Quotes About Compassion

I want to believe that while we may sometimes read in the misguided pursuit of preserving our separation, there is a greater impulse inside us that compels us to read in search of the common heart.

A life in pursuit of position or power is not a life well-lived or in service to others.

The culture of caring and giving permeates many Indian families. In their own way, they are engaged in philanthropic pursuits.

I would say get to know somebody who isn't exactly like you and doesn't come from the same background as you, educate yourself and then just keep showing up. Finding ways to show up for people and your voice will come out of that relationship and out of your pursuit to seeing people who aren't exactly like you.

In our present age, while materialistic pursuits are important, the gentler aspects of life are being overlooked.

I just don't think it's acceptable that any animal should lose its life in pursuit of entertainment, which is also why I believe all blood sports should be banned.

There's a road that runs through our humanity and it traverses political and partisan lines, and my job as a U.S. senator is to do everything I can to point to that road that connects our collective humanity and to push forward legislation that's good for everybody.

My father wasn't a hard guy. He was a well-liked guy. He had a lot of compassion about things in life. There were rules, but there was also flexibility within those rules. He didn't push me when it came to golf: he just taught me the right way to play the game.

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down.

I always pull over for people who need a push.

As a community, we create a lot of space for fighting and pushing back, but not enough for connecting and healing.

I just think it's so much more rewarding and important to go around the world and bring people together as opposed to pushing people away.

We have to open hearts and change minds while at the same time pushing for laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination.

I'm overcritical, insensitive, and pushy when it comes to me. With everybody else, I'm a great listener, and all I want is for them to be happy.

We put people at the center of everything we do.

I always put myself second - I like to make others happy.

I learned that leadership is about falling in love with the people and the people falling in love with you. It is about serving the people with selflessness, with sacrifice, and with the need to put the common good ahead of personal interests.

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

Having a kid, it really puts a lot of things in perspective, and really kind of shows you what love is, and what it should be and what impact it should have on your life.

Service is a powerful pathway of getting out of loneliness. It takes the focus off of you and puts it onto someone else.

I'm always the person who's taking everyone else's kid and putting them on my hip, so I've kinda always been a mama.

I would be happy if I were Jesus. I'd like to fix everyone else's problems more than my own.

I love to fix up a house, but I also love to help people. I feel like that's my calling.

If anything needs to get fixed in society, it's people's consumption of other people's problems.