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Quotes of the Day for 17 April 2005 - Volunteering

Today is the first day of National Volunteer Week, a time to recognize and honor the millions of individuals who devote their time, energy, and love to others in their community. Our communities need the help, and we benefit from helping.

The essence of volunteerism is not giving part of a surplus one doesn't need, but giving part of one's self. Such giving is more than a duty of the heart, but a way people help themselves by satisfying the deeper spiritual needs that represent the best that is in us.
     - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Everybody can be great ... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
     - Martin Luther King, Jr, 1929 - 1968

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.
     - Albert Schweitzer, 1875 - 1965

The magnitude of our social problems will require that all citizens and institutions make a commitment to volunteering as a way of life and as a primary opportunity to create needed change.
     - George Romney, 1907 - 1995

Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.
     - Erma Louise Bombeck, 1927 - 1996

No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
     - Ronald Reagan, 1911 - 2004

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