Quotes about Compassion
Preservation of life is the only true joy.
— Albert Schweitzer
To be a saint is to be a little out of one's mind, which is a very good thing to be a little out of from time to time. It is to live a life that is always giving itself away and yet is always full.
— Frederick Buechner
I don't have it in my heart to condemn people. I'm here to encourage them. I see myself more as a coach, as a motivator to help them experience the life God has for us.
— Joel Osteen
Life is a gift, not to possess, but to share.
— Henri Nouwen
Quit praying about yourself and spend your life for the sake of others as the bondservant of Jesus. That is the true meaning of being broken bread and poured-out wine in real life.
— Oswald Chambers
Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Jesus teaches us to put the needs of the poor ahead of our own, our needs, even if legitimate, will never be so urgent as those of the poor, who lack the necessities of life.
— Pope Francis
Our Lady is always close to us, especially when we feel the weight of life with all its problems
— Pope Francis
Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.
— Richard Paul Evans
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
— John Wooden
Charity keepeth us in Faith and Hope, and Hope leadeth us in Charity. And in the end all shall be Charity.
— Julian of Norwich
Love always desires to bless the object of its affection.
— Jim Cymbala