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The world is hugged by the
faithful arms of volunteers. Everett Mαmor
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. Albert
Schweitzer
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the
biography of souls.
David Thomas
The breeze, the trees, the honey bees -
All volunteers!
Juliet Carinreap
There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the
mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton, Vesalius in Zante
Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer. Author
Unknown
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our
gratitude. Cynthia Ozick
You may not have saved a lot of money in your life, but if you have
saved a lot of heartaches for other folks, you are a pretty rich
man. Seth Parker
I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks. William
Shakespeare
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but
because they're priceless.
Sherry Anderson (Thanks, Kathy)
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
Tom Brokaw
Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the
heart. Elizabeth Andrew
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present
and not giving it.
William Arthur Ward
No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the
burden of another. Thank you. Author Unknown
I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people
living ordinary lives.
Tracy Chapman
Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. G.B. Stern
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. James Allen
God and angels don't get paid even though theirs is some of the most
important work around. Ditto for volunteers. Cherishe Archer
Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am
in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody
on whom I have no claim.
William Feather
Volunteers are love in motion! Author Unknown
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help
of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with
gratitude. Author Unknown
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and
that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. G.K. Chesterton
How beautiful a day can be
When kindness touches it!
George Elliston
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in
others belong to us as well. Voltaire
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count
our blessings.
Eric Hoffer
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be
appreciated. William James
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to
those who are kind.
Malayan Proverb
The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who
have helped you.
John E. Southard
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest
intention. Oscar Wilde
Gratitude is the memory of the heart. Jean Baptiste Massieu,
translated from French
How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a weary world.
William Shakespeare
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
Author Unknown
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can
see. Mark Twain
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before
starting to improve the world. Anne Frank
The purpose of life is not to be happy - but to matter, to be
productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you
have lived at all. Leo Rosten
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. William James
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to
get better. It's not.
Dr. Seuss
Being good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing
good is it useful.
Author Unknown
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a
love letter to the world.
Mother Teresa
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I
can do. Edward Everett Hale
Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something. Author
Unknown
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do
not expect to sit.
Nelson Henderson
While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those
less fortunate.
Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson
Brown, Jr.
No man stands so straight as when he stoops to help a boy.
Knights
of Pythagoras (Thanks, Jim)
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have
done for others and the world remains and is immortal. Albert Pike
(Thanks, Carl)
God has not called us to see through each other, but to see each
other through.
Author Unknown
Things of the spirit differ from things material in that the more
you give the more you have. Christopher Morley
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.
Henry David Thoreau
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when
you give of yourself that you truly give. Kahlil Gibran
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt
on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. Maya
Angelou
Volunteers do it for free. Author Unknown
Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in
eternity.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water
flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Thomas Carlyle
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in
the world weigh less than a single lovely action. James Russell
Lowell
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been
in bed with a mosquito.
Betty Reese
Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don't have to
have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject
and your verb agree to serve.... You don't have to know the second
theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart
full of grace. A soul generated by love. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build
our youth for the future.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with
our fellow men.
Herman Melville
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a
kindness. Seneca
There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all
one's life - reciprocity.
Confucius
Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns. Author Unknown
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind
word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of
caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Leo
Buscaglia
Have you had a kindness shown?
Pass it on;
'Twas not given for thee alone,
Pass it on;
Let it travel down the years,
Let it wipe another's tears,
'Til in Heaven the deed appears -
Pass it on.
Henry Burton, Pass It On
Kindness is the greatest wisdom. Author Unknown
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from
themselves.
James Matthew Barrie
Real charity doesn't care if it's tax-deductible or not. Dan
Bennett
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Quotations: Appreciation for Volunteers