Volunteer Quotes

I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!

— Suzanne Collins

Volunteer service is Dad's true north.

— Neil Bush

“I volunteer as tribute! ~Katniss Everdeen”

— Suzzane Collins

Volunteers are caring friends

— Don Williams

To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.

— John Adams

Give help rather than advice.

— Luc de Clapiers

The highest of distinctions is service to others.

— Anonymous

Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.

— Maya Angelou

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

— Dick Gregory

When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass.

— Bel Kaufman

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

— Rachelle Lefevre

Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better - even if you never know it.

— Greg Louganis

We are not called upon to do all the good possible, but only that which we can do.

— Theodore Guerin

To truly find yourself, touch as many lives as possible!

— Ashley Klein

You can't leave footprints in the sands of time while sitting down.

— Nelson Rockefeller

I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.

— Ramsey Clark

“How can I make my husband’s day better?”  “How can I have a moment with each one of my kids?”  “Where can…

— Andy Traub

So popular is the naval service the only embarrassment is that men volunteer so rapidly we have to work overtime to give…

— Josephus Daniels

“If every citizen should recite their national anthem daily, you will develop love to serve your country better.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

One of the gratuities about being a director is that you can volunteer yourself out of difficult details.

— Steven Spielberg

Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction than any other venture of life.

— Carrie Chapman Catt

May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness…

— Thomas Jefferson

Throughout my life, I've seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people's lives. I know the personal value of service…

— Jimmy Carter

I did not volunteer for the Waffen SS, but was, as were thousands of my year group, conscripted. I did not then…

— Gunter Grass

There is scarcely a town or school in Russia from which boys have not run away to the war. Hundreds of girls…

— Stephen Graham

Others first. Whatever your corporate mission, paint a clear and compelling picture that others can understand and embrace. State your mission in…

— Tony Dungy

Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only…

— Aberjhani

The work of volunteer groups throughout our country represents the very heart and soul of America. They have helped make this the…

— Ronald Reagan

We are in a time when the Peace Corps mission is more vital than ever, and the organization is at a 30-year…

— Kenny Marchant

I used to do volunteer work in poor areas of Cairo, and people would gather their money together to get a satellite…

— Jehane Noujaim

When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me…

— Dee Dee Myers

There are many ways of seeing the world. You can hang upside down from a meteor, volunteer to be the fourth stage…

— Michael Palin

Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers. You can buy a person's hand, but you…

— Stephen Covey

I'm glad you came here and got the help you needed," Neil says, and he shakes my hand in that way that…

— Ned Vizzini

There is an undeniable economic and cultural disconnect between many of those who volunteer to serve and those who choose to remain…

— Ruben Gallego

Every problem that the country faces is being solved in some community by some group or some individual. The question is how…

— George H. W. Bush

I’ve worked with volunteers before,” he began. “It’s important not to… not to treat them like servants. We may feel that they…

— Ken Follett

My husband is the mayor. He has a lot of advisors. He has many advisors. Trust me. I'm not always the last…

— Chirlane McCray

Each of the Iraqi children killed by the United States was our child. Each of the prisoners tortured in Abu Ghraib was…

— Arundhati Roy

No matter the location of the build site, the religion, gender or ethnicity of the homeowners or volunteers, there is a sense…

— Jonathan Reckford