Quotes About Compassion

I believe Aids is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.

The test of our social commitment and humanity is how we treat the most powerless of our fellow citizens, the respect we accord to our fellow human beings. That is what reveals our true culture.

I live my life by these little church signs you see as you drive around, and there's one near me that says, 'If we really knew each other, we would neither idolise nor condemn.' And that's it: if we all knew each other, then we wouldn't treat anybody any different. And there wouldn't be any big stars, I guess.

I'm very conscious about the way I treat people because I was never really taught to treat people in a respectful or kind way. I never really saw that role model, so for me, that made me just want to be the opposite of what I had and treat people the opposite of the way I saw other people treat other people.

When you meet the farmers and go to the farms, you see that they treat their animals like they're family. It makes a big difference.

It comes down to the way you treat people. When you treat people with dignity and respect all the time, you can work through anything.

I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.

We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.

Business practices and how we treat the planet are also in desperate need of re-humanization.

My purpose has broadened. My purpose now is to help as many people rise as possible, and it doesn't matter whether they're women or men. But that sense of value that we have as individuals, I think informs us and helps us to treat each other better.

The most crucial thing is to be considerate of the other members and treat them like family.

We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.

Frequently parents forget that children are people. I don't try to treat Kristen as an adult, but I do try to treat her as a person, with a child's sensibilities.

The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player.

Grand Slam losses are hard. I treat myself after losses though, I usually go to McDonald's and I have a hamburger and you know, something. Because you know, you just need to be nice to yourself sometimes after the loss.

I've always felt that I'm affected by the world, by the way we treat each other, by the way different countries treat each other.

I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.

America, I am a strong believer that how we treat each other matters.

I've always believed very, very strongly that the way you treat people is more important than anything, professionally or otherwise.

If you have a friend or family member with breast cancer, try not to look at her with 'sad eyes.' Treat her like you always did; just show a little extra love.

I was taught very early on how you treat people is actually what matters.

Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.

Many of the people that you lay off will have closer relationships with the people who stay than you do, so treat them with an appropriate level of respect.

My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he never could be persuaded to keep slaves, for he pitied them so much: and a slave belonging to one of his brothers being once in his house, was treated by him with as much tenderness as his own children.