Top 100 Volunteer Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.”

— Muhammad Ali

52. “Let’s do something beautiful for God.”

— Mother Teresa

53. “Ordinary people with commitment can make an extraordinary impact on their world.”

— John C. Maxwell

54. “Leave people better than you found them.”

— Marvin J. Ashton

55. “To move forward you have to give back.”

— Oprah Winfrey

56. “Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.”

— Jane Goodall

57. “The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”

— Mitch Albom

58. “Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.”

— Margaret Mead

59. “I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.”

— John C. Maxwell

60. “The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.”

— Rick Warren

61. “For it is in giving that we receive.”

— Francis of Assisi

62. “Without volunteers, we’d be a nation without a soul.”

— Rosalynn Carter

63. “No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.”

— Joseph Addison

64. “Research has shown that people who volunteer often live longer.”

— Allen Klein

65. “Never underestimate your ability to make someone else’s life better – even if you never know it.”

— Greg Louganis

66. “Here’s to all volunteers, those dedicated people who believe in all work and no pay.”

— Robert Orben

67. “To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.”

— John Adams

68. “We don’t recruit volunteers; we release leaders. Volunteers do good things but leaders change the world.”

— Craig Groeschel

69. “Volunteer. Sometimes the jobs no one wants conceal big opportunities.”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

70. “Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world.”

— John F. Kennedy

71. “Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”

— Booker T. Washington

72. “Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.”

— Horace Mann

73. “No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.”

— Ronald Reagan

74. “The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.”

— Francis of Assisi

75. “It wasn’t the reward that mattered or the recognition you might harvest. It was your depth of commitment, your quality of service, the product of your devotion – these were the things that counted in life. When you gave purely, the honor in giving, and that was honor enough.”

— Scott O'Grady

76. “We pass through this world but once.”

— Stephen Jay Gould

77. “Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself.”

— Thomas Jefferson

78. “Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.”

— Elbert Hubbard

79. “It is not enough to merely exist. It’s not enough to say, ‘I’m earning enough to live and support my family. I do my work well. I’m a good parent.’ That’s all very well. But you must do something more.”

— Albert Schweitzer

80. “There are three ways of trying to win the young. There is persuasion, there is compulsion, and there is attraction. You can preach at them: that is a hook without a worm. You can say, You must volunteer, and that is of the devil. You can tell them, You are needed. That appeal hardly ever fails.”

— Kurt Hahn

81. “Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.”

— Alexander Pope

82. “I’m going to help the committee regardless of any position I have. I will volunteer to be a summer intern.”

— Trey Gowdy

83. “There are no victims, only volunteers.”

— Robert Anthony

84. “Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.”

— Henry David Thoreau

85. “There are many ways of seeing the world. You can hang upside down from a meteor, volunteer to be the fourth stage of a three-stage rocket, or simply get in a balloon and keep going. But if it’s sheer, unadulterated discomfort you’re looking for, just stay on land.”

— Michael Palin

86. “Each one of us should lead a life stirring enough to start a movement.”

— Max Lucado

87. “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”

— Albert Einstein

88. “When the citizens of a nation will no longer volunteer to defend it, then it is probably not worth saving. No nation has the right to survive with conscript troops, and in the long run, no nation ever has.”

— Robert A. Heinlein

89. “It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew.”

— Paul Watson

90. “I’ve seen far too many Christians who are more than willing to travel halfway around the world to volunteer for a week in an orphanage, but who cannot bring themselves to take the personal risk of sharing Jesus with the co-worker who sits day after day in the cubicle right next to them.”

— Lee Strobel

91. “Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way.”

— Blake Mycoskie

92. “I grew up with the word “volunteer” as a very powerful word in my family. I was inspired by my mother and by how selfless our family was toward others who didn’t have enough.”

— Eva Longoria

93. “Guess what? I have flaws. What are they? Oh I donno, I sing in the shower? Sometimes I spend too much time volunteering. Occasionally I’ll hit somebody with my car. So sue me – no, don’t sue me. That is opposite the point I’m trying to make.”

— Michael Scott

94. “Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths.”

— Epictetus

95. “True discipleship is for volunteers only. Only volunteers will trust the Guide sufficiently to follow Him in the dangerous ascent which only He can lead.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

96. “One of the gratuities about being a director is that you can volunteer yourself out of difficult details.”

— Steven Spielberg

97. “In the knowledge economy everyone is a volunteer, but we have trained our managers to manage conscripts.”

— Peter F. Drucker

98. “Games are unnecessary obstacles we volunteer to tackle.”

— Jane McGonigal

99. “Im happy to volunteer for the American Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet. The Red Cross is an organization that responds to those in need and it is an honor to help them with the lifesaving role they play everyday in communities nationwide.”

— Peyton Manning

100. “There’s tons of information on the Internet, so if you type in cancer, they’ll give you 15, 000 different options to get involved with cancer. It’s very easy to get involved if you want to get involved, especially to volunteer your time.”

— Chelsea Handler