Quotes About Compassion

Being a mom, I can't imagine my child not having a meal. That's hard to digest.

I think everyone deserves dignity.

What we need to do is understand that we have to love each other, that we have to see each other have worth and dignity and value.

I support equal rights and equal dignity for all.

I've always said when age or infirmity gets the better of me, I'm off to whichever civilised country lets the elderly die with dignity.

I don't diminish the idea of being American, but what I embrace is the idea of being human.

When your country is in dire straits, it doesn't matter whether you're a social democrat or not.

We should be proud that we are bringing hope around the world in times of dire need.

Without imagination and without love, life can be pretty bleak. I think having both will get you through the most dire of situations.

There is always someone in the world who is better or worse off than yourself, and I've never seen that - in either direction - as a barrier to becoming friends with somebody.

You need to get down among the people who are the dirtiest and dustiest, and the depravity, and you need to see Christ's light shining there.

I do have a lot of care, concern, and compassion for disadvantaged people.

Society might have been better off without them, but we are supposed to look after the disadvantaged, and so we do it. But it doesn't help the society.

No matter how much we disagree with people, demonising them doesn't get us anywhere; it merely indicates a closed mind.

You can have a great, deep connection with somebody and still disagree with their actions.

People have said for years 'never work with children or animals' but I couldn't disagree more.

That's something that the world needs to learn today: that you can disagree and still be friends.

I've got friends who totally disagree on politics, religion, cultural things, but at the core, we're the same people.

It's always better to treat those with whom you disagree with compassion - if not for compassion's sake, then because it makes it much more likely that they'll actually be willing to listen to what you have to say.

I have no disagreement with the aims of anti-vivisectionists.

I feel disappointed with humanity, because they have made people's lives into talking points. People have stopped caring about people's feelings and emotions.

Children can be disciplined with love.

This is a place where you can go, that you can feel safe and look inside yourself and discover yourself.

Cancer does not discriminate.