Quotes About Compassion

The happiness of life is made up of the little charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment.

"I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail."

I loved you enough to let you stumble, fall, hurt, and fail.

All I know is that once you have children, you put them before anything you're feeling or going through. Today, my daughter walked into the room and I said, 'I love you, baby,' and she said, 'Well, I don't like you,' and I said to my wife, 'The meaner she is to me, the more I love her.'

"Even your past pain can be a blessing to someone. Hopelifters are willing to reach back and pass hope on."

When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can't tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil and recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own – not of the same blood or birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it on someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Leadership is about being a servant first.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

A measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

It can be hard to forgive and let go but it's important to remember that harboring the resentment and holding a grudge can hurt you even more. The word "forgive" really means to give something up for yourself not for them.

Forgiving is an act of mercy toward an offender. We are no longer controlled by angry feelings toward this person.

Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.

8. My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.

Lead from the heart, not the head.

Love who you want to love. Life is short. Nobody's going to hate you for it.

No one is the same, and we all have different life experiences. It's not my place to judge them or for them to judge me. We should all be accountable for our own lives.

There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let go relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.

Love is so unconditional; love liberates; love is the reason why I do what I do, and so I think it is the greatest gift we have.

"If there's any kind of magic in this world, it must be in the attempt of understanding someone, sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed, but… who cares, really? The answer must be in the attempt."

Love is the most powerful thing in the world, and you know, what love brings is joy.

"You can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to things you don't want to feel."

If you can't love yourself, you can't love other people.