Quotes about Compassion
We cannot afford to regard as normal the presence of injustice, inhumanity, and violence, including their verbal and cyber manifestations.
— Bernice King
At any rate, we can see that they are given into our care, that we cannot just do whatever we want with them. Animals, too, are God's creatures.
— Pope Benedict XVI
By taking the lives of our young, and wounding the wombs and lives of their mothers, we are flying in the face of God. We cannot play God. If we continue down this path of destruction, we will be met at the gates by our own doom.
— Alveda King
We cannot serve the Lord if we don't have a heart of forgiveness.
— Monty Williams
The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness.
— Myles Munroe
Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.
— Bernice King
People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.
— Desmond Tutu
At the final day, the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material possessions or fame. He will ask if we ministered to the sick, gave food and drink to the hungry, visited those in prison, or gave succor to the weak.
— Joseph Wirthlin
There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
— Muhammad Ali
All of us have to be committed to a life beyond our own aspirations.
— Bernice King
That said, I have come to believe that the more committed one is to leftism, the more likely one is to become meaner.
— Dennis Prager
It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
— Bernice King