Quotes About Compassion

As Christians, we are responsible for our fellow brothers and sisters suffering and fighting for the basic resources we all need to survive. To deny this is to turn a deaf ear to God's teachings.

All of us, we deserve to survive.

This country was built and continues to survive off the backs of immigrants and refugees.

You have to be kind to yourself to survive in the world.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

The crux is this: you can't be sincerely empathic towards and angry at someone at the same moment. In other words, you can't walk in someone else's shoes and step on their toes at the same time.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a genius. You don't have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people.

The governor should be a public servant, who listens, brings people together and governs with compassion.

You can't candy-coat an unsweetened world. But you can get together and make it a better place to live.

I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.

I am blessed to have married the man that God sent me. He's loving, compassionate, strong and supportive of my children, family and career. I look forward to our lives together.

Honestly, what Jesus was about was laying his life down for the marginalized who didn't have it all together.

God made the world for us to live together in peace and not fight.

My mom, ever since we were little girls, has really always rallied us together - my sister, our friends - to instill in us the fact that other people don't have what we have, so we have to be really thankful for things.

That's the thing with dementia. If you're with somebody who has a serious illness, you can usually talk to them, have a laugh every now and then - the person is still with you. With dementia, there's no conversation; there's no togetherness, no sharing.

If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That's why legislation and regulations are necessary.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more than they expect.

I raised my kids kind of old-fashioned - if you don't have something nice to say, then don't say it at all. I teach love, acceptance, and tolerance... I sometimes think that this generation is lacking in decency.

Our schools must be places where all are respected and the values of tolerance and peacemaking are taught and nurtured.