Quotes About Compassion

But wisdom means more than being intelligent, because it encompasses understanding, empathy, experience, inner peace, and intuition, and

Everyone's entitled to a bad day.

Both. Some of the children here came from really horrible situations. It's enough to break your heart when you hear about it. But when they see you come in with some books from the library or a new game to play, their smiles just take all the sadness away. It's the greatest feeling in the world.

After what I did?" "Forgiveness doesn't mean you forget, or you stop wishing that you can change the past. Mainly it means that you accept the idea that you're not perfect, because no one is perfect. And terrible things can happen to anyone.

Friendship isn't about how long you know someone. It's about who walks into your life, says 'I'm here for you,' and then proves it.

I don't think you did anything wrong. It's just that relationships are hard, and both people have to want them to work.

El amor es paciente, es bondadoso. El amor no es envidioso, ni jactancioso, ni orgulloso. No se comporta con rudeza, no es egoísta, no se enoja fácilmente, no guarda rencor. El amor no se deleita en la maldad, sino que se regocija con la verdad. Todo lo disculpa, todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo soporta.

Intelligent? Kind?

I sit by the bed with an aching back, and start to cry as I pick up the notebook. I am tired now, so I sit, alone and apart from my wife. And when the nurses come in they see two people they must comfort. A woman shaking in fear and the old man who loves her more deeply than life itself crying softly in the corner, his face in his hands.

May be they want to talk about it but they know there's nothing you can do to help

In time of grief and sorrow I will hold you and rock you, and take your grief and make it my own. When you cry, I cry, and when you hurt, I hurt. And together we will try to hold back the floods of tears and despair and make it through the potholed streets of life.

It's just that every now and then there's a student who comes from a challenging family background, and you know there's nothing you can do for them. It's enough to break your heart sometimes.

I knew that my dad was a good man, a kind man, and though he'd led a wounded life, he'd done the best he could in raising me. Never once had he raised his hand in anger

It wasn't until I had children that I really understood what love meant.

Forgiveness doesn't mean you forget, or you stop wishing that you can change the past. Mainly it means that you accept the idea that you're not perfect, because no one is perfect. And terrible things can happen to anyone.

but it's her kindness i think i like best because i've been around long enough to know how rare something like that really is.

My grandmother had a motto that you should never look down on people unless you are helping them up, and I think that's a very spiritual way of living.

We don't help people mourn in our society.

My biggest learning has been understanding that celebrating someone's life is more important than mourning the loss of one.

I like to laugh at myself and sometimes I put my foot in my mouth, but I don't mean any harm.

In the end, you have to forgive in order to heal and move forward with your life. For people who hurt you very deeply, you don't have to forgive them for their sake but for your sake, so that you can move forward and have a healthier and happier life.

I can honestly say - not proudly, but honestly - before I had a child, I would see things on TV or hear the news, feel sad for the people and move forward with my day. Now I see everything through a mother's eyes.

I really believe in, 'Move on, live and let live, forgive and forget.'

We're only here to love God and each other. I'm not saying I've never gotten angry at anyone. I do. But you've got to forgive and move on.