Quotes about Compassion
You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
— Francis de Sales
Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self.
— Mother Teresa
Love asks nothing in return, but seeks those who need it. And who needs our love more than those who are consumed with hatred and are utterly devoid of love.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
You cannot save people. You can only love them.
— Anais Nin
We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.
— John Stott
An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of all.
— Dorothy Day
To love and to be loved, one must do good to others. The inevitable condition whereby to become blessed, is to bless others.
— Mary Baker Eddy
Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.
— CS Lewis
Do you wish to be free? Then above all things, love God, love your neighbor, love one another, love the common weal; then you will have true liberty.
— Girolamo Savonarola
It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.
— Mother Teresa