Quotes about Compassion
Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only true gift is a portion of yourself.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
To laugh often and love much... to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self... this is to have succeeded.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A woman should always challenge our respect, and never move our compassion.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
He is great who confers the most benefits.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
To know one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I save, I lay something aside for future need. If I sense God's leading, I will give it away to meet greater needs. When I hoard, I'm unwilling to part with what I've saved to meet others' needs, because my possible future needs outweigh their actual present needs. I fail to love my neighbor as myself.
— Randy Alcorn
Are we truly obeying the command to love our neighbor as ourselves if we're storing up money for potential future needs when our neighbor is laboring today under actual present needs?
— Randy Alcorn