Compassion Quotes

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live."

- Oscar Wilde

"I promise you, there is something worse out there than being sad, and that’s being alone and being sad."

- Ted Lasso

"There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up"

- John Holmes

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."

- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday, and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you."

- Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Bullying is killing our kids. Being different is killing our kids and the kids who are bullying are dying inside. We have to save our kids whether they are bullied or they are bullying. They are all in pain."

- Cat Cora

"Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn't mean they can't be saved."

- Professor Charles Xavier

"Bees are not your enemy if honey is your friend."

- Matshona Dhliwayo

"Kindness is always fashionable."

- Hello Kitty

"A little kindness goes a long way."

- Hello Kitty

"Kindness is the sweetest language of all."

- Hello Kitty

"Kind hearts are the most beautiful."

- Hello Kitty

"Life is sweeter with a sprinkle of kindness."

- Hello Kitty

"“Learn to do right; seek justice, encourage the oppressed, defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.”"

- The Song of Solomon – Isaiah 1:17

"The lawyers’ contribution to the civilizing of humanity is evidenced in the capacity of lawyers to argue furiously in the courtroom, then sit down as friends over a drink or dinner. This habit is often interpreted by the layman as a mark of their ultimate corruption. In my opinion, it is their greatest moral achievement: It is a characteristic of humane tolerance that is most desperately needed at the present time."

- John R. Silber

"The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis."

- Thurgood Marshall

"Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity."

- Hippocrates

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."

- George Washington Carver

"Give your love to all, trust in the team to which you are joined, and do not do wrong to others for your own self-gratification."

- Byron Pulsifer

"Human need is really a great spiritual vacuum which God seeks to fill... With one hand in the hand of a fellow man in need and the other in the hand of Christ, He could get across the vacuum."

- George Washington Carver

"If someone’s lost their smile…give ‘em yours."

- Heard on Christian radio station WGTS, 91.9

"What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for one another."

- George Eliot

""The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.""

- Mark Twain

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand."

- Henri Nouwen

"With compassion in our heart, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"Respecting the human struggle in between life’s big moments"

"Today I choose to see life's wholeness and interconnectedness. Although troubles exist, there is far more goodness, empathy and hope. I contribute to that on this Tuesday through compassion for all."

"The only things that match your hard work ethic are your kindness and care. I’m happy to be your partner."

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about."