Quotes About Compassion

It's pretty refreshing to be in a situation where the spotlight is on someone else.

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

God will take care of the poor trampled slave, but where will the slaveholder be when eternity begins?

Where there is injury let me sow pardon.

To be treated well in places where you don't expect to be treated well, to find things in common with people you thought previously you had very, very little in common with, that can't be a bad thing.

Gandalf the Grey was always the guy I prefer. Gandalf the White was driven to do a particular job, whereas Gandalf the Grey is a bit more humane.

Neapolitans are extremely empathetic, whereas the typical northern attitude is more about not showing or sharing your feelings.

I think the associations people have with kindness are often things like meekness and sweetness and maybe sickly sweetness; whereas I do think of kindness as a force, as a power.

I want to create a collection, almost like a trilogy of sorts. Whereas 'Milk and Honey' was very much like holding a mirror up to yourself, the second book is turning that mirror around and fixing it on the world. The book is a reflection of the times we are in.

If you're with a close friend, your anger may raise his blood pressure as well as your own, whereas loving feelings may lower blood pressure in both of you.

When I read in newspapers that farmers are dying because of water shortage, I felt deeply pained that we have best of everything, yet we complain so much, whereas there are people who do not even have access to basic necessities of life.

I have one friend who I don't think has a mean bone in her body and I find that very bizarre. I can't imagine her ever flying off the handle, whereas I will.

The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.

I really care about leaving a trail of goodness wherever we can.

Sentiment is wherever you go.

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

Wherever I have gone in this country, I have found Americans.

We have a saying in my house, my kids and my girlfriend. We say, 'Be your best for the greater good, and rock out wherever you are.'

I believe that it is important, wherever possible, to lend a voice to help those in trying times.

Wherever you come from, even if it's a rough neighbourhood, there are always good people who know what they want to do.

If we won't fight injustice wherever we see it, then we are not safe from suffering injustice ourselves.

I want to bring my children up in a world where we're free to travel and work wherever we want, and in a society that takes care of immigrants and refugees.

It makes you realise that people are the same wherever you go.