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Quotes About Compassion

So the Warrior fights the Good Fight and he helps others, even though he does not quite understand why.
~ Paulo Coelho
To turn the other cheek is to teach would-be cheats that cheating pays.
~ Peter Singer
Do not be afraid to go and to bring Christ into every area of life, to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent.
~ Pope Francis
Every child that isn't born, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord.
~ Pope Francis
Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but shares it with us, wanting us to have life and to have it in abundance.
~ Pope John Paul II
What I've learned about being angry with people is that it generally hurts you more than it hurts them.
~ Oprah Winfrey
I've never, ever, raised a fist to anybody in my life.
~ Robbie Williams
Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.
~ Robert Breault
No matter what anyone says, it's much worse to be unloved than it is to be lost in the woods." "Sometimes, I think you've been lost in the woods all your life, Charlie Brown.
~ Charles M. Schulz
Blessing is the projection of good into the life of another.
~ Dallas Willard
Central to living a life that is good, is a life that's forgiving.
~ David Rakoff
If we were to care about every person suffering on this planet, life would shut down.
~ David Shore
Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself through the power of forgiveness and compassion.
~ David Simon
To be a mentor you need to understand what's going on in a young person's life and you just want to have an internal dialogue that says, 'How can I help? Because I really care.'
~ Deepak Chopra
I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many people who are both, and I relate to those kinds of people on a far greater level.
~ Edie Falco
We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true north.
~ Elizabeth Dole
How I wish I could hug everyone and tell them that it's okay. It's okay to be scared and angry and hurt and selfish. It's part of being human.
~ Frank Warren
True faith, a simple life, a helping hand- the three things prized most in Heaven.
~ Frederick Buechner
You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.
~ Pope Francis
I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it.
~ Patti LaBelle
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
~ Albert Schweitzer
At Christmas, 'It's a Wonderful Life' makes me cry in exactly the same places every time, even though I know it's coming.
~ Nicholas Lea
I did this role in Life Goes On as an HIV positive character and so emotionally that was the most challenging.
~ Chad Lowe
When you live as I do, you cannot indulge in jealousy. If you do, it will rip you apart.
~ David Levithan, Every Day