Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one read more

Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one person to another, about all our choices gathered together as a country to reach across all our divides.

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without read more

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people read more

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.

Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.

Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire--oh, no--love is not read more

Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire--oh, no--love is not that! It is goodness and honor and peace and pure living Yes, love is that and it is the best thing in the world and the thing that lives the longest.

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the read more

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to live, make haste to be kind.

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that read more

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.