Quotes about Compassion
I think it very wrong to pray for people while they are in distress and then not to continue praying, now with thanksgiving, when they are relieved.
— CS Lewis
The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly or mean.
— Kevin DeYoung
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.
— Mother Teresa
There can be no greater gift than that of giving one's time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
— Nelson Mandela
There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian's love must be universal!
— Jonathan Edwards
The Curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
When someone we love is having difficulty and is giving us a bad time, it's better to explore the cause than to criticize the action.
— Zig Ziglar
If you'll spend time praying for people instead of talking about them, you'll get better results.
— Joel Osteen
If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
— St. Augustine
Each time we look upon the poor, on the farmworkers who harvest the coffee, the sugarcane, or the cotton... remember, there is the face of Christ.
— Oscar Romero
Sometimes I wonder will God ever forgive us for what we've done to each other? Then I look around and I realize God left this place a long time ago.
— Leonardo DiCaprio