Quotes about Compassion
Ask?da ekmek: there is bread on the hook. It's an ancient tradition in Turkey. When buying a loaf at the local bakery, you can choose to pay for an extra loaf and, after bagging your purchase, the owner will hang the second loaf on a hook on the wall. If a person in need comes by, he or she can ask if there's anything on the hook. If so, the bread is shared, and the hunger is relieved.
— Seth Godin
Based on who they are and what they want and what they know, everyone is right. Every time.
— Seth Godin
Everyone has a problem, a desire, and a narrative. Who will you seek to serve?
— Seth Godin
Power used to be about giving, not getting.
— Seth Godin
a hospital for the broken, not a museum for the perfect.
— Sheila Walsh
Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven." Luke 6:37
— Sheila Walsh
God didn't give us His Word to use like a weapon or some kind of Hallmark card we can pass across the fence and keep some distance. It is a weapon, but one designed for use against our enemy, not against our sisters. It is meant for encouragement, not for pat answers in the midst of real pain. Just because something is true doesn't mean you must voice that truth in all circumstances.
— Sheila Walsh
The word grace emphasizes at one and the same time the helpless poverty of man. and the limitless kindness of God. WILLIAM BARCLAY
— Sheila Walsh
It's often at our most broken that we realize how loved we really are.
— Sheila Walsh
What I think we as the church lack, though, is a place to talk about how things really are now. In our desire to be an inspiration to one another we often veil what is true, because what is true is not always inspirational. But hurting believers whose lives are in tatters often need real help. If we were able to put aside our need for approval long enough to be authentic, then, surely, we would be living as the church.
— Sheila Walsh
The love of Christ knows no boundaries, recognizes no labels.
— Sheila Walsh
Many of the judgments we make of one another—judgments that cause great pain—are preventable, because they are based on misunderstanding
— Sheila Walsh