20 Great Quotes to Encourage Your Volunteers

Looking for a way to encourage your volunteers?  I have found that one way is to share great, timely quotes with them. 

Here are 20 great quotes to encourage your volunteers. You can share these in an email, at a team meeting, in a newsletter, etc.

"We serve for the outcome not the income."

"Act as if what you do makes a difference...it does."  - William James

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others.'"  -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

"This is how changes happens. One gesture.  One person. One moment in time."  -Libba Broy

"Volunteers don't necessarily have the time, they just have the heart."  -Elizabeth Andrew

"Volunteers don't get paid because they are priceless."

"Work for a cause...not for the applause." - Grace Lichtenstein

"Be part of something that is bigger than yourself."

"The brightest volunteers are those who help others shine."

"You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give." -Winston Churchill 

"A candle loses nothing of its light when lighting another.”  -Kahlil Gibran

"Happiness is thinking of myself; joy is thinking of others."

"It’s good to be blessed. It’s better to be a blessing."

"Live your life to express, not to impress."  -Grace Lichtenstein

"There’s no time like the present, no present like time."  -Georgia Byng 

"You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." -John Bunya  

"Volunteers wear working boots but leave a trail of angel footprints." -Terri Guillemets  

"Volunteers are love in motion!" 

"I am a volunteer...what's your superpower?

"Volunteers are the love of God in motion."

 p.s. Have you read my new book "52 Devotions for Children's Ministry Volunteers?"  It is a great tool you can use for personal devotions, encouragement for your volunteers, team meetings, etc.  Check it out at this link.