Quotes about Compassion
How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing. TRUETT CATHEY
— John Maxwell
Nobody wants to be sold, but everyone wants to be helped.
— John Maxwell
Mother Teresa said, "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
— John Maxwell
Give to others? Why? I have needs too
— John Maxwell
Material handouts are a poor substitute for love and understanding. People don't need more things—they need more tenderness
— John Maxwell
Real leaders have something to give, and they give it freely. Anthony DeMello saw a starving child shivering in the cold. Angrily he lifted his eyes to heaven and said, "God, how could you allow such suffering? Why don't you do something?" There was a long silence and then DeMello was startled when he heard the voice of God answer him, "I certainly have done something—I made you.
— John Maxwell
If you desire to mine the gold of good intentions in others, then forgiveness is essential. And it's rarely a one-time thing. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was right when he said, "Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.
— John Maxwell
And remember, it is with the attitude with which you judge others that you will also be judged. If you mine the gold of good intentions in your relationship with others, then people will more likely do the same for you.
— John Maxwell
their success is more important to you than your success
— John Maxwell
you can care about people without leading them, but you cannot lead people well without caring about them.
— John Maxwell
The unfortunate truth is that many of us, instead of offering total forgiveness, pray something like this Irish Prayer: May those who love us, love us; And those who don't love us May God turn their hearts; And if He doesn't turn their hearts, May He turn their ankles, So we'll know them by their limping.
— John Maxwell
Sometimes we get to see the miracle. Others times we get to be the miracle.
— John Maxwell