Quotes About Compassion

You don't have to believe in my miracles. You can call them accidents or coincidences, if you must. But don't pity me for my faith. And don't presume that you're better, just because you believe something different.

You don't stop loving someone just because they hurt you," he said. "It would certainly make things easier if you did.

Don't just act because you can; act because it's the right thing to do. If you keep that in mind, you'll be all right.

You want to be a better person? Go listen to someone you disagree with. don't argue with them just listen . It's remarkable what interesting things people will say if you take the time to not be a jerk.

You should try to understand what they want out of life, and respect that, rather than projecting onto them what you think they should want out of life.

Boys, welcome to the wonderful world of talking to women about their feelings. As a handy primer, here are a few things you should know: 1) Women have feelings. 2) You will spend the next seventy years or so trying to guess what they're feeling and why. 3) You will be wrong most of the time. 4) I like French Fries.

In the end, I stopped worrying about how strange you seemed. I realized that it didn't really matter if I understood you, because I trusted you.

You don't stop loving someone just because they hurt you. It would certainly make things easier if you did.

She embraced him, and he found himself weeping. The daughter he'd never had, the little child of the streets. Though she was still small, she'd outgrown him. And she loved him anyway. He held his daughter close against his own broken soul.

You're always willing to give others more charity than you extend yourself.

I will protect even those I hate,' Kaladin whispered through bloody lips, 'So long as it is right

Oh, child. The world is monstrous at times, and there are those who would have you believe that you are terrible by association." "I am." "No. For you see, it flows the other direction. You are not worse for your association with the world, but it is better for its association with you.

Because if I accept that Elend bears no guilt for what his people did to mine, then I must admit to being a monster for the things that I did to them.

Well, parents have to say things like that. They're required to see the best in their children, otherwise living with the little sociopaths would drive a person mad.

Love wasn't about being right or wrong, but about standing up and helping when your partner's back was bowed.

Feelings aren't proof. Feelings are the opposite of proof.' 'Not when the thing you're trying to prove is someone's humanity.

Why do you care?" "Because someone has to.

Pity can be a powerful tool. Anytime you can make someone else feel something, you've got power over them.

Empathy is an emotional loss leader. It pays for itself eventually.

How can you be tired? your poor horse did all the running." "It was emotionally exhausting, Hammond," Breeze said, rapping the larger man's hand with his cane.

You don't stop loving someone just because they hurt you" he said. "It would certainly make things easier if you did.

You're meant to be helping people.

Yes, I keep the flower," Kelsier said. "I'm not really sure why. But…do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much—pain, frustration, anger…and I still loved her. I still do.

That was why he'd come back. It was about Tien, it was about Dalinar, and it was about what was right—but most of all, it was about protecting people. This was the man he wanted to be.