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“Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own.”
― Albert Schweitzer

“The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.”
― Albert Schweitzer

“It's impossible to be involved in all situations, but there's no excuse not to be involved in something, somewhere, somehow, with someone. Make an ounce of difference.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“I’d stumbled upon the inner sanctuary of a woman who loved the world. Loved the faces of people she saw. Loved the way a hand looked when it was relaxed. Loved the way a woman looked when she touched her own face. The way a man looked when he opened himself to her. Loved the way wind changed a tree or a field or a child’s hair. The beauty of a neck meeting a shoulder. The softness of a smile that wasn’t forced.”
― Laura Anderson Kurk, Perfect Glass

“For a second, I stared at the map of her veins just under the surface of her thin skin. It was like her body was trying to become diaphanous. Instead of getting harder and stronger and full of life as we age, we disappear slowly. Our skin thins and evaporates. Our nails barely coat our fingertips. Our hair falls out. We are never more see-through.”
― Laura Anderson Kurk, Perfect Glass

“Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness; a review of research by the Corporation for National and Community Service shows that those who aid the causes they value tend to be happier and in better health. They show fewer signs of physical and mental aging. And it's not just that helpful people also tend to be healthier and happier; helping others causes happiness. "Be selfless, if only for selfish reasons," as one of my happiness paradoxes holds. About one-quarter of Americans volunteer, and of those, a third volunteer for more than a hundred hours each year.”
― Gretchen Rubin, Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

“That churchgoers do the lion's share of the charitable work in our communities is simply untrue. They get credit for it because they do a better job of tying the good works they do to their creed. But according to a 1998 study, 82% of volunteerism by churchgoers falls under the rubric of "church maintenance" activities -- volunteerism entirely within, and for the benefit of, the church building and immediate church community. As a result of this siphoning of volunteer energy into the care and feeding of churches themselves, most of the volunteering that happens out in the larger community -- from AIDS hospices to food shelves to international aid workers to those feeding the hungry and housing the homeless and caring for the elderly -- comes from the category of "unchurched" volunteers.”
― Dale McGowan, Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion

“I’m not sure about all the particulars that led to this moment. Do I believe life is a series of dots to be connected…or that no one can outrun destiny…or that all roads lead to truth and coincidence is a lie to distract us? The reason I was in this place no longer mattered. The harsh reality stared me in the face and demanded an immediate decision. Walk away and blame it on my age. Or stay and try to help a woman who had slowly become my friend over the last few weeks.”
― Laura Anderson Kurk, Perfect Glass

“My dad used to say, ‘This is what your right arm’s for, son,’�� John said. “This is the time and these are the people and I’d give my right arm to be a light, a comfort, to them. I know you would, too. In whatever form it takes. Use these materials and make something great. Do it on faith, knowing you probably won’t be around to see how the story ends.”
― Laura Anderson Kurk, Perfect Glass

“كيف تريدون ان يبنى مجد البلاد اذا لم يضحي امثالنا بانفسهم”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

“A leader has a great duty. You have to perform beyond the expectation of the people.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“Look at this one.�� I picked up a small painting of a man with dark hair and a short, dark beard. He wore a loose shirt, cobalt blue, unbuttoned at the top, showing a prominent, knobby collarbone. He looked…complicated and hungry. She’d captured him focused intensely on a book, his face pressed against a wall like he was resting. Or waiting.”
― Laura Anderson Kurk, Perfect Glass

“Do all the work you while you still have strength.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“On World Humanitarian Day 2014, thanks to ALL aid workers who carry or have carried out lifesaving work. Salute to our champions”
― Widad Akrawi

“We are all valuable. Humanity needs our individual services.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“The spirit of volunteerism is the spirit of service.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“If every citizen should recite their national anthem daily, you will develop love to serve your country better.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“He who want to be served must first know how to serve.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“Serve one another with great humility.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“Our ancestors did great work for humanity. What will we do for the next generations?”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“I have what takes to get the job done.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“Always work enthusiastically.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“We have to work and serve humanity while we have the grace.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!