Volunteer Quotes - Page 14

• 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

  Evil, Example, Doe

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• It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Leadership, Loyalty

  Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (1990). “Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: The post-war years, her acclaimed columns, 1945-1952”, 1990.

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• The vast majority of the American people are hard-working taxpayers who take responsibility for their families, go to work every day, they pay their mortgage on time, they volunteer in the community.

  Marco Rubio

  Hard Work, Responsibility, People

  "Republicans' Crucial Conference; More Cruise Ship Nightmares; ADHD Drugs Over-Prescribed". "CNN Newsroom" with Suzanne Malveaux, www.cnn.com. March 14, 2013.

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• Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of our organizations, whether they involve welfare, youth, education, care of the sick and elderly, or even protection against violence and abuse.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Elderly, Organization, Sick

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• Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man gets lost in the mountains, hundreds will search and often two or three searchers are killed. But the next time somebody gets lost just as many volunteers turn out. Poor arithmetic, but very human. It runs through all our folklore, all human religions, all our literature--a racial conviction that when one human needs rescue, others should not count the price.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Running, Children, Men

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• I’m stuck babysitting turtle eggs while a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium volunteer tries to hit on me.” I’m not hitting on you,” he protested. No?” Believe me, you’d know if I was hitting on you. You wouldn’t be able to stop yourself from succumbing to my charms.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Volleyball, Believe, Player

  Nicholas Sparks (2009). “The Last Song”, p.84, Hachette UK

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• After he made up his mind to spend the rest of the war in the hospital, Yossarian wrote letters to everyone he knew saying that he was in the hospital but never mentioning why. One day he had a better idea. To everyone he knew he wrote that he was going on a very dangerous mission. "They asked for volunteers. It's very dangerous, but someone has to do it. I'll write you the instant I get back." And he had not written anyone since.

  Joseph Heller

  War, Writing, Ideas

  Joseph Heller (2010). “Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who value it volunteer their existence as living examples of the same. Peace ends with the unraveling of individual hope and the emergence of the will to worship violence as a healer of private and social disease.

  Aberjhani

  Peace, Political, Ease

  Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.12, Lulu.com

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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, Hobbies

  "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’ve worked with volunteers before,” he began. “It’s important not to… not to treat them like servants. We may feel that they are laboring to obtain a heavenly reward, and should therefore work harder than they would for money; but they don’t necessarily take that attitude. They feel they’re working for nothing, and doing a great kindness to us thereby; and if we seem ungrateful they will work slowly and make mistakes. It will be best to rule them with a light touch.

  Ken Follett

  Kindness, Attitude, Mistake

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.395, Penguin

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• Oh, he's on top of it. It was volunteer only, but he pretended not to notice me waving my hand in the air," says Haymitch. "See? He's already demonstrated good judgment.

  Suzanne Collins

  Air, Hands, Judgment

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.164, Scholastic Inc.

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• The special trait making me an anarch is that I live in a world which I ‘ultimately’ do not take seriously. This increases my freedom; I serve as a temporary volunteer

  Ernst Junger

  Special, World, Increase

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• Jesse: " Hey Rose, welcome back. Still breaking hearts?" Rose: " Are you volunteering?

  Richelle Mead

  Heart, Rose, Hey

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• You volunteering to play Big Gulp? ~Wraith

  Larissa Ione

  Play, Bigs

  Larissa Ione (2009). “Desire Unchained: A Demonica Novel”, p.80, Hachette UK

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• Hey Rose, welcome back. You still breaking hearts?" "Are you volunteering?" His grin widened." Let's hang out sometime and find out. If you ever get parole.

  Richelle Mead

  Heart, Rose, Hey

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.31, Penguin

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• Some of our most powerful works of art have been produced by older Americans-by hands that have engaged in years of hard work, eyes that have witnessed decades of change, and hearts that have felt a lifetime of emotions. Our whole society benefits when older Americans use their talents and experiences to become involved in the arts as creators, teachers, mentors, volunteers, and audiences.

  Hillary Clinton

  Teacher, Art, Powerful

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• Children must have at least one person who believes in them. It could be a counselor, a teacher, a preacher, a friend. It could be you. You never know when a little love, a little support will plant a small seed of hope.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Teacher, Children, Believe

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• In my career, I learned that giving your services for free gives you a good return on your investment, not just financially but morally. It supplements your personal integrity.

  Stevie Wonder

  Integrity, Careers, Giving

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• Your corn is ripe today, mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both that I should labor with you today, and that you should aid me tomorrow. I have no kindness for you, and know you have as little for me. I will not, therefore, take any pains upon your account . . . Here then I leave you to labor alone; you treat me in the same manner. The seasons change, and both of us lose our harvests for want of mutual confidence and security.

  David Hume

  Pain, Kindness, Community

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• If you don't believe one person can make a difference, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.

  Anita Roddick

  Women, Believe, Differences

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• We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country - to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!

  Colin Powell

  Country, Community, Together

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• It's not how high we jump off our feet in church, it's what we do with them when we hit the ground!

  Tom Ridge

  Feet, Church

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• Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Felt, Wounds

  Thomas Jefferson (1977). “The Portable Thomas Jefferson”, p.318, Penguin

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• There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.

  Walter Reuther

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Helping Others

  Walter Reuther (1961). “Selected Papers”, New York : Macmillan

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• The willingness to share does not make one charitable; it makes one free.

  Robert Breault

  Inspiration, Community, Making A Difference

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