Quotes About Compassion

Could I tell them I was sorry their loved one was dead, when he'd tried to kill me? There was no rule of etiquette for this; even my grandmother would have been stymied.

Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.

I had lived too close to the edge of despair and mental illness not to recognize it in others

The murder of a child was the worst of crimes, in my book, the absolute rock bottom of evil.

It must be one of the worst things in the world, to see your child revealed as a selfish little sadist.

A year ago it would have torn me up, leaving a body behind as we sped away along the interstate. Now I was just glad it was him and not me who was lying in the woods. I was a terrible Christian and a decent survivalist.

Don't worry about not feeling guilty," Alcide said. "Something'll come along pretty soon that you'll feel guilty about. Save it up.

Lizbeth," she said, and wrapped me in a hug, held me close and tight. "I am so glad to see you. I heard you had a bad time. I'm sorry about Tarken. And Galilee." Mom held me away from her, looked into my eyes. She rued what I'd become

I don't have to take a stand by telling other people they're wrong," I'd protested. "What business is it of mine?" "If you love them, it's your business," he'd said firmly. "If their misbehavior is intruding on the happiness and well-being of others, it's your business.

He loved his mother. He just had a hard time remembering that some days.

As a society, we come up lacking in many of the marks of compassion and wisdom by which we measure ourselves as civilized.

I want to live in a country where we believe in helping each other, where we see where resources are lacking.

Humanity is something we're lacking, and I will continue to do my job to bring back those attributes that we lack today in every community.

The world does not lack the financial resources to feed, educate and clothe its inhabitants. Rather, it lacks leaders committed to addressing the problems of the impoverished.

We have become a society that lacks empathy. Are we teaching empathy? The Internet desensitises, too.

I've never been one to look up the ladder. I've always looked down the ladder. As long as there's one guy down there, I'm fine.

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but a hatred of all injury.

It's impossible to accept love from anyone else if you don't love yourself. It's a big issue, particularly for us plus-size ladies and for anyone dealing with weight, because we're not taught to love ourselves or be our own cheerleaders.

Ladies be seated, a laugh doesn't cost you a dime.

Ladies and gentlemen, there is evil in this world.

If a man loves me, he will love all the flaws that come with me, so ladies don't beat yourself up about them.

A lot of what I do around Houston is to find ways to lift people through literacy. It's become part of our family culture. Everyone in our family has found some way and capacity to serve. You don't necessarily need to be President or First Lady to serve and help.

For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what an inhuman world without the aged.