Compassion Quote by John Flavel

No pains must be spared to wipe out all feeling of diffidence, embarrassment, or shame on the part of those receiving relief; [we] must…

— Heber J. Grant

“Isn't it a mercy that we never get cured of being expectant? It makes life so bearable. However regularly we are disappointed and nothing…

— Elizabeth von Arnim

“When pain becomes a way of existence, we stop hoping for an end to the suffering. The death of hope is its own resilience.”

— Sunyi Dean

“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall…

— Joseph Addison

There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back to the…

— William George Jordan

“Suffering happens in the gap we hold between the expectations we have and reality. Flexing and finding the gifts in the gap resolves the…

— Poppy Jamie

In being vulnerable, we reach for our greatest need while risking our greatest pain.

— Danny Silk

“hope in a variety of things—wealth, power, health, medical treatments”

— Sarah Young

Poor human nature cannot bear such strains as heavenly triumphs bring to it; there must come a reaction. Excess of joy or excitement must…

— Charles Spurgeon

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with the…

— Abraham Lincoln

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, of sickness, or captivity, would, without this comfort, be insupportable; nor does it appear…

— Samuel Johnson

What reinforcement we may gain from hope; If not, what resolution from despair.

— John Milton