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.

Love cannot remain by itself -- it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action read more

Love cannot remain by itself -- it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who read more

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. Those among you who will be truly happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.

There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working read more

There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.

Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful without taking the read more

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.

A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as read more

A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty.

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.

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.

Somewhere on this planet, someone has a solution to each of the world's problems. It might be one of us. read more

Somewhere on this planet, someone has a solution to each of the world's problems. It might be one of us. With your help, we can build a more hopeful world.