Quotes about Compassion
We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.
— Michelle Obama
The work we do is only our love for Jesus in action...If we pray the work...if we do it to Jesus, if we do it for Jesus, if we do it with Jesus...that's what makes us content.
— Mother Teresa
All we do our prayers our work our suffering is for Jesus. Our life has no other reason or motivation.
— Mother Teresa
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
I always tell myself... that the faith I have is a gift, so I shouldn't take that for granted. And so when people are struggling and feel they have no faith at all, I shouldn't say, 'Well, it's their fault.'
— Blase J. Cupich
Stupidity without malice isn't horrible; some people can't help it.
— Ricky Gervais
If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
— Vance Havner
By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
— Vernon Howard
Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
— Victor Hugo
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
— Victor Hugo
Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.
— Victor Hugo
Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness.
— Henry David Thoreau