Give love, give help, give service, and give any little thing you can, but keep out barter.

Over the years, those who have seemed to me to be the most happy, contented and fulfilled have always been the people who have lived the most outgoing and unselfish lives.

Service to man is service to god.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one's time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

Everything that is not given is lost.

As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.