Quotes About Compassion

It is beginning to dawn on the world of compassion that the root causes of poverty can be addressed effectively only through development, not through one-way giving.

Because, as compassionate people, we have been evaluating our charity by the rewards we receive through service, rather than the benefits received by the served.

parity is the higher form of charity.

American churches are at the forefront of the burgeoning compassion industry, spending billions on dependency-producing food pantries, clothes closets, service projects, and mission trips that serve mainly themselves and inadvertently turn people into beggars.

you got to give it away to keep it

Life is short. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly.

I'd classify myself as a Buddhist. I believed that every living thing came from the earth and was to be respected

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked.

I have a lot more patience now than I did when I was twenty-five, and patience is a big part of being a parent." "I

There were signs, for sure—bruises and missing teeth—but nobody wanted to see them. If they did, they'd have to act. So they ignored them. And the beatings continued. Nobody wanted to get involved in other people's business, especially their business behind closed doors.

Usted tiene el regalo. Usted es un curandero.

He told me he felt guilty to have lived, to have made it home when so many did not.

than that one innocent suffer. —SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE

Guilt is never as good a motivator as love, David. Act out of love. Do it because you love your son.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked.   Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

People are forgiving, Mr. Coe, but they want accountability.

Please don't give me words; give me a hug. Don't tell me that I'm holding up so well; break down with me and admit our shared wretchedness. Don't feign some bright mountaintop; walk with me through the dark valley where neither of us can utter a word.

They saw how their Master denied himself many of the comforts and pleasures of the world and became a servant among them. They saw how the things they cherished—physical satisfaction, popular acclaim, prestige—he refused; while the things which they sought to escape—poverty, humiliation, sorrow, and even death—he accepted willingly for their sake.

You need to find a way to work together as parents. You have to find a way to love your kids more than you hate each other.

We must eliminate nagging with its complaining and contentious spirit because it focuses attention on self rather than on the other person.

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.

Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

What my father said about businessmen applies to liberals ... They're sons of bitches. The people who are selfish are interested in their own singular course of action and do not take into consideration the needs or requirements of others and what can ultimately be accomplished.

I did not lie awake at night worrying about the problems of Negroes.