Quotes About Compassion

My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.

During my high-risk pregnancy, I consistently experienced subpar care from my hospital, which led me to hire two midwives instead. They provided me with excellent and loving care, and they made my pregnancy a truly special and powerful moment in my life.

Divorce is challenging. When your kids go through things, it's tough. But it's no different for any other woman. And I have great compassion for single moms. It's lousy out there for them. I had the ability to work. I have always been the provider anyway, but there are a lot of women who can't support themselves.

An exchange of empathy provides an entry point for a lot of people to see what healing feels like.

Forgiveness provides hope, joy, and a bright future that nothing else can.

Our hearts and prayers go out to the people in London and in Egypt. We're very concerned about it. We are providing our expertise to aid in the investigation in London.

I'm not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling.

'Breaking Bad' is great at blurring the line between good and evil. It makes you feel compassion for Walter White so you're with him throughout this descent into the darker parts of his psyche. The bad that we're capable of is all circumstantial.

Because my father was a psychiatric nurse, I know my way around the system.

The average human being in America is going through some sort of hard times - physical, emotional, psychological. Everybody's carrying a bit of bone days in them.

If we knew more about psychology, we would be better equipped to deal with other people's psychological damage which they might project onto us.

I think I know a thing or two about the way people love, but I don't know anything about hatred, psychosis, cruelty. Or maybe I don't have the guts to admit that I do.

If I can help get anybody through puberty, I say, 'Good!'

Public crucifixion is no fun.

Homelessness is like public education - something that for far too long we haven't put the resources or love or attention to.

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

I have a great deal of compassion for those in public life and what we have done to them.

In public life, differences should not deter us from acknowledging the good work done by others whom we may not agree with.

If you don't know anybody who is out of work, who needs housing, if you've never taken a call at 2 o'clock in the morning from a neighbor who is running out of heating fuel in the middle of February, then you don't know what you do in a tough situation. To me, that's the measure of whether you should be in public office.

Some public officials are blessed - you can't acquire this, but you are blessed with the gift of empathy, being able to empathize with those who are suffering.

Sometimes I, as a public official, turn to Scripture or hymns - especially hymns, because sometimes we Catholics don't have the Scriptures memorized like we should - to help me explain a public policy position or an idea or to be able to articulate it better when you're talking about justice or mercy or compassion.

Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.

Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.

I feel that public service is so important and giving back, being a role model and helping people in need is something that I would love to do.