Quotes about Compassion

In the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.

By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving women, there is no such slave as a mother.

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.

While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight; while children go hungry, as they do now I'll fight; while men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I'll fight; while there is a drunkard left, while there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, while there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I'll fight, I'll fight to the very end!

If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them.

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.

A friend is someone who reaches for your hand... but touches your heart.