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.

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.

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.

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.

Caring is a reflex... You live, you help.

Caring is a reflex... You live, you help.

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than read more

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service relationship to humanity.

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.

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.