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Quotes About Compassion

Comfort the weak and feel the poor. What on earth do we need government for?
~ Ray Davies
The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.
~ Jim Carrey
Go to it. Be bold. Be true. Be kind. Rotate your tires. Don't drink so much. There aren't going to be enough liver transplants to go around.
~ Richard Russo
Success is like a mountain that keeps growing ahead of you as you hike it... Err in the direction of kindness.
~ George Saunders
There is no delete button for bigotry.
~ Tom Brokaw
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
I don't want to be remembered as a good goalkeeper. I want to be remembered as a great person.
~ Iker Casillas
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
~ Winston Churchill
One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.
~ Zack de la Rocha
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.
~ Meryl Streep
The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation.
~ Steven Cojocaru
It is the great business of every Christian to save souls.
~ Charles Grandison Finney
Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.
~ Princess Diana
Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He went around doing good and being compassionate.
~ Karen Armstrong
The really great thing about my shoe store is that there's not one dead animal in it.
~ Stella McCartney
The two Virtues of Equanimity and Compassion become more available to the person whose ego-shell has been smashed-either by great suffering or by great love-or by both.
~ Richard Rohr
It is in times of great tragedy when the true spirit of our wonderful country unites as one.
~ Jim Gerlach
Only the great Souls can and know how to love.
~ Samael Aun Weor
I can't think of anyone I've mistreated. I've always thought that I am my brother's keeper. And I believe there's a 'great spirit' that takes care of all of us.
~ B. B. King
True greatness merely refuses to change in the face of bad actions against one—and a truly great person loves his fellows because he understands them.
~ L. Ron Hubbard
I'm very sensitive. I remember, as a kid at school, if someone in the classroom was sad or angry, it could have a great impact on me.
~ Aurora
Doing great things for others is an awesome gift to give yourself.
~ Robin Sharma
There's nothing better than meeting somebody with a great soul, and a great spirit and a good heart.
~ Mark Wahlberg
I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die-it's a major offence.
~ Clive Barker