Compassion Quotes

Compassion Quote of the day

Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love

Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.

If I could wish for immortality on earth, it would only be for the power of relieving the distressed.

True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.

We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Let's get loose with Compassion. Let's drown in the delicious ambience of Love.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?

If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.

Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.

The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.

True resistance begins with people confronting pain... and wanting to do something to change it.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others.

My dear heart, never think you are better than others. Listen to their sorrows with compassion. If you want peace, don't harbor bad thoughts, do not gossip and don't teach what you do not know.

I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of the same.

The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.

...man can no more survive psychologically in a psychological milieu that does not respond empathetically to him, than he can survive physically in an atmosphere that contains no oxygen.

God uses change to change us. He doesn’t use it to destroy us or to distract us, but to coax us to the next level of character, experience, compassion and destiny!

Let everything happen to you Beauty and terror Just keep going No feeling is final

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.