Quotes About Compassion

I will always be there in the wings saying, 'You need to be good to people. You need to take your work seriously. You need to have integrity. You need to work with what you've got.

I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city.

I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself. I think that is how God works, and that is how I think we have to work.

The art of love is God at work through you.

Work done by human beings for human beings.

The Teenage Cancer Trust does incredible work supporting and caring for teenagers and young adults with cancer, and it's a cause that is really close to me and my family.

Unless this love is among us, we can kill ourselves with work and it will only be work, not love. Work without love is slavery.

I always work with refugees and I think they are the most amazing people and it's a privilege to spend time with them, so I will always.

Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to sound touchy-feely; it is not. It is very hard work.

If you can't distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn't undertake philanthropic work.

Do any deserve liberty who are not ready to give it to others? Let us calmly go to work, instead of dissipating our energy in unnecessary fretting and fuming.

I grew up in a family that believed love was at work in the world. I guess that's a religious idea, though of course it needn't be.

It is Christlike work to soothe and sympathize, and only those who have drunk the cup of sorrow are fully equipped to do it.

As you are touching the human life and human kind, any work is always relevant.

Love is the soul of every life of prayer and of every good work.

Andrea Gibson is a truly American poet, or rather, she represents the America I want to live in. Her work lights a candle to lead us where we need to go.

My parents really raised me with the value that it's important to give back, and I've always gravitated towards non-profits and charities that work with children.

First, I'll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn't work, I'll just kill him.

My dear girl, don't talk nonsense to me! You're lazy, that's all that's wrong with you. Why don't you take up social work?

Forget yourself and go to work.

I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that kind of work.

People love me or hate me and all I think about is the people that I know and suffer with different causes and carry on my charity work and that's what keeps me alive really.

Every man is working out his destiny in his own way and nobody can be of any help except by being kind, generous, and patient.

My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the base for the work I was doing in the civil rights and anti-war movement.