Volunteer Quotes - Page 24

• There is but one unconditional commandment ... to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.

  William James

  Helping Others, Unconditional, Commandments

  William James (1956). “The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, and Human Immortality”, p.209, Courier Corporation

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• Go out and do something for somebody. Go out and give something to somebody. It will take you away from yourself and make you happy.

  Joseph Jefferson

  Helping Others, Giving, Make You Happy

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• Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Inspiration, Helping Others, Done

  Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine, Thomas A'Kempis (2006). “The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ”, p.227, Cosimo, Inc.

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• It's important to see what we can do to make a difference, but it's more important to me to do it every single day.

  Alicia Silverstone

  Helping Others, Differences, Making A Difference

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• I think service to others is the real key to winning our own personal freedom and the road to our own happiness, our own personal contentment and fulfillment.

  Martin Sheen

  Happiness, Real, Helping Others

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• 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

  Time, Children, Helping Others

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• You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers.

  Benjamin Walker

  Force, Knows, Armed Forces Day

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• We can't do much about the length of our lives, but we can do plenty about it's width and depth.

  Evan Esar

  Depth, Length, Can Do

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• I also think there are prices too high to pay to save the United States. Conscription is one of them. Conscription is slavery, and I don't think that any people or nation has a right to save itself at the price of slavery for anyone, no matter what name it is called. We have had the draft for twenty years now; I think this is shameful. 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

  Country, Thinking, Years

  Guest of Honor Speech at the 29th World Science Fiction Convention, Seattle, Washington, 1961.

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• We need scientists to design new fuels. We need farmers to help grow them. We need engineers to invent new technologies. We need entrepreneurs to sell those technologies. We need workers to operate assembly lines that hum with high-tech, zero-carbon components. We need builders to hammer into place the foundations for a clean energy age. We need diplomats and businessmen and women, and Peace Corps volunteers to help developing nations skip past the dirty phase of development and transition to sustainable sources of energy. In other words, we need you.

  Barack Obama

  Zero, Dirty, Past

  Barack Obama's remarks at University of California-Irvine Commencement Ceremony at the Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 14, 2014.

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• I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.

  Rachelle Lefevre

  School, Wheels, Los Angeles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not really volunteering for no family films. I really like the sweet spot of being able to be edgy and controversial.

  Romany Malco

  Sweet, Able, Film

  "Romany Malco Talks THINK LIKE A MAN, A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN, UNSUPERVISED, and His YouTube Series". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 19, 2012.

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• Linux evolved in a completely different way. From nearly the beginning, it was rather casually hacked on by huge numbers of volunteers coordinating only through the Internet.

  Eric S. Raymond

  Numbers, Different, Way

  Eric S. Raymond (2001). “The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary”, p.16, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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• I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office.

  James Rollins

  Book, Writing, Animal

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• I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Helping Others, Solution To A Problem, Feels

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• When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes the unleashing of our God-given gifts, talents, and passions.

  Erwin McManus

  Passion, People, Church

  Erwin Raphael McManus (2011). “Unleashed: Release the Untamed Faith Within”, p.102, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Either one of you kill him, or I will.” Shade, Wraith and Kynan raised their hands to volunteer. How special. Brotherly love ran like syrup in the room.

  Larissa Ione

  Hands, Special, Syrup

  Larissa Ione (2010). “Ecstasy Unveiled”, p.45, Hachette UK

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• There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

  Bobby Scott

  Fire, Department, Locals

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• Sometimes during my set I invite volunteers up on stage to get speed-roasted and I'm worried that I may have hundreds of people rushing the stage all at once. Luckily I'm a black belt in karate and I can fend them off.

  Jeff Ross

  Rushing, People, Black

  Source: www.spin.com

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• First, there's the job - where the goal is simply to earn a living and support your family. Then there's the career - where you trace your progress through various appointments and achievements. Finally, there's the calling - the ideal blend of activity and character that makes work inseparable from life.

  Robert Bella

  Jobs, Character, Careers

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• In the real world, I see conservatives volunteering at adoption agencies, at churches, at bake sales and the local American Legion Post while the only charity a progressive sends is a smug sermon on fair share and what fairness is.

  Allen West

  Real, Agency, Adoption

  "CPAC Highlights: Rubio and West". "The Rush Limbaugh Show" with Rush Limbaugh, origin-www.rushlimbaugh.com. March 14, 2013.

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• Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?

  John Legend

  Helping Others, Empathy, Morality

  "John Legend Shows How Easy Charity Can Be With Poverty Action Tour". Interview with Jayson Rodriguez, www.mtv.com. January 29, 2008.

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