Quotes about Compassion
The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.
— Tertullian
When people meet me, I hope that they say this: 'This is a guy who, number one, loves the Lord, but he also loves people, and he wants to make a difference in people's life. And he wants to help everyone he comes in contact with, and he is genuine, he is real, and he cares about people.'
— Tim Tebow
If you're going out for a meal with friends, and they say they can't afford to go to such and such a place, you can't force them to afford it.
— Phyllis Logan
The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.
— Audrey Hepburn
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.
— Robert Frost
Forgive those who have hurt you.
— Les Brown
There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't.
— Audrey Hepburn
Every merciful act to the needy, the suffering, is as though done to Jesus.
— Ellen White
Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.
— John Wooden
A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.
— Ruth Bell Graham
Many people think… that the Christian commandments (for instance, loving your neighbor as yourself) are purposely made too strict—rather like the clock being put half an hour fast to prevent them getting up much too late in the morning.
— Soren Kierkegaard