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
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"We cannot
close ourselves off to information and ignore the fact that millions of people
are out there suffering. I honestly want to help. I don't believe I feel differently
from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life
with meaning. All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation
someone would help us."
~ Angelina
Jolie |  |
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
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The unselfish
effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
-- Helen Keller
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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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"Because
the suffering of any human being diminishes all of us, it’s our responsibility
to try to ease that suffering. It is not a matter of titles, but of responsibilities.”
-- Khaled |
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I
do believe there is enormous possibility to change
this world.
-- Nicole
Kidman
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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 |
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"Why wouldn't
I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of
empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?"
-- John
Legend | 
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"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
"We can work together
for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic
goodness of humankind."
-- Wangari
Maathai *
"Every
one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big
things and forget that, wherever we are, we can make a contribution... just imagine
what's happening if there are billions of people out there doing something. Just
imagine the power of what we can do."
~ Wangari
Maathai |  |
"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
