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Quotes About Compassion

There is no burnt rice to a hungry person.
~ Philippine Proverb
Listen with your feelings, see with your heart.
~ Tom Brown, Jr.
A boil is no big deal. On someone else's neck.
~ Jewish Saying
The least unkindness from a friend is of greater smart than the hardest usage from an enemy.
~ Greek proverb
A small wrong from a friend makes a greater wound in a man's heart than a great wrong from an enemy.
~ Spanish proverb
Treat the patient, not the X-ray.
~ James M. Hunter, 1964
It is not a case we are treating; it is a living, palpitating, alas, too often suffering fellow creature.
~ John Brown
When a doctor has pulled you through why you always got a warm place in your heart for him.
~ Will Rogers
No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself.
~ Chinese proverb
Best doctor in the world is the Veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what's the matter. He's just got to know.
~ Will Rogers
I did nothing but comfort my plants, till now their small green cheeks are covered with smiles.
~ Emily Dickinson, 1865
Volunteers are paid in six figures — S-M-I-L-E-S.
~ Gayla LeMaire, unverified
Volunteers wear work-boots but leave a trail of angel footprints.
~ Terri Guillemets
Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer.
~ Author Unknown
Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.
~ Elizabeth Andrew
Volunteers are love in motion!
~ Author Unknown
Each good deed strengthens our angel wings.
~ Terri Guillemets
No man stands so straight as one who stoops to help a child.
~ James J. Davis, c.1920s
God has not called us to see through each other, but to see each other through.
~ Author Unknown
Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.
~ Author Unknown
The four most important words in the English language are: "How can I help?"
~ Author unknown, c. 1960s
It takes so little to make a stranger's day, and even less to totally ruin it.
~ Demetri Martin
Don't think of organ donations as giving up part of yourself to keep a total stranger alive. It's really a total stranger giving up almost all of themselves to keep part of you alive.
~ Author Unknown
Be a blood and organ donor. All it costs is a little love.
~ Author Unknown