Quotes About Compassion

You can't just think up a move in your head and go, 'Okay, I'll just pick somebody up, and I'm just going to throw them backwards into the post.' You have to think, 'Would you want someone to do the same thing to you?'

I would never post something making fun of depression or mental health, or picking at people.

This is a great country, and it's a melting pot. People shouldn't judge other people by the color of their skin, their church, or the area where they reside.

Since I had children, I cry all the time - I just had a little cry in 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.'

My mum, Doris, was a source of unalloyed love. She lived for her family and would literally give you her last pound. I think she's made me a kinder person, because I think: Do I want to help this person? If my mum was around, she would have.

I am not looking for a pound of flesh from Sally Jewell.

Sometimes, life just gets in the way, and you have to forgive yourself for putting on a few pounds.

The mail amazes me. I sometimes get these letters that are ten pages, and handwritten, from women pouring their hearts out and, for security reasons, I can only respond with a headshot and 'Dear so and so, be good. WM.' It never feels like enough.

We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.

I know what poverty is.

I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.

When someone can't afford to wear shoes, it's not just about them not having shoes on that day. It's about a cycle of poverty that exists within their community.

These days there is a lot of poverty in the world, and that's a scandal when we have so many riches and resources to give to everyone. We all have to think about how we can become a little poorer.

I grew up in poverty. I was ashamed of the fact, when we were kids, we'd be at school hungry, our stomachs rumbling so we couldn't concentrate.

For some reason, I had a responsibility to my family and the people who lived around me. I felt that I had to convey their dignity - the way they dealt with adversity and poverty - and their good humor.

My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.

And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at showing the desolation and the poverty, to show something beautiful for somebody as well.

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.

My mission is to eradicate poverty.

I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week.

As writers, we don't just need to write about poverty or war or the immigrant experience.

The worst part of great poverty is that you become blind to it.