Quotes about Compassion
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
The surgery of life hurts. It helps me, though, to know that the surgeon himself, the Wounded Surgeon, has felt every stab of pain and every sorrow.
— Philip Yancey
Let your life yield a sweet, winsome melody that this old world needs so desperately. Yes you can if you will.
— Charles Swindoll
No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.
— Lou Holtz
Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared.
— Henri Nouwen
We can tell the world that there is life after death, but the world really seems to be wondering if there is life before death.
— Shane Claiborne
Throughout my life, I've seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people's lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
— Jimmy Carter
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
— Albert Schweitzer
To be fully human is perhaps why I'm Christian, because I see in the life of Jesus a way of being fully human.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
There are two victims in every abortion: a dead baby and a dead conscience.
— Mother Teresa
Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.
— Mother Teresa
We serve life, not because it is broken, but because it is holy.
— Mother Teresa