Quotes about Compassion

I'd get bored with myself if I was married to me, so it only makes sense that Lisa might occasionally be bored—or at least grow weary—of living with me. But God delights in both of us. God appreciates our quirks and understands our hearts' good intentions even when they might be masked by incredibly stupid behavior.

Just when we are most eager to make ourselves understood, we must strive to understand. Just when we seek to air our grievances, we must labor to comprehend another's hurt. Just when we want to point out the fallacies and abusive behavior of someone else, we must ruthlessly evaluate our own offensive attitudes and behaviors.

You won't find happiness at the end of a road named selfishness.

What if your husband's faults are God's tools to shape you? What if the very thing that most bugs you about your man constitutes God's plan to teach you something new? Are you willing to accept that your marriage makeover — the process of moving a man — might begin with you?

Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.

Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

Jesus said the standard was seventy times seven. I read somewhere that Dietrich Bonhoeffer explained it this way: "As long as you are counting, you haven't forgiven once." In

Don't pray for us. Pray with us.

I've heard you say that before: 'I seek the brethren.' But what then?" "You listen.

As long as we see any person as an enemy—whether Communist, Muslim or terrorist—then the love of God cannot flow through us to reach them.