Funny Social Worker Quotes

“It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act.” — Dalai Lama

“Speak up if you want to bring change to the world.” — Dr. DaShanne Spokes

“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.” — Thurgood Marshall

 “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” — Bernice Johnson Reagon

“As we lose ourselves in the service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“At this very moment, there are individuals only you can reach, and differences only you can make in their lives.” — Mike Dooley

“It’s a privilege to be able to bear witness to someone’s story when they may not have had the chance to tell it before.” — Lindy Alexander

“It is not your job to save everyone. Some people are not even ready to be helped. Focus on being of service to those who are, and be wise and humble enough to know when the best service you can offer is to guide them toward help in another direction.” — Anna Taylor

“Social Work is the Art of Listening and the Science of Hope.” — Unknown

“To a social worker working for others is not a job, it is a joy.” — Amit Kalantri

“I fell in love with social work, and that was my undoing as a poet.” — Carl Rakosi.

“There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.” — James D. Watson

“When you do ‘it’ right, Social Work is a feeling that is larger than your own life.” — Ogden W. Rogers.

“Evangelism without social work is deficient; social work without evangelism is impotent.” — John Mott.

“I became a social worker because I want to give a voice to those who don’t feel heard.” — Peter Swanson

”I can’t imagine a social worker, for example, devoting herself to such a profession unless she had in her mind, at some level of consciousness, a vision of a better society than the one she’s actually engaged with day after day.” — Northrop Frye

“Don’t make me use my social worker voice!” — Unknown

“You can’t fix crazy. All you can do is document it.” — Unknown

“I do this for the money! Said no social worker ever!” — Unknown

“A worried social worker does better research than the FBI.” — Unknown

“Being a social worker is easy. It’s like riding a bike except the bike is on fire. You are on fire. Everything is on fire.” — Unknown

“If you ever want to know what a social worker’s mind is like, imagine a browser with 2,587 tabs open. All. The. Time.” — Unknown