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 Bombeck
A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of
water as being half empty;
An optimist sees the same glass as
half full.
But a giving person sees a glass of
water and starts looking for someone
who might be thirsty.
-- G. Thomas Gale
I always wondered why somebody didn't
do something about that.
Then I realized
I was somebody.
--Lily Tomlin
Never doubt that a small group of
committed people can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
--Margaret Mead
If you want to
build a ship,
don't drum up people together to collect
wood and don't assign them tasks and
work, but rather teach them to long for
the endless immensity of the sea.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
When someone shares something
of value with you
and you benefit from it,
you have a moral obligation
to share it with others.
-- Chinese Proverb
If you don't have any charity in your
heart you have the worst kind of heart
trouble.
-- Bob Hope
And when…
people believe in you,
deep enough, and strong enough,
believe in you
hard enough, and long enough
It stands to reason that you yourself will
Start to see what everybody sees in
You
And maybe even you,
Can believe in you... too!
-- Just One Person from the Musical “Snoopy”
If you insist on measuring yourself,
place the tape around your heart rather
than your head.
-- Carol Trabelle
Quotes selected from the
Energ!ze, Inc. website
http://www.energizeinc.com/reflect/quote1.html