Quotes About Volunteering

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

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

-Helen Keller

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

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.

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they have the heart.

-Elizabeth Andrew

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

-Muhammad Ali

I urge young people to consider public service, whether they do it now by volunteering in their community or prepare for public service as an adult.

-John Walters

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.

-William J. Clinton

Every person can make a difference, and every person should try.

-John F. Kennedy