Quotes About Compassion

Do not hate," her father spoke firmly. "I have told you. Hate no one, hate nothing. Oppose those who do wrong, but do not hate.

hate harms no one so much as the one who hates. Do not grant even the worst person such a victory over you.

The measure of who you are," Mari had told her, "is how well you treat people you don't have to treat well.

But people can hurt other people or they can help other people, and I don't want to be someone who hurts.

Jason slumped over, his eyes closed. "Gotta save lives," he mumbled. "Gotta save people." Opening his eyes, he began working off his own boots.

I just want to be like everyone else, Jason. But I can't. And I can't be like my mother, either. So what am I?" "The most amazing girl I ever met," Jason said.

Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor. . . . Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting. Mother Teresa

WHEN YOU ARE IN CONFLICT WITH SOMEONE, THERE IS ONE FACTOR THAT CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAMAGING YOUR RELATIONSHIP AND DEEPENING IT. THAT FACTOR IS ATTITUDE." —William James

The truth is that our wellbeing is dependent on our giving love. It is not about what comes back; it is about what goes out!

Sometimes God's angel can be a big, burly man with tattooed arms. ~Mary Potter Kenyon

Booker T. Washington, Buddha, John Dewey, Leo Buscaglia, Moses and Jesus.

I pray for him. It's very difficult to dislike someone for whom you are praying.

Be an angel to someone else whenever you can, as a way of thanking God for the help your angel has given you. -Eileen Elias Freeman, The Angels' Little Instruction Book

Successful people speak words of inclusion rather than words of separation, words of acceptance rather than words of rejection, and words of tolerance rather than words of prejudice.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. George Eliot

What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork. Pearl Bailey

Whatever you want more of, give it away.

There was a time in this country when you'd be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need. Now you're a fool for helping. -Mike McIntyre

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. -Mother Teresa

love we give and receive is all that matters and all that is remembered. Suffering disappears - love remains

Things are a lot easier when people know you're human. -Gerald Moore

Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it. —Thaddeus Golas, twentieth-century author and philosopher

Whoever welcomes children in my name welcomes me. Mark 9:37 My

When we were merely little girls, still full of innocence and wonder, I tied your shoes and made sure your lip wasn't bleeding. "Best friends since third grade," we've always said. We've been to hell and back, with our bleeding hearts and tampered souls.