Volunteer Work Quotes

• 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

  Children, Kids, Helping Others

  "Brandy named international youth spokesperson for UNICEF". www.mtv.com. July 29, 1999.

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• Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better - even if you never know it.

  Greg Louganis

  Volunteer, Underestimate, Ability

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• 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

  Inspiring, Tired, Helping Others

  Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.65, Harmony

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• 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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Heart

  Marianne Williamson (1992). “A return to love: reflections on the principles of "A course in miracles"”

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• Here's to all volunteers, those dedicated people who believe in all work and no pay.

  Robert Orben

  Believe, People, Volunteer

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• Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Norman MacEwen

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• 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

  Helping Others, Volunteer, Feelings

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• The harder I work the more I live.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Work, Good Luck, True Joy

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• It's more blessed to give than to receive - especially kittens.

  Bill Cosby

  Bible, Jesus, Blessed

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• I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Positive Thinking, Kwanzaa, True Joy

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• Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.

  George Carlin

  Philosophy, Long, People

  George Carlin (1998). “Brain Droppings”, Hyperion

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• 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

  School, College, Volunteer

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• 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

  Pain, Stress, Heart

  Azim Jamal, Harvey McKinnon (2008). “The Power of Giving: How Giving Back Enriches Us All”, p.23, Penguin

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• Maybe our grandmothers weren't as stupid as we thought. The family, volunteer work, religion, shaping the hearts and minds of the next generation-maybe all that can't be reduced to just 'shining floors and wiping noses.'

  Myriam Miedzian

  Stupid, Heart, Grandmother

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• It's not enough to raise awareness. You have to give people solutions, and you have to invite them to get involved in whatever way they can, whether that's doing volunteer work or taking a portion of their salary and figuring out where they want that money to go. You have to find ways to inspire people to get involved.

  Madonna Ciccone

  People, Volunteer, Giving

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

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• 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

  School, Giving, Volunteer

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• Interests evolve into hobbies or volunteer work, which grow into passions. It takes time, more time than anyone imagines.

  Po Bronson

  Life, Passion, Volunteer

  "What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question". Book by Po Bronson, November 29, 2005.

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• I used to do volunteer work in poor areas of Cairo, and people would gather their money together to get a satellite dish. You'd see them huddling around and for the first time seeing issues being debated on TV that had never been talked about before. And that is the biggest promoter of democracy you could possibly have.

  Jehane Noujaim

  Issues, People, Volunteer

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• In spite of conflicting signals - and in spite of a popular culture that sometimes puts down their innocence - most of our kids are good kids. Large numbers do volunteer work. Nearly all believe in God, and most practice their faith. Teen pregnancy and violence are actually going down. Across America, under a program called True Love Waits, nearly a million teens have pledged themselves to abstain from sex until marriage.

  George W. Bush

  Sex, Believe, Pregnancy

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• Paul Revere earned his living as a silversmith. But what do we remember him for? His volunteer work. All activism is volunteering in that it's done above and beyond earning a living and deals with what people really care passionately about. Remember, no one gets paid to rebel. All revolutions start with volunteers.

  Susan J. Ellis

  Helping Others, People, Volunteer

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• [On the socialites in New York in the Nineties who devoted themselves to politics, charities, and other volunteer work:] I never knew but one woman who devoted her life exclusively to the social game. She ended her days arranging dinner parties with paper dolls, a breakdown pitiful to watch.

  Margaret Case Harriman

  New York, Party, Games

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• Compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedes and trade stocks, and less likely to go to church, do volunteer work or put down roots in a community. Journalists are over-represented in ZIP code areas where residents are twice as likely as other Americans to rent foreign movies, drink Chablis, own an espresso maker and read magazines such as Architectural Digest and Food & Wine.

  John Leo

  Wine, Espresso, Roots

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• I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.

  John Shirley

  Kids, Differences, People

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• This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs.

  Madeleine Albright

  Jobs, Party, Fundraising

  "I loved what I did". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2003.

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