Quotes About Compassion

I'm not going to criticise Nick Boles because he fought off cancer.

I'm getting asked a lot, 'You don't have kids, so how do you know how to act like a mother?' I know nothing could compare, and I haven't had that experience, but when my niece was born, I felt like I would jump in front of a car and die for this little person I didn't even know yet.

I would not be a good mother. I mean, I love being an aunt to my niece and nephew. And I used to want to, like, adopt 10 kids - because I had friends who were adopted, and I thought that was the coolest thing, to be chosen. But again, my job is too selfish.

I've always affirmed, nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian.

I used to work with mentally disabled people when I was 18 or 19, changing diapers and catheters. I was working, like, 16 hour night shifts, having to distribute meds and go capture people who would break out of the house. Sometimes they'd have seizures, and we'd have to rush them to the hospital. That was an interesting time, very humbling.

One of the reasons 'Boogie Nights' is one of my favorite movies is because it's about people in this gross industry, but they actually treat each other kind of like family. And at the end of the day, they're really kind to each other, and I feel like that is what we have.

I've wanted to adopt since I was eight, nine years old. I really do think I will.

Anytime I ever have met someone that was very angry or full of negativity, nine times out of ten, if you really take a good look at that person's life, there's probably not a whole lot of love going on there.

I have nine children. Four of my children are adopted. We talk about those who have nothing. My children started with nothing, some of them.

I think that it's a good thing that you want to be part of making the world a better place, including between nine and five.

The Savior of all mankind left the ninety and nine to find the one lost. That one who was lost need not have become lost.

I am a tender-hearted person, and I feel everything to the ninth degree.

Love has no boundaries.

HIV/AIDS has no boundaries.

In my opinion, love is not about gender, it's not about religion. Love has no borders and no boundaries.

A gay man has no business leading on a heterosexual woman.

If a woman is saying something out loud, she is asking for help, and you have no business to character assassinating her. You have to reach out to her and help her and protect her, and I think we need to protect our women, and we need to protect our children.

Hateful words stand no chance against self-worth and a little of humor.

We have no chance to comprehend what goes on there - it's so dramatic, and people are so poor. We all felt bad about being there. Filming in India felt like we were going to borrow something knowing that we were never going to give it back.

The most hardcore, edgiest comedian in the world has no desire to hurt people and make people have a bad evening. Everybody wants everybody to have a good time.

If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.

There is no excuse for inaction in the face of economic injustice.

There's no excuse for fur in this day and age.

Mean people are no fun.