Compassion Quotes

"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone."

- Audrey Hepburn

"Do all the other things, the ambitious things—travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes…but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness."

- George Saunders

"When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to happiness that you can give out."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

- John 13:35

"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'"

- Mister Rogers

"April is the kindest month."

- T.S. Eliot

"Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together."

- Brené Brown

"Our love is so big. It has room for everybody."

- Cari Tuna

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

"We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity, both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy."

- Arthur Ashe

"I just want you to know that if you are out there and you are being really hard on yourself right now for something that has happened ... it's normal. That is what is going to happen to you in life. No one gets through unscathed. We are all going to have a few scratches on us. Please be kind to yourselves and stand up for yourself, please."

- Taylor Swift

"I care about decency and humanity and kindness. Kindness today is an act of rebellion."

- Pink

"The simple act of listening to someone and making them feel as if they have truly been heard is a most treasured gift."

- L. A. Villafane

"Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud."

- Maya Angelou

"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."

- Ronald Reagan

"You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion; for yourself and your those around you."

- Lupita Nyong'o

"We have to be better. We have to love more, hate less. We've gotta listen more and talk less. We've gotta know that this is everybody's responsibility."

- Megan Rapinoe

"You are not alone. You are seen. I am with you. You are not alone."

- Shonda Rhimes

"The humanity we all share is more important than the mental illnesses we may not."

- Elyn R. Saks

"You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared and anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a negative person. It makes you human."

- Lori Deschene

"I don’t regret opening up about what I went through [with depression], because, it sounds really cliché, but I have had women come up to me and say, ‘It meant so much to me.’ It means so much when you realize that someone was having a really hard time and feeling shame and was trying to hide this whole thing."

- Winona Ryder

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."

- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

"If you know someone who’s depressed please resolve to never ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather. Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest and best things you will ever do."

- Stephen Fry

"When under the strain of bipolar’s strongest symptoms, we certainly can make selfish decisions, but that doesn’t make us selfish people. In fact, because we have struggled and known such depths of darkness, our compassion runs deeper."

- Lyss Trayers

"Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others."

- Christopher Germer

"harshly we judge ourselves, the more accepting we become of others."

- Harold H. Bloomfield

"You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared, or anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a ‘negative person.’ It makes you human."

- Lori Deschene

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, sensitivity, and understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep, loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."

- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

"Teaching is a work of heart."

"It’s okay to not be okay, it’s okay to ask for help."

- Unknown