“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” – Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activist and clergyman

“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.” – Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa

“To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it.” – Betty Williams, Irish activist and founder of the Irish peace movement, Community of Peace People

“The power of human empathy, leading to collective action, saves lives, and frees prisoners. Ordinary people, whose personal well-being and security are assured, join together in huge numbers to save people they do not know, and will never meet … Unlike any other creature on this planet, humans can learn and understand, without having experienced. They can think themselves into other people’s places … .We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.”  – J.K. Rowling, author, philanthropist, and founder of the children’s charity, Lumos

“If you call yourself Save the Whales, every once in a while you have to save a whale.” – Tom Ahern

“No one has ever become poor from giving.” – Anne Frank

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill

“Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.” – Hank Rosso

“Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.” – Minor Myers

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

“The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.” – Carol Ryrie Brink

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” – Mohammed Ali

“Always have a willing hand to help someone, you might be the only one that does.” – Roy T. Bennett