Inspiring Community Service Quotes
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in service to others.
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
The biggest reward for a person’s hard work is not what they get for it, but what they become because of it.
Never underestimate the power of a kind word or a helping hand.
The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.
We rise by lifting others.
When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
Being of service to others is the greatest contribution you can make in this world.
The true measure of a person is how they treat someone who can do nothing for them.
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
Volunteers don’t necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.
The best way to find happiness is to give it to others.
The purpose of life is not to be happy, but to matter.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
We can all do small things with great love.
In giving, we receive.
I don’t want to live in the kind of world where we don’t look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. I can’t change the way anyone else thinks, or what they choose to do, but I can do my bit.
Don’t wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist.
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them away.
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
The greatest gift you can give is your time. Giving your time to others without expecting anything in return is the ultimate act of kindness.
To serve is to soar.
If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your own path.
A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.
Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.
Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Success is not about the wealth you accumulate, but about the impact you have on others.
Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love.
Service is the highest form of gratitude, kindness, and love.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Every act of kindness is a stepping stone toward a better world.
The purpose of life is not to be happy, but to matter.
Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
Success is not about the wealth you accumulate, but about the impact you have on others.
The best way to find happiness is to give it to others.
To serve is to soar.