Quotes about Compassion

Do you want to speak to the man in charge—or the nurse who knows what's going on?

I pray for him. It's very difficult to dislike someone for whom you are praying.

Successful people speak words of inclusion rather than words of separation, words of acceptance rather than words of rejection, and words of tolerance rather than words of prejudice.

Whatever you want more of, give it away.

Compassion is the key no matter what the line of work you are in.

And when Mother Teresa was asked why she didn't participate in anti-war demonstrations, she said, "I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there." These great leaders knew that to be against something—to focus on your opposition to it—just creates more of it.

If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.

God wants us to have soft hearts and hard feet. The trouble with so many of us is that we have hard hearts and soft feet.

If you want to see revival, plant your church in the gutter.

If they could not understand the words about Jesus then we Christians should show them what He was like by the way we lived. I remembered He had said, 'If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.' So this was the beginning of what I called 'walking the extra mile'. There seemed to be a lot of Christians who did not mind walking one, not many who could be bothered to walk two, and no one who wanted to walk three. Those in need that I met seemed to need a marathon.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

Sweet is the rest and deep the bliss of him who has freed his heart from its lusts and hatreds and dark desires; and he who, without any shadow of bitterness or selfishness resting upon him, and looking out upon the world with boundless compassion and love, can breathe in his inmost heart, the blessing: Peace unto all living things.