Compassion Quotes

"Christ literally walked in our shoes and entered into our affliction."

- Timothy Keller

"The secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient."

- Francis Peabody, American physician

"Patients don’t care about your policies. They care about how you treat them."

- Barbara Balik, healthcare consultant and author

"The patient experience begins and ends with compassion."

- Jean Watson, nursing theorist

"If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers."

- Ed Sullivan

"Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path. Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy, and greed stem from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance."

- Elder Wisdom

"It is not how much you do, but how much love you put into doing."

- Mother Teresa

"There is beauty in the journey, regardless of the outcome. Let’s grieve and hope, and fight together."

- Marie White

"Words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey."

- Sarah Fielding

"Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."

- Proverbs 16:23-25

"We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time."

- Brené Brown

"Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion."

- Buddha

"It should always be about the kids. Everything you do should be to make sure the kids you coach have a positive experience and learn all the great life lessons that sports can teach."

- Helen Williams

"In a coaching culture, people understand that their success is interconnected with the success of others."

- David Clutterbuck

"You treat a disease: You win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you win—no matter the outcome."

- Hunter Doherty “Patch” Adams

"Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity."

- Hippocrates

"It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness."

- Confucius

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples."

- Mother Teresa

""Kindness is one thing you can’t give away. It always comes back.""

- George Skolsky

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

- Maya Angelou

"Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one to find the gold."

- Proverbs 11:27

"In your eyes, I see love. I pray you leave footprints of kindness and compassion wherever you go."

"Kindness is a universal language; use it fluently."

"In your heart, you carry the power to change the world, one small act of kindness at a time."

"Your kindness, love, and passion are what make you truly beautiful inside and out."

"You have a way of bringing warmth and love into every room you walk into."

"On this Sunday morning, may your day be a canvas of blessings, and may you paint it with acts of kindness and love."

"Your smile can save a distressed soul, gladden a sad heart, or heal a broken spirit. Have a blessed Sunday."

""People have to be given the freedom to show the heart they possess. I think it’s a leader’s responsibility to provide that type of freedom. And I believe it can be done through relationships and family.""

- Unknown

"Kindness is a gift everyone can afford to give."

- Unknown