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Quotes About Compassion

I firmly believe that we're all good people, but sometimes it's hard to understand how to do good.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Veganism gives people an actual chance to DO SOMETHING instead of adding more cement (good intentions) to pave that road to Hell.
~ Gary Yourofsky
The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
~ Benjamin Spock
[Addiction's] not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.
~ Robert Downey, Jr.
All the world loves a good loser.
~ Kin Hubbard
Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
~ Eric Hoffer
I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed.
~ Shirley Manson
If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long.
~ Dag Hammarskjold
There are always going to be jerks in the world . . . [but] there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other.
~ R. J. Palacio
Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish.
~ Randy Pausch
Doing good for the community is something that should be a part of who you are. The more you get, the more you should give back.
~ Mark Salling
We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.
~ Peter Singer
Don't always expect good things to happen. Your job is to forgive no matter what happens.
~ Gary Renard
I believe in doing good for good's sake.
~ John Henrik Clarke
If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody.
~ Rob Bell
I believe our world desperately needs Good News.
~ Rob Bell
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.
~ Kid Rock
When you're watching the news, how many days in a row can you watch that and feel good about yourself and the world?
~ Sandra Bernhard
This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you're facing terrorism, natural disaster, you can have every wonderful plan in place, but I am a realist.
~ Warren Rudman
Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
~ Zhuangzi
Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you
~ David Nicholls
It's no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it's gonna get better. We have to make it better now.
~ Rick Mercer