- "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others" – Mahatma Gandhi.
- "Active nonviolence of the brave puts to flight thieves, dacoits, murderers, and prepares an army of volunteers ready to sacrifice themselves in quelling riots, in extinguishing fires and feuds, and so on" – Mahatma Gandhi.
- “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth” – Muhammad Ali.
- “Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless” – Sherry Anderson.
- “Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention” – Oscar Wilde.
- “If our hopes of building a better and safer world are to become more than wishful thinking, we will need the engagement of volunteers more than ever” – Kofi Annan.
- “As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands — one for helping yourself, the other for helping others” – Audrey Hepburn.
- “Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another” – Erma Bombeck.
- “You may not have saved a lot of money in your life, but if you have saved a lot of heartaches for other folks, you are a pretty rich man” – Seth Parker.