The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.
I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.
I am only one, But still I am one.
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
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.
We pass through this world but once.
In American Society today, we need to have volunteerism. I truly believe that it is the glue that will hold us together and it will be the energy that will take us into the 21st century.
Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
What are you doing for others?
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
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.
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.
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