Compassion Quotes

"Your heart is slightly bigger than the average human heart, but that’s because you’re a teacher."

- Aaron Bacall

"Kindness in words creates confidence."

- Laozi

"So often, children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes, yet we adults have them all the time! We think if we don’t nip it in the bud, it will escalate and we will lose control. Let go of that unfounded fear and give your child permission to be human. We all have days like that. None of us are perfect, and we must stop holding our children to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves. All of the punishments you could throw at them will not stamp out their humanity, for to err is human, and we all do it sometimes."

- Rebecca Eanes

"When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart."

- Horace Mann

"Angels are the companions who walk beside us, offering comfort and solace during our darkest hours."

- Mitch Albom

"You're in the arms of the Angels; may you find some comfort here."

- Sarah McLachlan

"Angels appear in many different forms to hold your hand through the difficult times."

- Doreen Virtue

"Psychotherapy … [is] a profession whose mainspring is love. Nearly everyone who visits a therapist has a love disorder, and each has a story to tell—of love lost or denied, love twisted or betrayed, love perverted or shackled to violence."

- Ackerman

"Ann, you're such a good friend. You are a beautiful, talented, brilliant, powerful musk ox."

- Leslie Knope

"A simple smile. That’s the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others."

- Dalai Lama

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

- Joseph Addison

"They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity."

- Emily Dickinson

"I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile."

- Goldie Hawn

"Nobody needs a smile so much as the one who has none to give. So get used to smiling heart-warming smiles, and you will spread sunshine in a sometimes dreary world."

- Lawrence G. Lovasik

"A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside."

- Denis Waitley

"A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles."

- William Hazlitt

"Smile at strangers, and you just might change a life."

- Steve Maraboli

"Too often, we underestimate the power of 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 F. Buscaglia

"A simple smile. That's the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others."

- Dalai Lama

"It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime."

- Steve Maraboli

"All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile."

- Chris Hart

"When you smile at a stranger, there is already a minute outflow of energy. You become a giver."

- Eckhart Tolle

"If I can see pain in your eyes, then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes, then share with me your smile."

- Santosh Kalwar

"If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give."

- Samson Raphael Hirsch

"Smiling makes people feel good and positive, conveying a sense of good-will, rapport and trust."

- Dr. T.P.Chia

"Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back."

- Vanilla Ice

"It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it can last a lifetime. We should all smile more often."

- Steve Maraboli

"Too often we underestimate the power of 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

"Be a nice human."

"Kindness is cool."

- Unknown