Volunteer Quotes - Page 22

• 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

  Appreciate, Giving, Leader

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• She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted her to volunteer the story, she realized, and she could just as easily choose to say nothing. But he deserved to know. They all deserved it, and Kirra already knew it, and Cammon may have guessed it, because Cammon could read souls, but Tayse was the only one she would tell.

  Sharon Shinn

  Real, Soul, Stories

  Sharon Shinn (2006). “Mystic and Rider”, p.191, Penguin

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• Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness

  Gretchen Rubin

  Helping Others, Boost, Things To Do

  Gretchen Rubin (2012). “Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life”, p.213, Harmony

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• Putting forward your positive energy connects you back to basic human values which we all share. Good Deeds Day shows that no matter the size of the gesture, a smile that brightens someone else’s day or volunteering in your community, we can all take active part in making a difference.

  Shari Arison

  Differences, Kind Deeds, Community

  "Activate Your Goodness" by Shari Arison, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2013.

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• Guess what? I have flaws. What are they? Oh I donno, I sing in the shower? Sometimes I spend too much time volunteering. Occasionally I'll hit somebody with my car. So sue me-- no, don't sue me. That is opposite the point I'm trying to make.

  Michael Scott

  Opposites, Car, Office

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• Most people won't have opportunity to do full-time service, but those lucky enough to have monetary wealth or some spare time really can make an enormous difference. As someone who's now in the public sector, and is seeing up-close-and-personal the real impact of what we do and what we give, I can tell you: every dollar and every volunteer help, in more ways than you can count.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Real, Opportunity, Differences

  Michael Bloomberg's Slate 60 Dinner Keynote Address At William J. Clinton Presidential Library In Little Rock, Arkansas, www1.nyc.gov. November 12, 2006.

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• If your goal is to make the world a better place, one thing you can do is pick a specific challenge that you really care about. Then, learn as much as you can about it and try to volunteer your time to help an organization that is working in this area. While you're doing that, look for creative new ways to use technology to tackle parts of the problem that you come in contact with.

  Bill Gates

  Technology, Organization, Goal

  "A Philanthropist, Technology Pioneer, and Multi-Billionaire". Interview with Olivia Pineda, mag.amazing-kids.org. 2010.

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• Active nonviolence of the brave puts to flight thieves, dacoits, murderers, and prepares an army of volunteers ready to sacrifice themselves in quelling riots, in extinguishing fires and feuds, and so on.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Army, Sacrifice, Fire

  Mahatma Gandhi (1976). “Collected Works”

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• I always begin with a source of inspiration that comes from nature. The story comes from my research, volunteering, and meeting the people involved in that story world. I am an intuitive writer and an image, sound, experience can all inspire a scene or a plot twist!

  Mary Alice Monroe

  Inspiration, People, Inspire

  Source: www.maryannhenry.com

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• We ask our volunteers, "Do you work here?" They say, "Not yet."

  Andy Stanley

  Leadership, Christian, Church

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• The more you expect from a volunteer the more you get.

  Andy Stanley

  Leadership, Christian, Church

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• Two primary ways to keep volunteers motivated - Food and T-shirts.

  Andy Stanley

  Leadership, Christian, Two

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• Israel is in the midst of a difficult military and diplomatic campaign against terrorists. An organisation that works to prove allegations that Israel is committing war crimes should be so good as to do so with its own resources and not with civilian national service volunteers and state funds.

  Uri Orbach

  Military, War, Israel

  "Israel bans national service with rights group B'Tselem in Gaza row" by Orlando Crowcroft, www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2014.

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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, Democracy

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• There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer there, doing health and education work when I was younger and living in Egypt.

  Jehane Noujaim

  Egypt, Community, Cairo

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• I think that's an obligation you have, to give back no matter what happens. It actually ends up being easier when you're young than when you become successful. Suddenly you realize you've gone into a whole other realm of philanthropy, from just being a volunteer to being this person that dedicates buildings and saves lots of children in some faraway place.

  George Lucas

  Children, Successful, Thinking

  "Cinematic Phenomenon". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 19, 1999.

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• I will get things done for America.... Faced with apathy, I will take action. Faced with conflict, I will seek common ground.... Faced with adversity, I will persevere. I will carry this commitment with me this year. I am an Americorps volunteer.

  William J. Clinton

  Adversity, Commitment, Years

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• If you are a local church or non-profit, you live and die with volunteers.

  Andy Stanley

  Leadership, Christian, Church

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• I was elected a Captain of Volunteers--a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Captains, Pleasure, Autobiography

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.50, Fordham Univ Press

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• Writing is the main gig and teaching and performing are sidelines, an excuse for not writing more. Working on a novel and on an opera make me seriously want to retire and find a volunteer job as a docent at the zoo explaining to schoolchildren where frogs go in the winter.

  Garrison Keillor

  Jobs, Zoos, Teaching

  Source: jonathanlowe.wordpress.com

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• In a volunteer organization there has to be time for community.

  Andy Stanley

  Leadership, Christian, Organization

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• In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.

  Dorothy Dix

  Inspirational, Women, Adventure

  "Letters from New York: Second Series, Volume 1". Book by Lydia Maria Child ("Letter 31" (31 December 1844), p. 284), 1845.

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• Compared with the employed, the jobless are less likely to vote, volunteer, see friends and talk to family. Even on weekends, the jobless spend more time alone than those with jobs.

  Arlie Russell Hochschild

  Jobs, Weekend, Vote

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• Our teachers are responsible for our children's welfare for the six or eight hours they are at school and we need to know without question that their safety will be paramount on the minds of teachers, faculty and volunteers.

  Mike Fitzpatrick

  Teacher, Children, School

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• There are many ways of seeing the world. You can hang upside down from a meteor, volunteer to be the fourth stage of a three-stage rocket, or simply get in a balloon and keep going. But if it's sheer, unadulterated discomfort you're looking for, just stay on land.

  Michael Palin

  Land, Three, World

  "Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days". Documentary, 1989.

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