Quotes about Compassionate Service
You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
— Acts 20:34
Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
— 1 Peter 4:9
Jesus never says to the poor: 'come find the church', but he says to those of us in the church: 'go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned.
— Tony Campolo
Though we are involved in social work, our goal is to be contemplatives at the heart of the world. We are with Jesus twenty-four hours a day. We do everything for Jesus. We do it all unto Jesus.
— Mother Teresa
Father, help these young people to see. Help them to show the world that our greatness is not in things we do for ourselves, but in things we do for others. In power that channels itself into kindness, in a hand outstretched in love.
— Lisa Wingate
He had not come primarily to heal the world's cells, but to heal its souls.
— Philip Yancey
The human being is here to redeem the world.
— Dennis Prager
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for someone else. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
— John Maxwell
Give first, no matter what your circumstances may be.
— John Maxwell
Jesus said that when we put others ahead of ourselves, the world will see God's love through us.
— Lynn Austin
What man is a man who does not make the world better?
— John Eldredge
It is not enough just to be good. We must be good for something. We must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for our presence. And the good that is in us must be spread to others. This is the measure of our civility.
— Gordon Hinckley