Quotes about Compassion
Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.
— Albert Schweitzer
The only joy in this hard life is serving others.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
— Aesop
If there's even one thing we can do - even one life we can save - we have an obligation to try
— Barack Obama
... our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice.
— Barack Obama
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
— Helen Keller
We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who need as much care as anyone we care for.
— Henri Nouwen
Any country that accepts abortion is the poorest of the poor
— Mother Teresa
Do not be afraid to go and to bring Christ into every area of life, to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent.
— Pope Francis
Every child that isn't born, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord.
— Pope Francis
Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but shares it with us, wanting us to have life and to have it in abundance.
— Pope John Paul II
Blessing is the projection of good into the life of another.
— Dallas Willard