Quotes About Compassion

One of the great ironies of life is that if you give up your life, you gain it. If you help others, you benefit. If you lose yourself, you find yourself.

If you are to become more sensitive, you must be willing to take a risk. Take the initiative to find a need and take action.

You have not lived a perfect day, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you. No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

If you want to improve your world, then focus your attention on helping others.

the most important relationship you will ever have is with yourself. You've got to be your own best friend first." —PHIL MCGRAW

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for someone else. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

The problems around us are not as crucial as the people.

Ambassador and poet Henry Van Dyke observed, "There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

Leaders gain credibility when they suffer with those they lead.

Doing for others what they can't do for themselves is really a matter of attitude. I believe that whatever I've been given is to be shared with others. And because I have an abundance mind-set, I never worry about running out myself. The more I give away, the more I seem to get to give away.

When you intentionally use your everyday life to bring about positive change in the lives of others, you begin to live a life that matters.

I believed that if you have the heart to make a difference, there is always an answer, but if you have a heart of indifference, there is never an answer.

Usted no habrá vivido el día de hoy hasta que haya hecho algo por alguien que nunca podrá pagarle. –JOHN BUNYAN

PARA UNA PERSONA PROMEDIO, SER ESCUCHADO SE ACERCA MUCHO A SER AMADO, CASI NO ES POSIBLE DISTINGUIR UNA COSA DE LA OTRA». —DAVID AUGSBURGER

people who do not forgive are hurting themselves much more than they're hurting others.

Nurture, love, and motivate hurting people. But pour yourself into the people who will grow and make a difference.

part of the parenting process is helping children understand that they are not the center of the universe.

Porque sólo las personas maduras que se enfocan en el prójimo son capaces de establecer relaciones genuinas con los demás.

Author and conference speaker Richard Exley explained his idea of friendship this way: "A true friend is one who hears and understands when you share your deepest feelings. He supports you when you are struggling; he corrects you, gently and with love, when you err; and he forgives you when you fail. A true friend prods you to personal growth, stretches you to your full potential. And most amazing of all, he celebrates your successes as if they were his own.

That grumpy woman didn't deserve to be treated kindly. But when she was treated not as she was, but as I wanted her to be and believed she could become, her perspective suddenly changed.

Are we quick to respond to others' needs? Do we run from problems or face them? Do we talk more about bad news or good news? Do we give people the benefit of the doubt, or do we assume the worst? The

leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand.

6. Focus on Them, Not Yourself: The number one problem of inexperienced speakers and ineffective leaders is that they focus on themselves.

Quando entendemos o ponto de vista do próximo — entendemos o que ele está tentando fazer nove entre dez vezes ele está tentando fazer o que é certo.