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Volunteerism is vital in all times; it keeps our communities alive...and will make a difference in the lives of those who will come after us. -- Clifton Taulbert
Volunteerism is the voice of the people put into action. These actions shape and mold the present into a future of which we can all be proud. -- Helen Dyer
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. -- Horace Mann
Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence. -- Aristotle
Do every act of your life as if it were your last. -- Marcus Aurelius
One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something. -- Henry David Thoreau
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. -- Henrik Ibsen
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. -- Edmund Burke
The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar. -- Phil Donahue
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people. -- Dick Gregory
Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing. -- Quincy Jones
Now as a former welfare recipient, I don't have a problem with expecting people to work to earn money. But where I come from we call that a job, not volunteerism. -- LZ Granderson
Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. -- William Feather
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
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. -- Helen Keller
In American Society today, we need to have volunteerism. I truly believe that it is the glue that will hold us together and it will be the energy that will take us into the 21st century. -- Barbara Mikulski
Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one person to another, about all our choices gathered together as a country to reach across all our divides. -- George H. W. Bush
There's a long history of subsidized philanthropy - particularly in the USA - and again the public has come to expect corporations to play a role in their social welfare. It's become easy for some companies to profit from citizen goodwill and volunteerism. -- Ravida Din
I think the spirit of America, one American wanting to make another American's life better, or internationally our desire to see countries do better, or people in countries do better, coming from this concept of volunteerism is a very valid and important part of our internal being. -- George H. W. Bush
The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served. -- Gordon B. Hinckley
My involvement with UNICEF is particularly important to me because it is UNICEF that introduced me to volunteerism, thereby helping me to set my own personal standard of contributing my time and giving back to others. Working on behalf of UNICEF's lifesaving efforts is one of my most valued roles. -- Sarah Jessica Parker
Our efforts cannot and should not substitute for just public policies and effective programs to meet the needs of the hungry...Money, food, and time donated to Catholic charities should not be misread as a sign for success for volunteerism, but rather a desperate attempt to feed the hungry people when others have abandoned their responsibility. -- John Ricard
The spirit of volunteerism is the spirit of service. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
You have enough to share with the world; the gift of love, kindness, goodness, smiles, hugs, prayer, inspiration, fellowship, volunteerism and many more. -- Lailah Gifty Akita

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