Quotes About Service

From my early school days, I was brought up with the belief that we have a duty to use our talents, to volunteer and to make a contribution.

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted.

Having seen my mom in community volunteer work my whole life and in Congress for 25 years, it is true as she often says that she sees her service as an extension of her role as a mother and a grandmother.

We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and I'm lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see what's out there and see what's happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way.

In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems.

People who volunteer at the recycling center or soup kitchen through a church or neighborhood group can come to feel part of something 'larger.' Such a sense of belonging calls on a different part of a self than the market calls on. The market calls on our sense of self-interest. It focuses us on what we 'get.'

I volunteer a lot of my time with an organization in New York called The Center for Children and Families.

Each year, I pick something new to learn. One year, it was learning how to knit, and I got 'The Sweethearts' Knitting Club' out of the experience. Another year, it was to volunteer at the local domestic abuse shelter, and I ended up volunteering there for three years.

A lot of small towns in Texas have only volunteer fire departments. And even though they're called volunteer fire departments, they are usually very professional and have great training and usually have good equipment.

I got into the right frame of mind that I will serve my country. I didn't volunteer to do it, but they've asked me, so that's what I'll do.

There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.

I've always been into volunteer work and charity work.

I want to do something that is not political. I want to do some fundraising, just as a volunteer.

Volunteer service is Dad's true north.

The federal government turns away thousands of applicants to AmeriCorps every year. Our service men and women returning from overseas want to continue to serve. Children from every corner of the country can't wait to volunteer.

The George H. W. Bush Volunteer Generation Fund will further expand the scope and effectiveness of volunteerism.

Sacrifice is the 1.3 million active duty men and women in the U.S. military and 800,000 reserve forces who volunteer to keep us safe and defend our way of life.

When I was younger I used to volunteer at the Mother Teresa charities in India.

As president, I was more successful; I had more opportunity than as prime minister. Why? I didn't have the power to give orders, to command, but I had the opportunity to call people to volunteer. In my period of presidency, I never heard the word 'no.'

I obviously did not volunteer to go to Afghanistan solely to protect the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans.

Whatever your cause, whatever your motivation, I hope you'll agree with me that volunteer service is an extraordinary gift.

If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers.

That is why we are working with these various groups that have volunteers. We can get a lot of these things done. Nobody has dropped out, and a lot of people would like to join. We now know what each other does.