be a summer intern. -- Trey Gowdy
Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies. -- Aldrich Ames
So thank you for reminding me about the importance of being a good mom and a great volunteer as well. -- George W. Bush
Comcast began their tradition of volunteer service in 1997 when Comcast employees and their families participated in the Philadelphia Cares Day. -- Jim Gerlach
A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel. -- George H. W. Bush
Leaders volunteer to go first into danger. Their willingness to sacrifice for us is the reason we're inspired to follow. -- Simon Sinek
I had lived in Fukuoka during the mid 1990s, and I was a volunteer with the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival. -- John Foster
Balance how much you give of youself, including volunteer activities.You won't do anyone any good you are stretched too thin. -- Monika Kristofferson
The best way to appreciate our political process is to volunteer for a campaign and support a candidate you believe in. -- Rob McKenna
If everyone has to be a watchdog in order to make government work, then the foxes will also volunteer to serve. -- William Greider
If America were in a just war I'd volunteer for the front line. I'd do the shuffling and win the war. -- Muhammad Ali
I mostly like to travel and volunteer because I get antsy if I stay in my comfort zone for too long. -- Eden Sher
If a volunteer can help us with an immediate need, we can put them in a place to make their greatest contribution. -- Andy Stanley
They basically ask their engineers to volunteer some probability figures, then they take the average. This is not science. This is voodoo, -- Michio Kaku
But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit. -- Alexander Pope
In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems. -- Sargent Shriver
Our all-volunteer force continues to prove itself with a great level of professionalism, personal commitment and a technical competence that is quite remarkable. -- Geoff Davis
What is my personal strategy for the next 10 hours? Who can I talk with or what can I volunteer for to learn something new? -- Tom Peters
Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration. -- Sargent Shriver
I live in the country. I'm a bird-watcher, an oyster-raiser. You know, I'll do anything that - raise dogs for the blind as a volunteer. -- Isabella Rossellini
Our volunteer fire departments know their needs better than Washington, D.C. They need more flexibility on spending grant money from FEMA and Homeland Security. -- Mike Ross
Throughout my life, I've seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people's lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer. -- Jimmy Carter
Services like Google and Facebook only exist because of the social acceptance of a mass amount of distributed volunteer labor from tons and tons of people. -- Jaron Lanier
There are 6.6 billion people on the planet today. With organic farming we could only feed four billion of them. Which two billion would volunteer to die? -- Norman Borlaug
Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent. -- Lee Haney
If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say : Let the damned thing go down the drain! -- Robert A. Heinlein
Giving, in the form of volunteer work: enhances your immune system, lowers cholesterol levels, strengthens your heart, decreases the incidence of chest pains, and generally reduces stress. -- Azim Jamal
Pentagon records show that at least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. Army have deserted since the Iraq war began. Hey, at least somebody has an exit strategy. -- Tina Fey
Every year I volunteer at a hospital on Thanksgiving, deep-frying turkeys in the children's burn unit. I do it just to see the looks on their little "faces." -- Anthony Jeselnik
Nyasaland was the perfect country for a volunteer. It was friendly and destitute; it was small and out-of-the-way. It had all of Africa's problems - poverty, ignorance, disease. -- Paul Theroux
There are as many jobs for younger Americans as there are for other Americans of every age group in political campaigns. Campaigns are very labor intensive and volunteer dependent. -- Marc Racicot
So popular is the naval service the only embarrassment is that men volunteer so rapidly we have to work overtime to give them hardy, adequate housing and proper training. -- Josephus Daniels
Yes. The all-volunteer force is comprised of a very small percentage of the population. Therefore, fewer citizens have a personal interest in military matters and are not personally impacted. -- Sanford Bishop
If somehow every volunteer vanished tomorrow, so much of this country would come to a standstill: schools, hospitals and libraries. You can't name an institution that doesn't depend on volunteers. -- Al Roker
A volunteer, you assign yourself specific roles and risks according to your judgement of their brilliance and importance, and you see when life itself may be justifiably devoted to them. -- Michel de Montaigne
From nine on I was forced to camp every summer. Not a volunteer. I played with the wrong kids so they made me go to camp to straighten me out. -- Bruce Dern
Either one of you kill him, or I will.â? Shade, Wraith and Kynan raised their hands to volunteer. How special. Brotherly love ran like syrup in the room. -- Larissa Ione
When the going gets tough, the prospect of delegating half your responsibilities to a willing volunteer, either to play a supporting role or take over the breadwinning, certainly holds allure. -- Mariella Frostrup

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