Quotes About Compassion

Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Write your name in kindness, love and mercy on the hearts of the thousands you come in contact with year by year, and you will never be forgotten.

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.

Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.

May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.

It's a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.

Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.

To practice Zen Buddhism is to train oneself to eliminate hatred, anger and selfishness and to develop loving-kindness towards all.

To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.

In this world, you must be a bit too kind to be kind enough.

Now is a time for, dare I say it, kindness. I thought being extremely smart would take care of it. But I see I have been found out.

Kindness is always fashionable.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

Everyone responds to kindness.

If you have donated, these children may never know your name, but they will never forget your kindness.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

Kindness is a calling. Caring about people is powerful. Love changes lives.

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

Kindness is no virtue, but a common duty.

Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

You are about to enter the realms of human beings. Be prepared for cruelty and kindness, for friendship and hatred. People are made of all possibilities and conditions.