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Inspirational Quotes About Volunteering

Whether they were heroes, poets, scholars, or leaders, the brightest minds in human history have thought and written about values and their meanings. Use the search field on the left to search our quotation database by author, value, or specific word contained in the quote.

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“Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large.”
Mohandas Gandhi
(1869-1948); Indian Political And Spiritual Leader
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“How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?”
Unknown 

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“One value that was sewn into the stitching of our character at a very early age had to do with our responsibility to help others....We were expected to be of assistance to our neighbors... “Being neighborly”... was synonymous with being kind, friendly, and helpful to our neighbors and something that we were encouraged to do on a regular basis through firsthand experience. It was a bit like mandatory community service.”
BeNeca  Ward
(born 1976); Author Of "3rd Generation Country, A Practical Guide To Raising Children With Great Values"
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“There is incredible value in being of service to others.”
Elizabeth Berg
Author
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“Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction than any other venture of life.”
Carrie Chapman Catt
(1859-1947); American Womens Rights Activist
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“One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.”
Hannah More
(1745-1833); Writer
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“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”
King George IV 
(1762-1830); King Of Great Britain, Ireland And Hanover
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“To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.”
Pearl S.  Buck
(1892-1973); Writer, Nobel And Pulitzer Prize Winner
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