Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
In doing your best serving others for free, a lot of eyebrows will raise and sneers will curve many a - faces. But in the end those incredulous to what you put up with to help, no longer matter. It's not between you and those snobs, but with whom you have given your hand to lift, and of course to God who Is watching and noting it in your book.
To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.
I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.
Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.
The highest of distinctions is service to others.
The main quality of leadership..........is courage ! If you can dream it, you can do it!
If you can't go where people are happier, try to make people happier where you are.
Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world.
I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others.
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
For our international projects we developed an online skilled volunteer job board to help connect skilled individuals around the world who can help with the projects. This is the cost effective channel to achieve a wider reach, which you wouldn't have been possible without technology.
And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.
What are you doing for others?
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
If you ever need a helping hand, it is at the end of your arm. As you get older you must remember you have a second hand. The first one is to help yourself. The second hand is to help others.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.
No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own
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