{"id":4387,"date":"2021-04-11T18:08:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T12:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/?p=4387"},"modified":"2022-10-09T18:40:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T13:10:13","slug":"quotes-about-volunteering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/quotes-about-volunteering\/","title":{"rendered":"51 Inspiring Quotes About Volunteering and Giving Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAs you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands \u2014 one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.\u201d \u2014 Audrey Hepburn.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

If you’d have asked me about volunteering a couple of years back, I would have given you a generic reaction – something similar to how every second person you ask about volunteering would reply!<\/span><\/p>\n

For me, volunteering meant giving back to society in a meaningful manner, but it was only when I volunteered, I understood that it has got something more attached to it. And the lessons that you will learn<\/a> would help you throughout your life.<\/span><\/p>\n

And you know what’s the best thing about volunteering? – It’s like a double-sided coin that creates a ‘win-win’ situation for the giver and the receiver. <\/span><\/p>\n

Volunteering isn’t just about giving back selflessly, rather it’s about being empathetic towards others, feeling a sense of compassion where we can be grateful for all that we have, and take a step to share it with others who aren’t as lucky as us. <\/span><\/p>\n

There is something truly special about being able to contribute to the greater good.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your experience will change you as a person, make you happier and a more confident human being. <\/span><\/p>\n

It’ll immensely boost your career and who knows, you might just end up inspiring others to follow the path of volunteering.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here I am sharing my best quotes about volunteering and giving back:<\/span><\/h2>\n

1) \u201cService to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.\u201d \u2014 Muhammad Ali<\/span><\/p>\n

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2) \u201cVolunteers don\u2019t get paid, not because they\u2019re worthless, but because they\u2019re priceless.\u201d \u2013 Sherry Anderson<\/span><\/p>\n

3) \u201cRemember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.\u201d \u2015 H. Jackson Brown Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n

4) \u201cThe best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.\u201d \u2014 Mahatma Gandhi<\/span><\/p>\n

5) \u201cThe smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.\u201d \u2013 Oscar Wilde<\/span><\/p>\n

6) \u201cIf our hopes of building a better and safer world are to become more than wishful thinking, we will need the engagement of volunteers more than ever.\u201d \u2014 Kofi Annan<\/span><\/p>\n

7) \u201cAs you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands \u2014 one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.\u201d \u2014 Audrey Hepburn<\/span><\/p>\n

8) \u201cVolunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation\u2019s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another.\u201d \u2013 Erma Bombeck<\/span><\/p>\n

9) \u201cYou 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.\u201d \u2013 Seth Parker<\/span><\/p>\n

10) \u201cLife\u2019s most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?\u201d \u2014 Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n

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11) \u201cOur generation has the ability and the responsibility to make our ever-more connected world a more hopeful, stable and peaceful place.\u201d \u2014 Natalie Portman<\/span><\/p>\n

12) \u201cThe purpose of life is not to be happy, but to matter\u2013 to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.\u201d \u2013 Leo Rosten<\/span><\/p>\n

13) \u201cIf you want to touch the past, touch a rock. If you want to touch the present, touch a flower. If you want to touch the future, touch a life.\u201d \u2013 Author Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

14) \u201cThe meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.\u201d \u2014 William Shakespeare<\/span><\/p>\n

15) \u201cThe unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.\u201d \u2014 Helen Keller<\/span><\/p>\n

16) \u201cVolunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.\u201d \u2013 Elizabeth Andrew<\/span><\/p>\n

17) \u201cNo one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another.\u201d \u2013 Author Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

18) \u201cThe only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.\u201d \u2013 John E. Southard<\/span><\/p>\n

19) \u201cIt\u2019s easy to make a buck. It\u2019s a lot tougher to make a difference. \u201d \u2013 Tom Brokaw<\/span><\/p>\n

20) \u201cAct as if what you do makes a difference. It does.\u201d \u2013 William James<\/span><\/p>\n

21) \u201cWe make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.\u201d \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/span><\/p>\n

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22) \u201cIf you become a helper of hearts, springs of wisdom will flow from your heart.\u201d \u2013 Rumi<\/span><\/p>\n

23) \u201cVolunteers are love in motion!\u201d \u2013 Author Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

24) \u201cThe broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering: Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good. \u201d \u2013 Ivan Scheier<\/span><\/p>\n

25) \u201cHow wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.\u201d \u2013Anne Frank<\/span><\/p>\n

26) \u201cBeing good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing good is it useful.\u201d \u2013 Author Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

27) \u201cHelp one another. There\u2019s no time like the present, and no present like the time.\u201d \u2013 James Durst<\/span><\/p>\n

28) \u201cUnless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It\u2019s not.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Seuss<\/span><\/p>\n

29) \u201cI am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.\u201d \u2013 Mother Teresa<\/span><\/p>\n

30) \u201cYou give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.\u201d \u2013 Kahlil Gibran<\/span><\/p>\n

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31) \u201cOne can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.\u201d \u2013 Malayan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

32) \u201cAt the end of the day it\u2019s not about what you have or even what you\u2019ve accomplished\u2026 it\u2019s about who you\u2019ve lifted up, who you\u2019ve made better. It\u2019s about what you\u2019ve given back.\u201d \u2013 Denzel Washington<\/span><\/p>\n

33) \u201cEven if you just change one life, you\u2019ve changed the world forever.\u201d \u2013 Mike Satterfield<\/span><\/p>\n

34) \u201cWhile earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.\u201d \u2013Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n

35) \u201cI 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.\u201d \u2013 Edward Everett Hale<\/span><\/p>\n

36) \u201cVolunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.\u201d \u2013 Author Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

37) \u201cThose who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.\u201d \u2013 James Matthew Barrie<\/span><\/p>\n

38) \u201cThe work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Carlyle<\/span><\/p>\n

39) \u201cIt\u2019s nice to be important, but it\u2019s more important to be nice.\u201d \u2013 Author Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

40) \u201cWhat we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.\u201d \u2013 Albert Pike<\/span><\/p>\n

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41) \u201cEven if it\u2019s a little thing, do something for those who have need of a man\u2019s help\u2013 something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. For, remember, you don\u2019t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here, too.\u201d \u2013 Albert Schweitzer<\/span><\/p>\n

42) \u201cI\u2019ve learned that you shouldn\u2019t go through life with a catcher\u2019s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.\u201d \u2013 Maya Angelou<\/span><\/p>\n

43) \u201cKindness, like a boomerang, always returns.\u201d \u2013 Author Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

44) \u201cToo 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.\u201d \u2013 Leo Buscaglia<\/span><\/p>\n

45) \u201cThe true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.\u201d \u2013Nelson Henderson<\/span><\/p>\n

46) \u201cNot only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.\u201d \u2013 Henry David Thoreau<\/span><\/p>\n

47) \u201cWe cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.\u201d \u2013 Herman Melville<\/span><\/p>\n

48) \u201cIf you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.\u201d \u2013 Betty Reese<\/span><\/p>\n

49) \u201cWherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.\u201d \u2013 Seneca<\/span><\/p>\n

50) \u201cEverybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don\u2019t have to have a college degree to serve. You don\u2019t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don\u2019t 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.\u201d \u2013 Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n

51) “Be the change you want to see.” \u2013 Mahatma Gandhi<\/span><\/p>\n

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I hope you like those quotes, if you have more volunteering quotes to be added in the post, let us know in the comment section below.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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