Compassion Quotes

"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"With humility, Christ faced down humanity’s worst to give us God’s best."

- Judith Couchman

"Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together. I hope you use yours for good, because the only words you'll regret more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to intentionally hurt someone."

- Taylor Swift

"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."

- Leo Buscaglia

"A nurse dispenses comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription."

- Val Saintsbury

"Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a battle."

- Plato

"Nurses encompass an art, a humanistic orientation, a feeling for the value of the individual, and an intuitive sense of ethics, and of the appropriateness of action taken."

- Myrtle Aydelotte

"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."

- Mother Teresa

"The nurse is temporarily the consciousness of the unconscious, the love of life of the suicidal, the leg of the amputee, the eyes of the newly blind, a means of locomotion for the newborn, knowledge and confidence for the young mother, a voice for those too weak to speak, and so on."

- Virginia Henderson, RN

"What angels are to the sad, nurses are to the sick."

- Amit Kalantri

"A nurse is compassion in scrubs."

- Lexie Saige

"Bound by paperwork, short on hands, sleep, and energy… nurses are rarely short on caring."

- Sharon Hudacek

"As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the mind, soul, heart, and body of our patients, their families, and ourselves. They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."

- James Keller

"If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble."

- Bob Hope

"Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you’re giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism."

- Caroline Kennedy

"Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving."

- B. C. Forbes

"A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away; While quite unselfish, it grows small."

- Eva Logue

"The love expressed between women is particular and powerful because we have had to love in order to live; love has been our survival."

- Audre Lorde

"Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts."

- Paramahansa Yogananda

"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."

- Nelson Mandela

"Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway."

- Mother Theresa

"If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path."

- Buddha

"Saints need sinners."

- Alan Watts

"On this beautiful Sunday, choose peace, love, and kindness."

"Nurses may not be angels, but they are the next best thing!"

"Nurses are angels in comfortable shoes."

- Unknown

"Be a pop of color wherever you go. Brighten the world as a sunflower brightens a field."

"Everything happens for a RIESEN. Thinking of you!"

"Hope you get feeling BUTTER soon! Don’t lift a FINGER ’till you’re well."