Quotes About Compassion

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.

We cannot afford to lose any more people as a result of hatred.

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.

Ebola has changed everything in West Africa. We cannot sit back and say, 'Oh, those poor people.' We must think outside the box and find ways to help.

We cannot be indifferent to people's life and business.

We should be uncomfortable with the growing gaps in our society, and we cannot allow ourselves to become desensitized to these injustices.

We cannot stay enveloped in our own reality and turn a blind eye to the plight of others.

Russia is a very different place than what we in the West are familiar with. We cannot apply our own values and judgments to the country. We need to have greater compassion and understanding and recognize that our similarities are greater than our differences.

If we support human rights, we cannot ignore legalized brutality against any group of our global community.

We cannot just say there is a homelessness crisis in San Francisco and continue moving at our normal pace.

There are patches in the GRC that are actually full of low-income people... and we cannot leave them behind in our pursuit of economic development and success.

We cannot abandon those who helped us - the personnel who helped us and aided our efforts when we were in Afghanistan.

If we truly are the greatest city in the greatest country on Earth, we cannot fail those facing the greatest need.

We cannot serve the Lord if we don't have a heart of forgiveness.

It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel.

The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness.

Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.

My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak.

No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.

I Iike listening to people talking. I'm really interested in people's lives and what makes us work, what makes us weak, at times, and things that can make us stronger.

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.