| "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead |
| "Love cannot remain by itself-- it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service." Mother Teresa |
| "This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in." Thoeodore Roosevelt |
| "You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful." Marie Curie |
| "Most Americans have never seen the ignorance, degradation, hunger, sickness, and futility in which many other Americans live...They won't become involved in economic or political change until something brings the seriousness of the situation home to them." Shirley Chisholm |
| "A university should be a place of light, of liberty and of learning." Benjamin Disraeli |
| "If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live." Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| "People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them." Bernard De Fontenelle |
| "Giving kids clothes and food is one thing but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important, and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use it in the service of other people." Dolores Huerta |
| "We can do no great things--only small things with great love." Mother Teresa |
| "Love grows by service." Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
| "From now on in America, any definition of a successful life must include service to others." George H. W. Bush |
| "The purpose of human life is to serve and show compassion and the will to help others." Albert Schweitzer |
| "Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve." Martin Luther King Jr. |
| "No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted." - Aesop |
| "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill |
| "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." Helen Keller |
| "Teach: Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to fish and you feed them for a lifetime." Confucius |
| "It's amazing how much we can achieve in this world, if we don't worry about who gets the credit." |
| "The most important thing an institution does is not to prepare a student for a career but for a life as a citizen." Frank Newman |
| "Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." |
| "Caring has the gift of making the ordinary special." George R. Bach |
| "I find life an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others." Helen Keller |
| "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mahatma Gandi |
| "Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible." Maxwell Maltz |
| "Everyday I'm more amazed by what God can do through willing hearts serving his kingdom." Paty Villanueva on Hearts for Honduras |
| "You're happiest when you are making the greatest contribution." Robert F. Kennedy |
| "To err is human, to volunteer is divine." Paul Foppe |
| "The happiest and most contented people are those who each perform to make the best of their abilities." Alfred A. Montapert |
| "Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop." Dr. Dorothy Height |
| "One person can make a difference and every person should try." John F. Kennedy |
| "If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone." |
