Compassion Quotes

"I believe one of the most sacrificial acts of love adoptive parents can do is to give up their preconceptions and agendas about what their child’s views “should” be and be open to hear the conflicting emotions and thoughts their child often experiences."

- Sherrie Eldridge

"I believe one of the most sacrificial acts of love adoptive parents can do is to give up their preconceptions and agendas about what their child’s views 'should' be and be open to hear the conflicting emotions and thoughts their child often experiences."

- Sherrie Eldridge

"'Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected."

- Charles Lamb

"How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em."

- Shel Silverstein

"Friendship is a sheltering tree;"

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"And what is a friend? More than a father, more than a brother: a traveling companion, with him, you can conquer the impossible, even if you must lose it later. Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing."

- Elie Wiesel

"For it would then be true friendship, such as no hope, no fear, no self-interest can sever. That is a friendship that stays with people until they die—and that people die for."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

""If you have good friends, no matter how much life is sucking, they can make you laugh.""

- O. Henry

""Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses... swapped back and forth and over again.""

- Michelle Obama

"Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses... swapped back and forth and over again."

- Michelle Obama

"Because you are my oldest friend. Because, once, when I was at my lowest, you saved me."

- Gabrielle Zevin

"The best gift anyone can give, I believe, is the gift of sharing themselves."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Nothing that grieves us can be called little; by the external laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size."

- Mark Twain, 'Which Was The Dream?'

"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."

- Rumi

"Tears don’t measure weakness. They measure our need to grieve and keep loving the one we’ve lost."

- Melvina Young

"I'm Sorry I Bit You... And Pulled Your Hair... And Punched You In The Face..."

- Lilo

"Can Stitch Say Goodbye?"

- Stitch

"Nobody gets left behind."

- Stitch

"They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

"To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one’s own, is ever the beginning of one’s real ethical orientation."

- Aldous Huxley

"I always wondered if I was ready to adopt – then I realized: no child was ready to be an orphan."

"Adoption is not the call to have the perfect, rosy family. It is the call to give love, mercy, and patience."

"A child cannot have too many people who love them and want to help them succeed."

"Our greatest joy…is her greatest pain."

"There are really no words for me to describe how I feel about Birth Moms or Birth Families. I truly believe they are some of the bravest people there are."

""A true friend is somebody who can make us feel better no matter how bad things may be.""

- Unknown

"I wish I could comfort all who suffer from the heart. Will you let me be your friend, and will you come to me for comfort if you need it?"

"Your love and positive energy is the best gift you can give to others"

"Caring for the dying is a gift, a privilege that so few are given."

"We don't just provide care; we provide compassion."