Which is more subversive-and corrosive-to believe in altruism or to see it simply as a cloak of self interest? Even if altruism… — Frank Prochaska Copy Share Image
A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are… — John Updike Copy Share Image
In 2009, designer Tina Tangalakis went on a volunteer trip to Ghana and instantly fell in love with the country and its… — Amanda Hearst Copy Share Image
Services like Google and Facebook only exist because of the social acceptance of a mass amount of distributed volunteer labor from tons… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
People say to me all the time that I threw some money into some guy's coffee cup [by accident, thinking they were… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
Many of the principle weapons that the Nazis used during World War II had their first trial in combat in Spain -… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
But I think what we're coming to grips with is the fact that we actually have a mercenary Army, and it doesn't… — Eleanor Clift Copy Share Image
I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
I mean, let's take the average spouse. You know, you show up in an employer's, you know, office, and it's shown that… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
I do not believe so many Turks suspect my activities. The idea that this movement of volunteers is suspected by many Turks… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
We should have an army so organized and so officered as to be capable in time of emergency, in cooperation with the… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time, energy and… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Having seen my mom in community volunteer work my whole life and in Congress for 25 years, it is true as she… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
If our hopes of building a better and safer world are to become more than wishful thinking, we will need the engagement… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I've always thought of myself as a role model even before being a 'celebrity.' I've always been doing charity work and volunteering… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Find an organization, shoot them an email, call them up, find them on Facebook and say "Hey, I want to volunteer." And… — Avi Lewis Copy Share Image
Volunteers are the backbone, heart, and soul of the restoration movement. And whatever the eventual results of their labors may be, working… — William K. Stevens Copy Share Image
True discipleship is for volunteers only. Only volunteers will trust the Guide sufficiently to follow Him in the dangerous ascent which only… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I do a lot for PETA. I do a lot of things I think are really important, I volunteer at school and… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I began telling stories as a volunteer in my daughters' school. But I grew up hearing stories from Cuban and Southern storytellers,… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
A volunteer, you assign yourself specific roles and risks according to your judgement of their brilliance and importance, and you see when… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Energy use, transportation options, food choices, water use, purchasing choices, participating in elections, volunteering for nonprofits . . . and within each… — Jayni Chase Copy Share Image
Children must have at least one person who believes in them. It could be a counselor, a teacher, a preacher, a friend.… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
In this troubled world, it's refreshing to find someone who still has the time to be kind. Someone who still has the… — Helen Steiner Rice Copy Share Image
An intelligent patient, private or otherwise, to whom you have taken the trouble to explain the nature of the investigation, makes the… — Fuller Albright Copy Share Image
A hysterical young woman with flowing brown hair is also called from 4, but she's quickly replaced by a volunteer, an eighty-year-old… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
Whatever community organization, whether it's a women's organization, or fighting for racial justice ... you will get satisfaction out of doing something… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
You don’t see many of these white anti-abortion women volunteering to have any black fetuses transplanted into their uterus’s, do you? No,… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“So you want to improve the world? Then do it. To the next person who crosses your path, say something kind, do… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
There are as many jobs for younger Americans as there are for other Americans of every age group in political campaigns. Campaigns… — Marc Racicot Copy Share Image
Help your sister's boat across the water, and yours too will reach the other side. Kindness can become its own motive. We… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
There are so many places, particularly right now. Go and volunteer at a food bank. If you play the piano, go play… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
Wikipedia took the idea of peer review and applied it to volunteers on a global scale, becoming the most important English reference… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
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