Compassion Quotes

[Andrea] Leadsom has compassion ... a real steel and a real determination and that velvet glove of compassion that she really cares about people.

They're fanatics. It's like expecting humanity from a falling rock. It's not going to have a fit of compassion and not crack your skull open.

Children are not created fully equipped with such values as courage, compassion, integrity, and insights into the motives and needs of themselves and of others.

The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union.

When we take time to quiet ourselves, we can all sense that our life could be lived with greater compassion and greater weakness.

We all, I think, believe in compassion. If you look at all the world religions, all the main world religions, you'll find within them some teaching concerning compassion.

This idea of compassion comes to us because we're made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.

You've had to struggle, you've had to fight To keep understanding and compassion in sight You could be laughing at me, you've got the right But you go on smiling so clear and so bright

True compassion is not about giving or taking. True compassion is doing just what is needed.

There are many animal-welfare groups that sometimes seem to forget that human beings are animals too, that we need to include them in our sphere of compassion.

There are many people out there (me being one of them) who can vouch that animals have feelings; they feel compassion and love, as well as pain!

Compassion is the most necessary ingredient in all relationships. Everything depends on it.

I think if people genuinely want to help ... that'll shine through, no matter what color or what race. We cannot see race before compassion.

A great mind is above insults, injustice, grief, and raillery, and would be invulnerable were it not open to compassion.

Compassion takes imagination.

Only kindness matters. We are God's hands.

Some major churches overemphasize the importance of preaching as a means to increase membership and fail to reach out with compassion to their neighbors in need.

The essences of all religions speak of peace, compassion, justice and the interconnection of all life.

I am working on a technical paper on compassion. So I am reading everything I can on the subject, including my own mind and heart.

I will have faith that, though I might not understand why adversity happens, by my conscious choice I can find strength, compassion, and grace through my trials.

An effective apology focuses more on compassion for the victim than redemption for the offender.

Because of his compassion Owen was always in trouble with his partners. They would have much preferred a tough, down-to-earth manager who would get a days work out of the little bastards.

I observed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love [as a POW] and I will always treasure that memory above all others.

If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to.

Indignation and compassion form a powerful combination. They are indispensable to vision, and therefore to leadership.

Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use, and the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us.

Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete.

Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion, benevolence, and humanity.

How anyone can profess to find animal life interesting and yet take delight in reducing the wonder of any animal to a bloody mass of fur or feathers?

I want my songs to be heard by everyone. I want [everyone] to treat people with compassion. I want them to realize that we are all so similar, but we focus so much on our differences.

Forgiveness is like a great act of compassion. That it was done not because someone deserved it, but because they needed it.

If we wish for mercy ourselves, we must show mercy to all dumb animals.

Kindness manifests in a lot of ways, such as acts of compassion, helpfulness, empathy, forgiveness, and caring. These gestures kindle and ignite feelings of love.

Compassion is the litmus test.

Being a good neighbour is about compassion, which is as warm-blooded as justice is cool-headed.

I've got a lot of different religious ideas circling through my family, but the positive thing is that I was raised with a lot of openness and compassion.

Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.

[What's beautiful about my mother is] her compassion, how much she gives, whether it be to her kids and grandkids or out in the world. She's got a sparkle.

Animals should have rights and should be treated with compassion and empathy; we are their caretakers. If you don't have it in your heart to help them, then just leave them alone and do no harm.

We are able to help animals all around the world as a result of the media and entertainment business, which is able to spread compassion and change at rapid speed.

The only absurdity in which I find equally immense compassion and morality is Christianity - though the compassion is outlandish and the morality is blemished.

History is an orphan. It can speak, but cannot hear. It can give, but cannot take. Its wounds and tragedies can be read and known, but cannot be avoided or cured.

Expand your love, your consciousness, and your loving compassion by experiencing everything that everyone does or says as though you had done or said it.

Art curates compassion. Art to me breaks down walls and allows us to step into somebody else's shoes.

I would say I have compassion.

Compassion is a college education. It's a doctorate.

Compassion is very important, especially right now in America. We all need to strive as human beings to understand each other and ourselves better.

Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.

The highest benevolence acts without purpose.

I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.