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“Be nice to people... maybe it'll be unappreciated, unreciprocated, or ignored, but spread the love anyway. We rise by lifting others.”

“You don't have to be a billionaire to believe you can make a difference. Give your resources to a charity and volunteer in your community.”

“The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.”

“Do all the work you while you still have strength.”

“We’re all little lights, and if one of us isn’t shining, all the rest aren’t going to shine, either.”

“What if an ordinary person cannot make a difference without talking about politics, without letting political concerns have their due, without feeling alarm, without figuring out some way to trust the power of words -- without, that is, becoming an extraordinary person?”

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

“Paul Revere earned his living as a silversmith. But what do we remember him for? His volunteer work. All activism is volunteering in that it's done above and beyond earning a living and deals with what people really care passionately about. Remember, no one gets paid to rebel. All revolutions start with volunteers.”

“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve.”

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'”

“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.”

“I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.”

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”

“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.”

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”