{"quotes":[{"text":"Our deeds and actions can change the heart of men.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["action","advice","attitude","behaviour-change","choices","decisions","deeds","good-deeds","help-others","humanity","kindness","lailah-gifty-akita-affirmations","leaders","leadership","mankind","mentality","needy","positive-outlook","service","serving","volunteering","volunteerism"],"id":10892,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"We are a blessing to each other.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["abundant-life","belief","christian-life","faith-hope","gods-grace","helping-others","humanity","inspiring","lessons-learnt","life","motivational","religion","sharing-life","spirituality","volunteering","wise-words"],"id":22216,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"At a time when so many people are just checking things off a bucket list, other travelers are finding that they want more. Going Local explores the whys and how to’s of really experiencing an area and its culture through the people who live there. Includes a plethora of real life travel stories from experts and everyday people alike.","author":"Nicholas Kontis","tags":["food-and-travel","foodie","immsersion-travel","living-overseas","nicholas-kontis","peer-to-peer-travel","ressponsible-travel","sharing-economy","travel","volunteering"],"id":27087,"author_id":"Nicholas+Kontis"},{"text":"My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.","author":"Robert A. Heinlein","tags":["patriotism","volunteer","volunteering","volunteerism"],"id":31841,"author_id":"Robert+A.+Heinlein"},{"text":"There's almost always a church youth group at the soup kitchen. I have yet to see an atheists' youth group. Yeah, I know, religious people don't have a monopoly on doing good. I'm sure that there are many agnostics and atheists out there slinging mashed potatoes at other soup kitchens. I know the world is full of selfless secular gropus like Doctors without Borders. But I've got to say: It's a lot easier to do good if you put your faith in a book that requires you to do good.","author":"A.J. Jacobs","tags":["atheism","faith","humor","religion","volunteering"],"id":37270,"author_id":"A.J.+Jacobs"},{"text":"Work while you have strength.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["awareness","self-actualization","strength","volunteering","work"],"id":45916,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness; a review of research by the Corporation for National and Community Service shows that those who aid the causes they value tend to be happier and in better health. They show fewer signs of physical and mental aging. And it's not just that helpful people also tend to be healthier and happier; helping others causes happiness. 'Be selfless, if only for selfish reasons,' as one of my happiness paradoxes holds. About one-quarter of Americans volunteer, and of those, a third volunteer for more than a hundred hours each year.","author":"Gretchen Rubin","tags":["happiness","health","volunteer","volunteering","volunteerism"],"id":65080,"author_id":"Gretchen+Rubin"},{"text":"The better we serve, the greater the fulfilment.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["abilities","calling-people","fulfilment","gifts","helping-people","humanity-advice","leaders","leadership","love","manking","mentoring","missionary","peace","servant","service","serving","shine-your-light","talents","teachers","volunteering","work"],"id":69063,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"When you tend to another's dying embers, you find both warmth and an increase in the glow of your own fire.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["assisting","helping","helping-others","kindness","richelle","richelle-goodrich","volunteering"],"id":75101,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"We live life not only for ourselves but for others.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["abilities","christian","community","faith","fulfilling-purpose","helping-others","hope","inspirational","life","living-now","mission","missionary","moments","purpose","self-motivation","services","sharing","society-problem","time","volunteering"],"id":98631,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":45,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}