Quotes About Compassion

Take into account the things that people do and compromise for you. You don't know what they went through to try and contribute to your happiness. Be grateful.

A life of cherishing is about good accomplishments, being thankful, spreading happiness and caring for the world.

Be thankful how beautifully God has given you another chance in your life, not because you need it, but because someone needs you!

You should be thankful of what you have , someone people cant even have food . & your over here saying sh.. to your mom cause she don't buy you new shoes ? wow .

Be happy when God answers your prayer. But be more thankful when God makes you the answer to someone else prayer.

Being truly thankful means: I acknowledge that what I have comes from someone else. I realize that I'm not entitled to it. I'm aware that not everyone has that blessing. I see the needs of others. I care enough to pray and act on their behalf.

I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his feet.

To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault

Sometimes, whether I'm winning or losing, happy or sad, I feel a rush of love for everyone in the Vic... I love the winners who dance and cheer, as though that were the end of the story.

I think he could handle being used. It would be good for him. He's having trouble sleeping.

Let me tell you about weakness! Killing the strong to prove your strength is foolish weakness. Killing fools is easy weakness. Killing the weak is evil weakness. Accomplishing your ends without killing, mastering your mind when you want to kill--that is strength!

Remember, when you forgive, you heal. And when you let go, you grow.

The bottom line, as Raul Hilberg put it, was that most people thought that, even if Jews shouldn't be killed, they weren't worth saving.

like to do it because I believe hospitality is about love, not logic.

People who sometimes frustrated me to no end, but Franky was right; they were still people. It broke my heart to think of how much they probably wanted to be loved and accepted.

If people could just understand how it actually felt to be depressed, obsessed, frightened, out of control, maybe they'd be more tolerant, more understanding.

When Noam was a kid and felt picky about choking down gefilte fish on Pesach, his dad sat him down and told him the story of la pobre viejecita. Once upon a time, there was an old lady with nothing to eat but meat, fruit and sweets... and he'd flop another lump of poached fish on Noam's plate and say, "God bless us with the poverty of that poor old woman.

Then he pushed the covers down and settled on his side, curled in close against Noam—close enough to lend Noam his heat. Dara tipped their brows together and let their noses brush, Dara's hand a knot against Noam's chest. "Be okay," he pleaded, demanded. He wished more than anything that he could force Noam to obey.

Did your mom ever tell you, 'If you can't say something nice, don't say anything'? She was right – and talking nicely also applies when you're talking to yourself, even inside your head.

I realized I could only play-act at the spiritual life as long as my appetites were stronger than my empathy.

We must always be mindful of the power of our words and actions. They have a ripple effect that can touch many lives, both now and in the future. We must act with integrity, with compassion, and with a deep respect for the interconnectedness of all things (Kneubuhl 34)

You cannot change the world until you first change yourself. We often look to external factors to bring about change in the world, but true change must come from within. If we want to create a better world, we must first cultivate the qualities of compassion, empathy, and understanding within ourselves" (Kneubuhl 19).

I hope I never meet the guy that did this to you.

You show your vulnerability through relationships, and those feelings are your soft spot. You need to have a soft spot.