Volunteer Quotes · Page 9

“We’re all little lights, and if one of us isn’t shining, all the rest aren’t going to shine, either.”

— Cinzi Lavin

When I met Paul Ryan 22 years ago, he was a student at Miami of Ohio volunteering on my campaign.

— John Boehner

I told the government I'd volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose,

— Edward Snowden

Let a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that an evil person does bad ones.

— Sholom Rokeach

Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

— Alice Walker

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

— Stonewall Jackson

The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army

— Jay Baer

Volunteering is also now more crucial than ever in helping people find work.

— Boris Johnson

I volunteer a lot of my time with an organization in New York called The Center for Children and Families.

— Tyra Banks

We are 6.6 billion people now. We can only feed 4 billion. I don't see 2 billion volunteers to disappear.

— Norman Borlaug

Yes. The all-volunteer force is comprised of a very small percentage of the population. Therefore, fewer citizens have a personal interest in…

— Sanford Bishop

I obviously did not volunteer to go to Afghanistan solely to protect the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans.

— Jason Kander

If CEOs insist that middle class Americans compete with cheap foreign labor, why not outsource the jobs of CEOs? If business is…

— Lou Dobbs

In the military, I learned that ‘leadership’ means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments,

— Tulsi Gabbard

“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

I say to you, you want a thrill, volunteer to be an umpire. I'd like you to go just work the bases…

— Doug Harvey

Margaret Miles offers a stunning treatment of human experience, coaxing humans to leave dualisms behind and embrace our intelligent bodies. In a…

— Mary E. Hunt

The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

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

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

— Ronald Reagan

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

— Jehane Noujaim

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

— Michael Palin

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

Do all you can with what you have, in the time you have, in the place you are.

— Nkosi Johnson

No matter what your politics is, we ought to be thanking people for volunteering.

— George W. Bush

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?

— Henry David Thoreau

The work of volunteers impacts on all our lives, even if we are not aware of it.

— Antony Worrall Thompson

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.

— Robert Kennedy

The starship thing is really political action and reaction, the natural outgrowth of Volunteers.

— Paul Kantner

“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

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

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

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Carrie Chapman Catt

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

— Gunter Grass

I'm not really volunteering for no family films. I really like the sweet spot of being able to be edgy and controversial.

— Romany Malco

I think service to others is the real key to winning our own personal freedom and the road to our own happiness,…

— Martin Sheen

Many people (who go to her as volunteers) have found peace, joy and unity in their families by helping the poor.

— Mother Teresa

But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human…

— Alexander Pope