Quotes About Compassion

I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.

I always give homeless people money, and my friends yell at me, 'He's only going to buy more alcohol and cigarettes.' And I'm thinking, 'Oh, like I wasn't?'

If there is anyone to whom I owe money, I'm prepared to forget it if they are.

We spend billions on banks when we know that a fraction of this money could save all the children in the world.

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood . . . but everyone has something to give.

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

Forgiveness is the best charity. (It is easy to give the poor money and goods when one has plenty, but to forgive is hard; but it is the best thing if one can do it.)

You have to be objective about money to use it fairly. It doesn't make you any better or any more useful than any other person. Even if you use your money to help people that doesn't.

If you had all the money and all the time in the world, what would you do?!

If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.

Money can buy a fine dog but it is kindness that makes him wag his tail.

I can see being kind to people, but I don't think giving them money solves the problem. I think it makes the problem worse and it prolongs the ultimate, inevitable end anyway.

Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff.

Choose your friends and mates, not by the money in their bank account, creed, ethnicity, or color; instead, choose character, actions, heart, and soul. When we bleed, we bleed the same color.

I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.

May the time come when rich men and great men would think it an honor to support whole stations of missionaries in Africa, instead of spending their money on hounds and horses.

Whenever I see a homeless guy, I always run back and give him money, because I think, 'Oh my God, what if that was Jesus?'

Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.

How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.

Jesus tells you exactly how to get it. Put your money in missions-and in your church and the poor-and your heart will follow.

I give money to Unicef because I like the 'bang for your buck' aspect. Here's $10, go and save 1,000 kids from blindness!

The proper way to create friends is to have a warm heart, not simply money or power. The friend of power and the friend of money are something different.

I didn't need more fame or money. I needed more heart.

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.