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What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone. -Winston Churchill

Friends, I have lost a day. -Titus, on reflecting that he had done nothing to help anyone all day.

Man is never nearer the Divine than in his compassionate moments. -Joseph H. Hertz

We need not cling anxiously to our own sensitivity, will, and desire; instead we can place our trust in the beings around us who demonstrate many alternative ways to be a contributing, outstanding individual. -Thomas Moore

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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 Kennedy

The universe is so vast and so ageless that the life of one man can only be justified by the measure of his sacrifice. -V.A. Roswarne

Life's most persistant and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? -Martin Luther King, Jr.

When you choose to give to others, your generosity must be unconditional. -John Gray

The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity. -W. Beran Wolfe

Life is a journey, and one thing’s for sure: You don’t see many hearses with luggage racks on them. We’re privileged to be here, so instead of just using God’s resources, we should leave the place a little better than we found it-or at least leave it the same. -Joel Cunningham

Nobody makes a greater mistake that he does nothing because he could only do a little. -Edmund Burke

No stranger to trouble myself I am learning to care for the unhappy. -Virgil

I know it sounds like a cliche, but the greatest gift that you can give yourself comes from helping someone else. We get so caught up in our own lives and in our unrealistic worlds. We're so busy achieving and competing and worrying about silly little minutiae that we lose sight of the larger picture. -Norma Kamali

You really can change the world if you care enough. -Marion Wright Edelman

After the verb to love, to help is the most beautiful verb in the world. -Bertha von Suttner

How should one live? Live Welcoming to all. -Mechthild von Magdeburg

When we serve with depth and sincerity, we get a glimpse of the essential quality of who we really can become. -Greg Anderson

Be not simply good; be good for something. -Henry David Thoreau

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. -Albert Einstein

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to. -Aristotle

They also serve who only stand and wait. -John Milton

Nature has not been lavish in her endowments, but each person has his or her own potential in terms of achievement and service. The awareness of that potential is the discovery of purpose; the fulfillment of that potential is the discovery of strength. -Norman Cousins

Do all the good you can By all the means you can In all the ways you can In all the places you can To all the people you can As long as ever you can. -John Wesley

He is well paid that is well satisfied. -William Shakespeare

I think even lying on my bed I can still do something. -Dorothea Dix

There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle. -Robert Alden

In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action. -Aristotle

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. -Aristotle

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. -Helen Keller

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap, the being a force of nature instead of a feverish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. -George Bernard Shaw

Now is the time. -Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

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