Inspirational material for volunteers

While looking for research on volunteerism, I also came across some other websites, the first being some volunteering quotes. For me, the most poignant quote was "...If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else", by B.T. Washington. I also found a webpage outlining some benefits of being a volunteer. One benefit was that when a person volunteers, their well being is improved due to building of friendships and an increase in self-esteem. I can identify with this idea through personal experience. During my last year at primary school, my peer group suddenly excluded me from their activities, leaving me on my own at lunchtime. I was able to avoid getting too depressed and thinking I was an unworthy person by taking on some volunteer jobs at lunchtime instead. I would go to the classrooms of the younger kids (who had their lunch break at a different time to the older kids) and carry out various duties in the classrooms to assist their teachers, such as putting the kids' paintings up on display. Some of the little girls befriended me, to whom I became sort of a big sister. I also volunteered at the school canteen, where I made friends with kids from different classrooms. I'd be interested to hear which volunteering quotes anyone else found to be particularly moving or inspirational.