Quotes About Compassion

The heart benevolent and kind The most resembles God.

If naebody care for me, I'll care for naebody.

There is a God and He is good, and his love, while free, has a self imposed cost: We must be good to one another.

In addition to caring for our future, we must care for those around us. A decent society shows compassion for the young, the elderly, the vulnerable, and the poor.

I don't think you should support the death penalty to seek revenge. I don't think that's right. I think the reason to support the death penalty is because it saves other people's lives.

Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter.

America is a great force for freedom and prosperity. Yet our greatness is not measured in power or luxuries, but by who we are and how we treat one another. So we strive to be a compassionate, decent, hopeful society.

Americans don't understand the first thing about love, Taslima's mother added. If they understood love, would they do all the terrible things they do in the world, bringing war everywhere?

Strive to be kind to each other's whirlwind girl. Strive to remember that each one of us is precious and necessary, that drama and wars put out our light. Strive to remember that this is our one, short life, and the choices we make will determine what comes of it.

I didn't blame my mother for needing an escape. I felt guilty for my existence and the burden we were on her.

Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales.

When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.

all the advice you ever gave your partner is for you to hear

It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it's helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, "You're caught in the dream." Depression, pain, and fear are gifts that say, "Sweetheart, take a look at your thinking right now. You're living in a story that isn't true for you.

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear-- In woman's eye the unanswerable tear! That weapon of her weakness she can wield, To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.

The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.

Don't let your emotional life be controlled by the sin you see in others.

You think you have all the pain you can bear, but yours will be lessened as you bear mine, and mine will be lessened as I bear yours!

People have to forgive. We don't have to like them, we don't have to be friends with them, we don't have to send them hearts in text messages, but we have to forgive them, to overlook, to forget. Because if we don't we are tying rocks to our feet, too much for our wings to carry!

I have learned, that the person I have to ask for forgiveness from the most is: myself. You must love yourself. You have to forgive yourself, everyday, whenever you remember a shortcoming, a flaw, you have to tell yourself "That's just fine". You have to forgive yourself so much, until you don't even see those things anymore. Because that's what love is like.

Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

Friendship is not only doing something for someone, but it is caring for someone, which is what every person needs.

This is the moment when what we need most is enough people with the skill, heart, and wisdom to help us pull ourselves back from the edge of breakdown and onto a different path.

I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.