Quotes About Compassion

Away from our cameras, I know Tim Tebow has done some terrific work with the Make-A-Wish Foundation... so I'm an admirer of his.

Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you.'

People don't want to read about my work with the homeless or the time and money I pour into animal rescue and organizations that fight poaching.

I'm always happy when people choose to get another dog because it's a healthy and healing thing to do, and there are millions of them needing homes. But there is no single time frame to do it in because grieving is an intensely personal experience.

I've always put everybody else's child first before my own health, before my own outfit, before my own time frame.

Any time there is 'un-forgiveness' between people who love each other, there is suffering. Any time people face challenges that they really don't understand... there is suffering.

When you're a musician, a lot of time people help you out; they take pity on you. Family members will kind of come around and are like, 'Listen, I bought you a bunch of groceries because I know that you're a screwup.'

With a certain amount of time, people can't be crucified for what they've done wrong. It's what I always tell people.

The thing about Occupy is that the sentiment the movement embodies is timeless: Don't be greedy, share.

Difficult times often bring out the best in people.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Swallow your pride and admit that we all need help at times.

Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.

In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart.

If brothers don't help each other in times of need, how do you think life will ever go on?

The hardest times to choose love are the very times when you can most grow spiritually. In fact, they are the only times you can grow spiritually!

All of us know someone who has been through difficult emotional times, and we know how hard it can be to see a way forward.

What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice.

How can our hearts not break? How can we hold our tears? How can we bear the pain of losing those loving children and their guardians, who were slain in Newtown, Conn.? Why can't we face the reality of our times and restrict deranged people from having these destructive powers?

You hear about our conservative background and know that we're Christian guys, but we're not timid at all. I will take anyone on when it comes to outworking them or putting on a better show or standing up for people who are being put down.

In Minneapolis, we believe in connection, not alienation. We believe in compassion, not indifference. We believe in love, but we are not timid.

We hear time and again what a prosperous, affluent country Britain is, the sixth richest in the world. But aren't we ashamed that people who need emergency food handouts are eating cold beans and stewed steak from the tin, or handing it back, because they can't even heat it up?

We're all humans living on this tiny little rock, floating through space at, like, thousands of miles an hour. We should all just get along.

It is in the power of everybody, with a little courage, to hold out a hand to someone different, to listen, to attempt to increase, by even a tiny amount, the quantity of kindness and humanity in the world.