There
is but one unconditional commandment ... to bring about the very largest total
universe of good which we can see.
-- William James (1842-1910)
"Through
our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed."
-- Gerald Jampolsky
Go out and do something for somebody. Go out and give something to somebody. It
will take you away from yourself and make you happy.
-- Joseph Jefferson
(1829-1905)
| "Whenever
you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself
how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly."
-- Thomas Jefferson
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Every human being feels pleasure in doing good to another. -- Thomas
Jefferson |  |
"May I never get
too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with
kindness and compassion."
-- Thomas
Jefferson
Imagine
what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old
shared a little of what he is good at doing.
-- Quincy Jones
Whatsoever
is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good
fruit.
-- Thomas à Kempis
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It is from the numberless
diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man
stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against
injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from
a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current
that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. --
Robert F. Kennedy
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A man
never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
-- Knights of Pythogoras
"Great
opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day."
-- Sally Koch
"In
the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving."
--
Sheldon Kopp
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"I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for
them to help others." -- Aung
San Suu Kyi |
"To
give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own."
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
"When
I dare to be powerful -- to use my strength in the service of my vision, then
it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."
-- Audre Lorde
"Do every act
of your life as if it were your last."
-- Marcus Aurelius
"The measure of a life is not
its duration, but its donation."
-- Peter Marshall
"All
things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."
-- Matthew 7:12
"Do
all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
At all times you can
To all the people you can
As long as you can."
-- Bernard Meltzer (My Golden Rule)
In
American Society today, we need to have volunteerism. I truly believe that it
is the glue that will hold us together and it will be the energy that will take
us into the 21st century."
--U.S Senator Barabara Mikulski