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No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
Sep 20, 2025
Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction than any other venture of life.
I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the privilege and responsibility of sharing with others less fortunate; and that service is the rent each of us pays for living - the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time or after you have reached your personal goals.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.
Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.
No one can do everything, but everyone can do something
He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people.
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.
If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
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.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
I am only one, But still I am one.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.
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.
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.
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 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.
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.
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