Cary Grant
Actor
"Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give."
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Alice Walker
Novelist, Poet
"Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet."
Bill Gates
Business Magnate, Philanthropist
"If your goal is to make the world a better place, one thing you can do is pick a specific challenge that you really care about. Then, learn as much as you can about it and try to volunteer your time to help an organization that is working in this area. While you're doing that, look for creative new ways to use technology to tackle parts of the problem that you come in contact with."
John Adams
Founding Father, Politician
"To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do."
Albert Schweitzer
Philosopher, Theologian
"Even if it is a little thing, do something for those who have need of help."
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"If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is tied up with mine, then let us work together."
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"I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama!"
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"Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way."
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"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."
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"You can study government and politics in school, but the best way to really understand the process is to volunteer your time."
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"If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say : Let the damned thing go down the drain!"
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"If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody he's traveling wrong, then my living will not be in vain."
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"Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service."
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"Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world."
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"If we are to make poverty history, we must have the active participation of States, civil society and the private sector, as well as individual volunteers."
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"It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew."
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"Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful without taking the credit. Learn to lead without coercion."
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"What are you doing for others?"
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"I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others."
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"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped."
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"I am only one, But still I am one."
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"He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own."
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"My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up."
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"You don’t see many of these white anti-abortion women volunteering to have any black fetuses transplanted into their uterus’s, do you? No, you don’t see them adopting a whole lot of crack babies, do you? No, that might be something Christ would do."
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"The Beduin of the desert, born and grown up in it, had embraced with all his sour this nakedness too harsh for volunteers, for the reason, felt but inarticulate, that there he found himself indubitably free."
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