Compassion Quotes

"Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom."

- Theodore Isaac Rubin

"You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."

- Saint Basil

"We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"The true essence of humankind is kindness."

- Tenzin Gyatso

"Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return."

- Emanuel Swedenborg

"In life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load."

- Brian Tracy

"I have never met a person whose greatest need was anything other than real, unconditional love."

- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

"Change the world, just one random act of kindness at a time."

- Ron Hall

"Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable."

- Alexander the Great

"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again."

- Og Mandino

"You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on."

- Dolly Parton

"We should respect all religions and just believe in peace, kindness and harmony."

- Ananya Panday

"We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods."

- Paul Bloom

"Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world."

- Nellie Bly

"Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style."

- Rebecca Solnit

"With all of the bad things that are happening in the world right now, I think we need a message of togetherness and true unity. I believe that starts with personal reflection and then we can find kindness toward each other."

- Marielle Heller

"An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity."

- Saadi

"It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even - or rather, especially - when we'd prefer not to be."

- Josh Radnor

"Kindness is the beginning of cruelty."

- Frank Herbert

"If you do something with acceptance and kindness, you can create a true friendship."

- Dustin Lance Black

"That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love."

- William Wordsworth

"When the norm is decency, other virtues can thrive: integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust."

- Raja Krishnamoorthi

"Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure."

- King Solomon

"To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."

- Confucius

"I guess at the end of the day, all women like to be appreciated and treated with respect and kindness."

- Sofia Vergara

"Just imagine how different the world could be if we all spoke to everyone with respect and kindness."

- Holly Branson

"True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others."

- Alek Wek

"Together we can."