Quotes About Compassion

I have poor people skills, and I cannot become a minister.

I remember thinking Democrats and liberals were the good guys. They cared about the little guy. They cared about poor people. They cared about minorities.

I get maximum satisfaction in seeing the happiness of poor people.

There's more poor people in this country than there are rich, and I stick up for the poor people.

You have to build a culture of philanthropy. In a country like India, we need to be sensitive and caring about the poorer, more disadvantaged section of our country.

Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.

For me, as the Government of India, the interest of the poorest of the poorest is paramount.

We can all get behind feeding the poorest kids in school, right?

Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in the world by seeing the face of God in the person we least expect to see it, including the person in the mirror.

If you have any power at all from being popular, then you have a duty to help people out.

I've always tried to be nice to people, so that sort of translates into popularity, I guess.

I think I can allow myself one child - and from then on, I think I would have to adopt. It makes sense not to add to the population problem.

You tell people that all the time, 'Jail's the worst place ever and you don't want to go there,' which is true but at the same time you see it's filled with a bunch of people like guy is drinking on a porch somewhere and he gets arrested for public intoxication. He's going to miss work. He's not a bad guy per se.

It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel for.

To be able to be a good actress and portray other people's stories, you have to be true to yourself.

I've given every maid I've portrayed soul and heart.

I don't think I can play a role without falling in love with something about her; even the most despicable people who I have portrayed had some aspect of them which I found beautiful.

Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.

If you're in the position to help someone and you do it, it's very rewarding.

Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.

I do work really hard to be nice to people. Well, actually, I think it doesn't take much effort to be nice to people, so why shouldn't we all be nice to each other? But I do appreciate very much a woman who is in a position of power who is unapologetic about her position and her belief in her own abilities.

It's easy to just be rude or just be nasty. I think it's actually harder for people to say something positive; it's interesting.

We want to give people positive energy and we also want to comfort people.