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Quotes About Compassion

When we have been hurt, slighted, or wounded unfairly, we are not left alone to bear it. We can get on our knees and ask for the Lord's help to forgive.
~ Virginia H. Pearce
Those who have come here to hate should leave now; for in their hate, they only betray themselves.
~ Terry Goodkind
We are not alone. We have many brothers who in this moment of catastrophe came to help. And we too, because of this, we feel more like brothers and sisters because we helped each other.
~ Pope Francis
It is imperative that we recognize that whatever has happened to us has happened to others. They have coped and so must we. We are not alone. Heavenly Father's help is near.
~ Thomas S. Monson
So ... will you stay with me until it's over? Please?" "Kaylee, I would do anything for the girl who granted my dying wish.
~ Rachel Vincent, If I Die
I can't leave her there all alone, surrounded by stone walls... She's too precious to give up.
~ Megan Whalen Turner
One should be good to oneself. Especially when one is alone.
~ Peter Høeg, The Quiet Girl
I think everyone feels alone in their sadness, and there's a certain value to hearing other people's sad stories.
~ Brandon Stanton
Talent alone gets you nowhere. You really have to have the grit, and you gotta have a love for people.
~ Zac Brown
There are amazing people in this world that just need an opportunity.
~ Leigh Anne Tuohy
Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.
~ Bethany Hamilton
It's the most amazing thing to be able to forgive.
~ Carrie Fisher
You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.
~ Angela Merici
It's better to cry than be angry, because anger hurts others while tears flow silently through the soul and cleans the heart.
~ Pope John Paul II
It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.
~ Saint John Chrysostom
The most complete revenge is not to imitate the aggressor.
~ Marcus Aurelius
It's time we stop worrying, and get angry you know? But not angry and pick up a gun, but angry and open our minds.
~ Tupac Shakur
Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing — to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.
~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Hatred and bitterness and anger only consume the vessel that contains them. It doesn't hurt another soul.
~ Rubin Carter
You don't win battles with hate. Anger and hate can make you brave, make you strong, but they also make you stupid. You end up tripping over your own two feet.
~ Michael J. Sullivan
In the face of anger, the best response is a burst of tenderness.
~ Catherine Ingram
Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.
~ Mitch Albom
With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.
~ Gautama Buddha
Will not be punished for your anger, your anger is the punishment.
~ Gautama Buddha