Susan J. Ellis famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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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.
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Volunteering is so pervasive it's invisible. We take for granted all the things that have been pioneered by concerned, active volunteers.
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Men have always volunteered, they just called themselves coaches, trustees, and firemen!
-- Susan J. Ellis
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The debt that each generation owes to the past, it must pay to the future.
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Nothing is stronger than gentleness.
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Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
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There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.
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There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.
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My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.
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People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.
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Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.
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I live to inspire girls, volunteers, Girl Scout staff and alumni
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The work of volunteers impacts on all our lives, even if we are not aware of it.