"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

-William James

“You can gain more friends by being yourself than you can by putting up a front. You can gain more friends by building people up than you can by tearing them down. And you can gain more friends by taking a few minutes from each day to do something kind for someone, whether it be a friend or a complete stranger. What a difference one person can make!”

 -Sasha Azevedo

"Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?"

-Martin Luther King Jr.

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

-Theodore Roosevelt

"It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain himself. "

~ Epicurus

“Don’t just survive what’s coming at you.  Shape it.”
Gen. Romeo Dallaire

"Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it."

-- Albert Schweitzer

"People may not remember exactly what you did, or what you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel. Remember what you do echoes in eternity."

"Don't leave it up to someone else -- you're the one who can make a difference."

"If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."

(Bruce Barton)

"What is the reason for this attitude of the developed Nations? In the Twentieth Century self-interest, sovereignty and taking care of number one, became the primary criteria for any serious provision of support or resources to the world's trouble spots. If the country in question is of any possible strategic value to the world powers, then it seems that everything from covert operations to the outright use of overwhelming force is fair game. If not, indifference is the order of the day. To imagine that these same world powers have magically leapt ahead in this new age of humanity (as Kofi Anan named it in his seminal speech at the millennium UN General Assembly in September, 2000) could not be further from the truth. It will take the world's dedicated will and means to move from the 20th century - the century of 'Genocide' to the century of Humanity."

~ Lt.General Romeo Dallaire, the Head of Mission of the U N Chapter 6 Peace Keeping Force in Rwanda

"Many people believe that support is something that you give to someone you feel sorry for or that it means propping up someone who would fail unless you were there to give him a boost. But that's not the way I see it. Support is the boost you can give someone who can help himself but who needs a partner to open a window or push aside a roadblock."

-- Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's

"Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier."

- Mother Teresa

"Poverty is the worst form of violence."
~ Ghandi

"Men are respectable only as they respect."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882

"If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are."

John W. Gardner
1912-, American Educator, Social Activist