Quotes About Compassion

An ordinary home about to be shattered. I'd rather cut off my hand than look into Belinda Horner's eyes and ask her to identify a body I'm certain is her daughter. But this is my job, and I don't have a choice.

The only time to look down on your neighbor is when you're bending over to help them.

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Single women can choose to serve others as well; we don't have to be married before we can give to others.

All the hurt, fear, and rejection you have ever felt is what the Lord Jesus felt in the Garden of Gethsemane.

forgiveness is not a feeling but a secret choice of the heart.

Going beyond forgiveness is sometimes more difficult than the initial act of forgiving.

Not only are many neighborhood conflicts characterized by this insult-for-insult relationship, but many marriages, unfortunately, fall into the same trap. In the chapter on unconditional acceptance, I suggested an exercise in which you divide a sheet of paper into 2 columns and then note your mate's weaknesses in the right-hand column.

Today wife-abuse is a common occurrence and, sadly, is seen sometimes in Christian marriages. Submission does not mean allowing another person to batter us, whether it battering is physical, verbal or emotional.

Because I found out that a little love is better than no love at all.

I have discovered that love and empathy play side by side with anger, fear, and resentment.

how do we learn to accept and forgive those who have both succeeded and failed in helping us become who we are?

Nice is good. It doesn't sound exciting, but think about it. I think Mr. Perfect would be kind to kids and animals, help old ladies across the street, not insult you when your opinion is different from his. Being nice is so important it's close to being number one.

Steven longed to comfort her, but he didn't dare. After all, he'd practically called her a prostitute earlier, albeit by mistake, and despite the sponge bath he figured he most likely smelled like a mule fart.

Dare to be a force of good in a world of bad.

A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.

If he were older and stronger, would he have given water to those men? Or would he, like most of the group, have kept his water for himself?

Let's get one thing clear between us, Shiloh. I would never laugh at you. I might tease the dickens out of you, but I would never, ever make fun of you. That's not who I am. I don't believe in humiliating another person. It's not in my DNA.

Nothing can fix a broken heart except love. Love always repairs those fractures we get in our heart.

They were not beggars; well, not in the usual sense. They were Christians, who wanted not just my nephews' money but their souls.

Seeing you dumpster diving the other day, I meant To say hello and toss you a quarter, but the Secret Service wouldn't allow it. Plus, it would look phony, For I did shove you out into the cold years ago. Had to, or I wouldn't have made it this far, so Just be glad for your old buddy, as you chew Wet french fries and suck on leftover ice. [Barack Obama to his soul]

I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: 'Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you.' … The twenty-five percent is for error.

Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.

It is not altogether an easy matter to undress and get ready for the night when you have no chair, no bed, no table, no water, only a little straw, and are thrown in with numbers of other people in a dark room.