Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old social work quotes, social work sayings, and social work proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Martin Luther King, Jr.
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You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.Mohandas Ghandi
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It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that you cannot sincerely try to help another without helping yourself.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.Albert Schweitzer
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Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.Mother Teresa
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If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.Mother Teresa
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Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.Mary Kay Ash
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Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.Elbert Hubbard
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“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.Mary Rose Mcgeady
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.Mahatma Gandhi
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Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.unknown
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Never, never, be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.Dr. Seuss
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Offer your hand, not your judgment.unknown
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own. Benjamin Disraeli
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Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.Mother Teresa
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Let me do all the good I can, to all the people I can, as often as I can, for I shall not pass this way again.John Wesley
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We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.Ben Sweetland
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Social Work is the Art of Listening and the Science of Hope.unknown
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As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.Audrey Hepburn
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What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality. Daniel Webster
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No one has ever become poor by giving.Anne Frank
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I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.Rabindranath Tagore
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Never look down on someone unless you're helping them up.unknown
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The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.James D. Watson
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There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed. Woodrow T. Wilson
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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment to improve the world.Anne Frank
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Strong people stand up for themselves. But the strongest people stand up for others.unknown