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Quotes: What others have to say about volunteerism

Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds. -- President Bill Clinton

Service is never a simple act; its about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one person to another, about all our choices gathered together as a country to reach across all our divides. -- former President George Bush

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. -- Aesop

The influence of a beautiful, helpful character is contagious, and may revolutionize a whole town. -- Collier Graham

Somewhere on this planet, someone has a solution to each of the worlds problems. It might be one of us. With your help, we can build a more hopeful world. -- Marianne Larned

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. -- Marianne Williamson

The highest of distinctions is service to others. -- King George VI

In doing we learn. -- George Herbert

To learn is to teach. -- Japanese Proverb

Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. -- John F. Kennedy

In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. -- Vince Lombardi

It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised; the mosquito is swatted. -- Marie O'Connor

If you tell people where to go but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results. -- George S. Patton

If we want students to be capable of commitment to an idea, we also want them to have the courage and ability to act on that commitment. -- Sharon G. Rubin

No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you. -- Wilma Rudolph

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. -- Mohammed Ali

Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world. -- President John F. Kennedy

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. -- Japanese Proverb

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. -- Margaret Mead, anthropologist

Everyone can be great because anyone can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't even have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve... You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love...-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.