Quotes About Compassion

love, even if you can't feel it at the moment. — Joseph Compaine —

In every vocation, those who truly excel have genuine desire to serve others.

We can request love, but we cannot demand love.

Love in a way that those who don't know God will see your kindness and know Him because of you. — Jill Thompson

your child, like a flower, will benefit from your love. When the water of love is given, your child will bloom and bless the world with beauty. Without that love, she will become a wilted flower, begging for water.

God is our example in parenting.

No matter how hard you try to express love in English, if your spouse understands only Chinese, you will never understand how to love each other.

True Christianity does more than feel empathy for those in need. True Christianity meets that need. — James Stuart Bell —

When I have been wronged by my spouse and she has painfully confessed it and requested forgiveness, I have the option of justice or forgiveness.

A willingness to examine and change stereotypes is necessary in order to express love more effectively. Remember, there are no rewards for maintaining stereotypes, but there are tremendous benefits to meeting the emotional needs of your spouse.

Now I realize that she didn't want advice when she told me about her struggles at work. She wanted sympathy. She wanted me to listen, to give her attention, to let her know that I could understand the hurt, the stress, the pressure. She wanted to know that I loved her and that I was with her. She didn't want advice; she just wanted to know that I understood.

Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not t hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.

Forgiveness is an expression of love.

If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? —Matthew 18:12 niv

When your spouse is angry and upset and lashing out words of heat, if you choose to be loving, you will not reciprocate with additional heat but with a soft voice. You will receive what he is saying as information about his emotional feelings. You will let him tell you of his hurt, anger, and perception of events. You will seek to put yourself in his shoes and see the event through his eyes and then express softly and kindly your understanding of why he feels that way.

choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.

But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you…. Do to others as you would have them do to you. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.3

Love doesn't keep a score of wrongs. Love doesn't bring up past failures. None of us is perfect.

If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink. —Proverbs 25:21

Love doesn't keep a score of wrongs. Love doesn't bring up past failures. None of us is perfect. In marriage we do not always do the best or right thing. We have sometimes done and said hurtful things to our spouses. We cannot erase the past. We can only confess it and agree that it was wrong. We can ask for forgiveness and try to act differently in the future.

God's love enables us to serve those who mistreat us. — Verda J. Glick

Angry people need someone who cares enough to listen long enough to understand the pain. They need someone who listens carefully enough to identify with the person's anger, wisely enough to express understanding, and courageously enough to respond with a gentle, truthful answer—an answer that seeks resolution of the issue that gave rise to the anger.

Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse.

Love doesn't keep a score of wrongs. Love doesn't bring up past failures.