Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people read more

Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without read more

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Somewhere on this planet, someone has a solution to each of the world's problems. It might be one of us. read more

Somewhere on this planet, someone has a solution to each of the world's problems. It might be one of us. With your help, we can build a more hopeful world.

Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one read more

Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one person to another, about all our choices gathered together as a country to reach across all our divides.

To show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things. It is how much love read more

To show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things. It is how much love we put in the doing that makes our offering something beautiful for God.

A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as read more

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.

Kindness is more important than wisdom and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

Kindness is more important than wisdom and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

Love cannot remain by itself -- it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action read more

Love cannot remain by itself -- it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.