Volunteer Quotes

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"Early in my life I was inspired by the creative process. Music was definitely an important part of that. I did lots of volunteer work with large organizations and theater groups and things that involved music. I just basically started as a professional volunteer..."

- Susan Silver

I tell young actors today to join the Merchant Marines for a year, and I tell young women to volunteer in a hospital emergency ward if they can. You get to see different people, cultures, dress - it`s a marvelous education for an actor.

- Rod Steiger

Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

- Gillian Anderson

If anyone would like to volunteer, we`d like to have them. This is open to all performers to come and showcase themselves not only for this, but for the whole year `round.

- Patricia Lewis

I don`t work a five-day week as a rule, and I`ve managed to fill that time up. It hasn`t been that hard. I volunteer at school. I`m working because I love it. Yet, I don`t not envy women who have a stay-at-home job, because you miss stuff.

- Deidre Hall

The Red Cross is actively looking for youths to get involved in our programs, ... The kids who get started early tend to volunteer for the rest of their lives.

- Lisa Brown

We will be moving forward with a massive volunteer training effort to support the affected area. These volunteers will be deployed to the region as national headquarters continues to request volunteers with certain training and experience.

- Mary Miller

The students who marched against the war, or who march for other things, are by and large not the students who get internships or volunteer for presidential candidates,

- Michael Phillips

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

- Mitt Romney

It`s just awesome to have your staff volunteer their time and tips to accommodate this worthwhile cause; I am so proud of each and every employee and so grateful. It`s our way to help our fellow Americans in need and I hope lots of people from our community come not only to support the victims but also to enjoy a great meal for a great cause.

- Ron Oliver

Our mayor is a volunteer fireman, and our fire chief is a Lions member.

- Mary Murphy

We`re at around 1,200 registered volunteers. That`s a really good testament because this is kind of a vague thing, but it`s a really important volunteer job, and we`re still recruiting.

- Jennifer Cole

I think other bowls relying on volunteers and all that, if you have to train a new volunteer every year, that gets kind of chaotic. Our idea was if the media are happy, they are going to say good things.

- John James

Much like the citizen-soldiers of the Revolution, America`s volunteer defenders of today continue to take up arms where liberty is threatened.

- John Boehner

Some people find it equally as entertaining to come down here and volunteer on this end because you`re the person picking up the phone answering. It gets to be kind of frenzied and it`s fun.

- Jim Gray

We are getting quite a bit out of the public schools. And a number of municipalities dedicate the money (they earn) to their volunteer fire departments.

- David Oliver

This is an inspiration to me. It will motivate me to continue the work I`ve been doing for so long. I`m working to make my community better. All of my work is volunteer work.

- Mary Smith

This year would be a great opportunity for us to fill all the volunteer spots. With Ashley`s background in networking and knowing a diverse group of people, we can make this goal come true.

- Ashley Miller

In addition to that, there has always been a very active volunteer community and an active set of people employed by other companies.

- Mitchell Baker

When you were a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, you came in the morning; you had a supervisor who gave you a list of calls to make and a time to do it in.

- Ed Gillespie

What we want people to do if they will, is to continue to volunteer long-term. Give us a couple of weeks and we`ll get them in the next training classes.

- Christian Smith

Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent.

- Lee Haney

Being a member of the volunteer fire department gives me an opportunity to serve the public and help people that are in need. I plan to increase my education to be a paramedic and would like to get hired as a professional firefighter in a department that is in the area (possibly as far away as Sacramento) because staying close to family is important to me. I don`t believe you can ever learn enough or be the greatest at what you do - there is always room for improvement.

- Patrick Hughes

They basically ask their engineers to volunteer some probability figures, then they take the average. This is not science. This is voodoo,

- Michio Kaku

Research has shown that people who volunteer often live longer.

- Allen Klein

The Distribution Center encourages our associates to volunteer their time to charitable organizations. We believe in reaching out to help our community and encourage our associates to look for those opportunities to make a positive difference.

- John Lawrence

We`d have to be creative by relying on other volunteer organizations, neighboring cities and counties.

- Jerry Martin

We had over 400 people volunteer to help, ... Some folks came and were turned away.

- Sam Adams

Young people can volunteer to work or raise funds for groups or organizations that work in this way with children in developing countries.

- Alan Buddendeck

Too often in our communities many families have not even been aware that certain charities exist; and at the same time, there are many who are willing to volunteer their energy and their resources to help these charities, yet they do not know these charities even exist.

- Alan Norquist

Our existing volunteer army works quite well in conjunction with the Selective Service System, even during our current efforts in the War on Terror.

- Alice Hyde

Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer.

- Allan Meltzer

So popular is the naval service the only embarrassment is that men volunteer so rapidly we have to work overtime to give them hardy, adequate housing and proper training.

- Allan Wright

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.

- Allison Gollust

I didn`t volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.

- Amy Myers Jaffe

After the fishing is over I think the people that volunteer come away from it just as happy as the kids. When they see how much it means to the kids it makes them feel good about what they`re doing.

- Andy Stein

The central message used to attract new recruits to the Marine Corps has not changed significantly since the inception of the all-volunteer force. Each tells the story of the grueling challenge one goes through to transform into a U.S. marine.

- Angi Fangman

The board of directors are local residents who live and breathe in the territory they cover. They all serve on a volunteer basis. They truly are community leaders that care about their territory and having job creation in their territory.

- Anna Sui

He doesn`t really volunteer advice, he lets me ask questions,

- Anne Larigauderie

By working together, we can make timely and meaningful decisions regarding the best use of our community resources and volunteer efforts,

- Anne Nave

I want to thank the volunteer firefighters without them things would`ve been ugly.

- Antoine Boutonnet

Part of it is because our volunteers are awesome. They are very reliable. Everything went smoothly. Every volunteer who said they were going to come did. This is our eighth time and we have learned a lot.

- Antonio Bryant

The argument that this particular case is about money is the standard argument made in every civil case, because every civil case can only be about money. I can`t give Bonny`s kids their mom back, and I can`t put Mr. Blake in prison. If Mr. Blake would like to volunteer for either of those, we`ll withdraw all claims for money.

- Antonio Graves

but other than that, the airlines are doing this on a volunteer basis. The crews on board are all volunteers.

- Ariosto

because young and healthy men like me would volunteer for their own goods.

- Art Stewart

(If voters aren`t pushing for a change in the system, it`s hard to expect members of Congress to volunteer to give themselves tougher competition.) You`re asking people to give up an enormous amount of power, ... It`s going to have to come from the outside.

- Arthur Brief

However, they were so appreciative of the donation, it just provided me with a certain amount of joy. A member of the International Association for Volunteer Effort, that I belong to as well, told me that appreciation comes from an instinct of basic survival and gratefulness for anything rather than worrying about the quality of the donation.

- Arthur Mutambara

The tools of our trade include the time-honored direct application of water on a fire, when the fire is at its initial stage of ignition. An interior pre-connected hose provides the first line of defense in many key applications, such as large storage and commercial buildings and especially where response from a volunteer fire department may be delayed.

- Ashbel Green

I also plan to volunteer for the Red Cross '” to give back what they gave to me.

- Ashley Grove

When the pressure to win as taken away from the enjoyment of coaching, I knew it was time for a change. I didn`t want to make a rash decision following what was a long season. Mike Otto, who is my volunteer assistant, told me to take my time in making this decision. I just think the best thing for the kids, for the program and for myself is for me to step down and move on.

- Barbara Insel