Compassion Quotes

"In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths."

- Graham Greene

"Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world."

- Annie Lennox

"You don't teach morals and ethics and empathy and kindness in the schools. You teach that at home, and children learn by example."

- Judy Sheindlin

"Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused."

- Tommy Lee Jones

"Authenticity, living your truth, kindness - these are necessary virtues."

- Merle Dandridge

"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."

- Samuel Johnson

"When autumn darkness falls, what we will remember are the small acts of kindness: a cake, a hug, an invitation to talk, and every single rose. These are all expressions of a nation coming together and caring about its people."

- Jens Stoltenberg

"Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life."

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

"As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency."

- Caroline Kennedy

"A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve."

- Joseph Joubert

"Education teaches us compassion and kindness, connection to others."

- Jill Biden

"Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Remember, there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."

- Scott Adams

"Being kind means responding to the needs of others – and people can be kind, no matter how old or young we are."

- Mr. Rogers

"But compassion isn't about solutions. It's about giving all the love that you've got."

- Cheryl Strayed

"Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness."

- R.J. Palacio

"Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused."

- Tommy Lee Jones

"The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required."

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

"Hate ricochets, but kindness does too."

- Robin Roe

"The shortest distance between two people is a smile."

- Victor Borge

"There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world."

- Mary Anne Radmacher

"Be true to yourself, be kind to yourself, read and learn about everything that interests you, and keep away from people who bring you down."

- Steve Maraboli

"How beautiful a day can be, when kindness touches it."

- George Elliston

"When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do."

- Rachel Naomi Remen

"The ideals that have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty and truth."

- Albert Einstein

"Kindness can transform someone's dark moment with a blaze of light."

- Amy Leigh Mercree

"Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary."

- J.M. Barrie

"There is nothing so rewarding as to make people realize that they are worthwhile in this world."

- Bob Anderson

"There’s a part of martial arts where we need humility and respect."

- Eddie Alvarez

"A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference"

- Mary Poppins