Louise Linton Quotes

I just feel such a connection to the little kids in Naples. I remember being on the street wanting a small piece of candy.

You may feel overwhelmed by your own poverty and the labors of the day. But if you decide not to wait until you have more strength and more money, and if you pray for the Holy Spirit as you go, you will, when you arrive, know what to do and how to help someone even poorer than you are.

Few, save the poor, feel for the poor.

He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.

I just feel like I influence people because I'm like - I was practically homeless.

When God puts love and compassion in your heart toward someone, He’s offering you an opportunity to make a difference in that person’s life. You must learn to follow that love. Don’t ignore it. Act on it. Somebody needs what you have.

The joy that compassion brings is one of the best-kept secrets of humanity. It is a secret known only to a very few people, a secret that has to be rediscovered over and over again.

There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance; and, even should we be deceived, still the good to ourselves resulting from a kind act is worth more than the trifle by which we purchase it.

A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the impassable alluvial filth in which they are submerged, and will be able to discover the diamonds in the filth.

Love isn't love until you give it away.

People who are homeless, they're not all addicts. A lot of times, they're just people who, through something like losing their job or losing someone in their life, ended up on the streets. So much of our time is spent in cars that sometimes you need to look out of those windows. And you see that a dollar, 50 cents, whatever you have, may not mean much to you, but it means everything to people who are hungry and who are in need.

Some people say that compassion is the purest form of love because it neither expects nor demands anything in return.

Love likes to extend itself. If you receive it in a book - or however you get it - then your duty is to extend it beyond.

We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels. They should, however, be accorded equality in that they should receive both compassion and respect; it is unworthy of us to exploit them in any way.

Love has been called the most effective motivational force in all the world. When love is at work in us, it is remarkable how giving and forgiving, understanding and tolerant we can be.

Love is the most incredible gift to give and to receive as a human being.

Even the least work done for others awakens the power within.

The only thing that you can never have too much of is love.

Those faces you see every day on the streets were not created entirely without hope: be kind to them: like you they have not escaped.

Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine for writing.

Genuine love will always feel urged to communicate joy - to be a joy-giver. Mankind needs joy.

Evident in every small act of kindness, it was love as a verb. Love that made me feel more complete than I had ever felt in my glamorous, Jimmy Choo filled past.

To love is to find pleasure in the happiness of others.