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Quotes About Compassion

I try to live [the Golden Rule] and I certainly expect it of some particular others. But I'll be damned if I want most folk out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves.
~ Toni Cade Bambara
We need more people who love humanity and the world, people who want to understand each other.
~ Zhu Zhu
There is a sign that hangs on my wall that says, 'What is it you want me to do to somebody else that is more important than what you want me to do for you?
~ Dave Obey
Love is big; love can hold anger, love can even hold hatred. It's about the intention of what you want it to do.
~ Alice Walker
Whatever God would want me to do... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away.
~ Donna Douglas
If we don't take care of each other, who will? ... I don't want to ever say, 'I should've done something.'
~ Alek Wek
Justice means that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.
~ Alveda King
I was young not too long ago, and I know the last thing you want is someone preaching to you.
~ America Ferrera
I honestly want to help. I don't believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning.
~ Angelina Jolie
Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is why if, like me, you want to see an end to poverty, you need to be in it for the long haul.
~ Annie Lennox
We in Los Angeles, who have ourselves been helped to stand up - to recover and rebuild after a disaster - want to help the families and communities of the Gulf Coast,.
~ Antonio Villaraigosa
People want to give back. People want to do good
~ Bruce Poon Tip
Everyone knows what it's like to feel like the underdog. Everyone wants to be accepted. Ultimately, everybody wants to be loved.
~ Charlie Day
Christ wants to lift us to where He is. Do we desire to do the same for others?
~ Ezra Taft Benson
I think people desperately want to feel love.
~ Gary Chapman
I think God wants us to love Him more, not to love others less.
~ C. S. Lewis
Love and do what you want. If you stop talking, you will stop talking with love; if you shout, you will shout with love; if you correct, you will correct with love.
~ Saint Augustine
But right now I'm here with you. And I want to know where you are, what you need, and what you want to do.
~ Stephen Chbosky
DO I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY GOOD? Yes, I do believe that, and I trust Buddhists and Hindus and Moslems to seek the good and to want to live in peace.
~ Anne Rice
When I see the toothless guy, as a liberal, what I say is, 'I want to help you get teeth.' Why does that make me an a**hole?
~ Bill Maher
When you smoke (ganja) you don't want to war.
~ Bob Marley
Baby, in a world without pity Do you think what I'm askin's too much I just want to feel you in my arms Share a little of that Human Touch.
~ Bruce Springsteen
I'm persuaded that if most people saw what I see on a regular basis, they would want change.
~ Bryan Stevenson
Sometimes I want to be on 'The Real Housewives of New York.' I want to remind them to figure out how to get along and support each other.
~ Candace Bushnell