Quotes About Compassion

You could walk the streets, no matter how hungry people were, not matter how long they'd been out of jobs, you could walk the streets, you could ride the subways in New York, and you would not get knocked in the head.

When I see gay people holding hands or kissing in the streets, I just don't think that's right.

I've never seen anyone handling pans in the streets of New York, and if I did I doubt I'd give them money, unless I needed a pan. I do give money to homeless people, whether they ask or no.

You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.

The questions that consume me, that keep me up at night, are the people that are sleeping on the streets.

But like everyone else I've come to the sad realisation food banks are an all-too-common feature on the streets of Britain.

My father would be very concerned about the environment. He'd be disappointed that we have hundreds of thousands and maybe even millions of people who are living out on the streets in the wealthiest nation on the planet. He'd be greatly disappointed because he would know that we can, and we must, do better.

We have so much work to do to meet the challenges of people living on our streets. But every day we are out there doing the work, finding solutions not only to help those living on our streets, but to prevent more people from ending up there in the future.

There is nothing compassionate or safe about relegating people, particularly those suffering from mental health or addiction issues, to sleep on our streets.

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.

Being a caregiver requires infinite patience, physical and emotional strength, health care navigation skills, and a sense of humor - which can be hard to come by after sleepless nights and demanding days.

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.

Christopher believed that to overcome any adversity, no matter how challenging, you need to go forward each day with strength, determination and compassion.

Nothing about the priesthood is self-centered. The priesthood always is used to serve, to bless, and to strengthen other people.

Deciding to listen with open ears and an open heart brings us together. We need to seek to really understand each other. We need to demonstrate empathy. If we can make these individual connections, we can strengthen our communities and nation.

The Lord has promised great rewards for those who reach out to strengthen their brothers and sisters.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are.

It is a rich universe and because people come from different backgrounds, ethos and unique strengths, just because they don't look like us doesn't mean you need to amputate them from your life.

Stress is real, and you never know what a person is going through behind the camera.

I can take stress on myself but I don't like it when stress comes to my husband or children.

Islam, for example, like so many other faiths, stresses the importance of mutual solidarity with our fellow man.