Quotes About Compassion

As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.

I can't say no to my girls. They melt my heart. I'm very grateful for my family.

Be a member of the human race. Love somebody. Change the world.

As a chef, a mom, and a member of Team No Kid Hungry, I believe that every child deserves three meals a day, every day.

I do not think direct experience is always necessary to act, but I believe that sometimes you have to have had the real experience to act certain roles. One of those was losing your family member. I was not being able to imagine how sad that could be.

I remember one summer I played, like, with the granddaughter of this known Klan member. Like, all summer we caught cicadas. And we had grown close, and so it was, like, time for her birthday party and I said 'Oh, like, what time do I come for your party?' And she's like 'Oh, no, you can't come to my house 'cause my parents don't like black people.'

I have a family member who was in the foster system briefly, and so I've kind of grown up knowing about it myself.

I have family members that are bipolar.

Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts.

Men and women are both humans, so, for me, that makes my characters and the work that I do human stories.

The men and women of our emergency services are the very best of us.

Mental illnesses are so frightening and there's so much ignorance about them that I think it comforts people to think, 'Oh, well, it happens to these people because they deserve it.'

Mental health is something that I'm very interested in.

Mental health doesn't care what your name is or what you do for a living.

Anyone who commits an act of violence to themselves or others is worth consideration in the sense that there must be something that brought them to that point, whether it's a mental health issue or otherwise.

I would like to think that an artist's mental health is taken into consideration more now.

I get a lot of fans who deal with poor mental health. But that's the good thing about the Internet - that there are so many kids who can confide together and help each other out.

I've always been an advocate for mental health.

If you walk into A&E with a broken bone you expect it to be fixed. If you need help because you've got a mental health condition you should get that help and support.

When you talk about our good and bad mental health stuff, it makes you realise you're not the only one feeling that way. It's OK to talk; it doesn't mean you're crazy or abnormal in any way. In fact, it's the opposite.

It's so hard to sit and watch someone you love and care for struggle with mental health.

The criminal justice system is not the right place - or it shouldn't be the place of first resort to provide addiction or mental health services. It should happen elsewhere with no police and no judges and no juries and no jails.

I care very deeply about mental health.

I think that mental illness is something that is so real.