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Compassion |
Bible
Quotes & Promises
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Inspirational & Famous Quotes
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Definitions & Meanings |
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 He shall feed his flock
like a shepherd: he shall gather
the lambs with his arm, and carry
them in his bosom, and shall
gently lead those that are with
young.
(Isaiah 40:11)
KJV
A bruised reed shall he
not break, and the smoking flax
shall he not quench: he shall
bring forth judgment unto truth.
(Isaiah 42:3)
KJV
Surely he hath borne our
griefs, and carried our sorrows:
yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted.
(Isaiah 53:4)
KJV
36When
he saw the crowds, he had
compassion on them, because they
were harassed and helpless, like
sheep without a shepherd.
(Matthew 9:36)
NIV
14When Jesus landed and saw
a large crowd, he had compassion
on them and healed their sick.
(Matthew 14:14) NIV
32Jesus
called his disciples to him and
said, "I have compassion for these
people; they have already been
with me three days and have
nothing to eat. I do not want to
send them away hungry, or they may
collapse on the way."
(Matthew 15:32) NIV
11For the Son of man is come
to save that which was lost.
12How think ye? if a man
have an hundred sheep, and one of
them be gone astray, doth he not
leave the ninety and nine, and
goeth into the mountains, and
seeketh that which is gone astray?
13And if so be that he find
it, verily I say unto you, he
rejoiceth more of that sheep, than
of the ninety and nine which went
not astray.
(Matthew 18:11-13) NIV
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
thou that killest the prophets,
and stonest them which are sent
unto thee, how often would I have
gathered thy children together,
even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye
would not!
(Matthew 23:37)
KJV
34 And said, Where have
ye laid him? They said unto him,
Lord, come and see. 35
Jesus wept. 36 Then
said the Jews, Behold how he loved
him! 37 And some of
them said, Could not this man,
which opened the eyes of the
blind, have caused that even this
man should not have died? 38
Jesus therefore again
groaning in himself cometh to the
grave. It was a cave, and a stone
lay upon it.
(John 11:34-38) NIV
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Inspirational Quotes from Famous People |
It is lack of
love for ourselves that inhibits
our compassion toward others. If
we make friends with ourselves,
then there is no obstacle to
opening our hearts and minds to
others.
--Unknown
Compassion will
cure more sins than condemnation.
--Henry Ward Beecher quotes
(Liberal US Congregational
minister, 1813-1887)
The human spirit
is not dead. It lives on in
secret... It has come to believed
that compassion, in which all
ethics must take root, can only
attain its full breadth and depth
if it embraces all living
creatures and does not limit
itself to mankind.-
--Albert Schweitzer quotes
(German medical Missionary,
Theologian, Musician and
Philosopher. 1952 Nobel Peace
Prize, 1875-1965)
Until he extends
the circle of his compassion to
all living things, man will not
himself find peace. - The
Philosophy of Civilization.
--Albert Schweitzer quotes
(German medical Missionary,
Theologian, Musician and
Philosopher. 1952 Nobel Peace
Prize, 1875-1965)
Make no
judgments where you have no
compassion.
--Anne McCaffrey quotes
He who feels no
compassion will become insane.
--Hasidic Proverb quotes
I should have no
compassion on these witches; I
should burn them all.
--Martin Luther quotes
(German Priest and Scholar whose
questioning of certain church
practices led to the Protestant
Reformation. 1483-1546)
Man may dismiss
compassion from his heart, but God
never will.
--William Cowper quotes
(English Poet One of the most
widely read English poets of his
day, 1731-1800)
Let your secret
sympathies and your compassion be
always with the under dog in the
fight - this is magnanimity; but
bet on the other one - this is
business.
--Mark Twain quotes
(American Humorist, Writer and
Lecturer. 1835-1910)
I believe in
human dignity as the source of
national purpose, human liberty as
the source of national action, the
human heart as the source of
national compassion, and in the
human mind as the source of our
invention and our ideas.
--John Fitzgerald Kennedy
quotes (American
35th US President (1961-63),
1917-1963
Compassion is
the basis of all morality.
--Arthur Schopenhauer
quotes (German
Philosopher, 1788-1860)
To commiserate
is sometimes more than to give,
for money is external to a man's
self, but he who bestows
compassion communicates his own
soul.
--William Mountford quotes
One's life has
value so long as one attributes
value to the life of others, by
means of love, friendship,
indignation and compassion.
--Simone de Beauvoir quotes
(French Writer and feminist,
1908-1986)
Whether one
believes in a religion or not, and
whether one believes in rebirth or
not, there isn't anyone who
doesn't appreciate kindness and
compassion.
--Dalai Lama quotes
(Head of the Dge-lugs-pa order of
Tibetan Buddhists, 1989 Nobel
Peace Prize, b.1935)
It is not until
you become a mother that your
judgment slowly turns to
compassion and understanding.
--Erma Bombeck quotes
(U.S. humorist, 1927-1996)
Compassion is
not weakness, and concern for the
unfortunate is not socialism.
--Hubert H. Humphrey quotes
(American 38th US Vice President
under Lyndon B. Johnson (1965-69)
and US Senator from Minnesota
(1949-64, 1971-78). 1911-1978)7 |
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