Quotes about Compassion
Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.
— Booker T. Washington
The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy.
— Booker T. Washington
I would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
— Booker T. Washington
You cannot be a Big person with a Small heart.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Blame unto others only as you would first blame yourself.
— Bishop TD Jakes
This will wreck you! Today, treat everyone you meet as if they're going to be dead by midnight. extend all the kindness and understanding you can, and do it with no thought of any reward.
— Ted Dekker
The physical power of real love is staggering, because real forgiveness is staggering...
— Ted Dekker
Love? You have no understanding that to love is to give, not to take.
— Ted Dekker
Let go of your right to take offense at all that ever threatened you and all that threatens you still. Release the fear your understanding shows you in this storm. Turn even the other cheek.
— Ted Dekker
All fear springs from an aversion to being threatened or wronged on some level. And yet it is written that true love holds no record of wrong.
— Ted Dekker
What does matter is whether or not we take offense when we think we've been wronged, regardless of who we think we are or what costume we're wearing.
— Ted Dekker
Whoever said that a straightened hand was more dramatic than a healed heart anyway? -the character Dr. Paul Thompson from Blessed Child
— Ted Dekker