63 Quotes by Sargent Shriver

What can change the world today is the same thing that has changed it in the past-an idea and the service of dedicated, committed individuals to that idea.

It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart.

The most important thing that I know about living is love. Nothing surpasses the benefits received by a human being who makes compassion and love the objective of his or her life. For it is only by compassion and love that anyone fulfills successfully their own life’s journey. Nothing equals love.

Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us.

The Peace Corps represents some, if not all, of the best virtues in this society. It stands for everything that America has ever stood for. It stands for everything we believe in and hope to achieve in the world.

Being accused of enthusiasm is something I’ll never live down.

It is not what you get out of life that counts. It’s what you give and what is given from the heart.

The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we’re not apologetic about it.

It’s the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.