Quotes about Compassion
No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart.
— JC Ryle
Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
— George Bernard Shaw
Prayer gives us a pure heart and a pure heart can do much.
— Mother Teresa
Be careful before leaving someone in a sorrowing situation. Say a word of prayer with them and share even a brief word of encouragement from the Scriptures.
— Billy Graham
What are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend?
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life.
— Mother Teresa
Worship and intercession must go together, the one is impossible without the other. Intercession means that we rouse ourselves up to get the mind of Christ about the one for whom we pray.
— Oswald Chambers
Prayer is in all things, in all gestures.
— Mother Teresa
Make sickness itself a prayer.
— Francis de Sales
Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
I seldom made an errand to God for another but I got something for myself.
— Samuel Rutherford
I really appreciate leaders from around the globe who have come to share in prayer with us today. It reminds me that the Almighty God is a God to everybody, every person.
— George W. Bush