Quotes About Volunteering

I spent some time in Vegas when I was doing some canvassing for Obama back in 2008.

Volunteering has been undervalued in Britain for a long time. Often it has been seen as a kind of cut-price, amateur version of work that would be better done by the state. When politicians speak about it, people hear in the background the sound of budgets being cut.

I've always wanted to take a swim wherever it is they snap those screensaver photos—Fiji? Bora Bora? The Maldives?—and sleep in a hotel room that's more of a hut built on a dock over the water. After reading The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, I'm dying to see the sun set in Botswana. I want to visit Indian temples and volunteer at an elephant sanctuary.

When I met Paul Ryan 22 years ago, he was a student at Miami of Ohio volunteering on my campaign.

I read upon the subject and grew more and more interested, and after a time I became a member of the National Board, and had duties and responsibilities that kept me busy after my day's work was done.

Kit spends a week of her summer vacation volunteering at the local theater—she wants to write a newspaper article about a play that's opening soon. It even stars famous actors from New York City! But behind

I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.

When I volunteered for the draft as a 20-year-old, mischievous guy at the height of the Vietnam War, most thought I was destined to pass from this earth early!

Deciding that his own life expectancy was directly proportional to his usefulness to Manson, Crockett made himself very useful, volunteering his truck to haul in supplies, and so forth.

To Wally there was nothing worse than being in a play with Caroline Malloy. Never mind that he would be doing something special for the younger students. He did not want to make primary children happy.

Guide to Moving On. The first item on that list was: Don't allow yourself to wallow in your pain. Reach out. Volunteer. Do something you love or something to help others.

The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering: Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.

and volunteering in the community. Mind, body, and spirit, the cadets were told. Over and

If you no longer needed to work to live, what would you do for free?