Quotes About Compassion

If we're having a tough day, we'll bring the babies on, and suddenly, these crew guys who have, like, tattoos all over their necks are cooing and fawning.

Time has taught me that parents do the best they can with the light they are seeing with. That is what we all do.

Henry Hays was cheated all his life. He was cheated by his father who taught him to hate. His community taught him to hate. My mom told me, no matter what one does in life, he or she deserves some compassion, and I knew Hays deserved compassion more than anybody.

My parents taught me honesty, truth, compassion, kindness and how to care for people. Also, they encouraged me to take risks, to boldly go. They taught me that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure.

My mother and father just taught me the basics: to be really kind, to really listen to people. I have never been one to put on airs and graces.

You've got to be taught to hate and fear.

I didn't want to be pro-life. I hated the pro-life movement. I had been taught to hate them. I thought they hated me.

The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you will be a much happier, more balanced, compassionate person.

One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, 'Don't judge the character.'

I'm not sure if I've learned anything from show business. Life in general has taught me if you're kind to people, everything gets easier. Being a decent person really smoothes the way for you and everyone else.

Calamities have taught us a great lesson - we have to stand together when we are in danger.

My parents always taught me to be humble no matter what the experience, to not think I was better than anyone else.

My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot.

Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men.

From paying off friends' tax bills to rescuing stray dogs and stuffing £20 notes into the hands of homeless people, I can't get rid of my money fast enough.

Tax policy is not about compassion.

Reforming Social Security to make it fully funded and independently held, that's compassionate because it allows people to control their own lives; cutting taxes on families and all Americans to let people have more control over their lives.

If you put a woman in prison for four years when she's young and make her pay her time in a horrible place and she wants to come out and work, and become a mother and be a contributor to society and pay taxes and you never give her that chance. There is something un-Canadian about that.

I've been a Republican all my life because I embrace the conservative values of hard work, personal freedom, less government and fewer taxes. But I also believe in compassion, inclusion, and helping those who want to help themselves.

I pray for those we have lost but more personally for those who have lost - the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and so many before you. I know how it feels to get that call that someone you love isn't coming home.

Be kind to each other. You never know who's going to become the CEO of what. You never know who is going to become Taylor Swift. You never know.

No matter what is happening in your life, you always offer tea.

If someone needs help, I don't do tea and sympathy, but I'm honest and practical - that's how I was brought up.

All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.