Compassion Quotes

"There is a Nigerian parable that says, "You shouldn't throw stones as a bird may fly away." If someone has a passion then let them do it. Let people be what they want to be."

- Yinka Ilori

"Anger is like flowing water; there's nothing wrong with it as long as you let it flow. Hate is like stagnant water; anger that you denied yourself the freedom to feel, the freedom to flow; water that you gathered in one place and left to forget. Stagnant water becomes dirty, stinky, disease-ridden, poisonous, deadly; that is your hate. On flowing water travels little paper boats; paper boats of forgiveness. Allow yourself to feel anger, allow your waters to flow, along with all the paper boats of forgiveness. Be human."

- C. JoyBell C.

"“When we practice loving-kindness and compassion, we are the first ones to profit.”"

- Rumi

"True kindness is not what drives relationships of mere utility, but it is at the core of relationships of goodness."

- Suzann Pileggi Pawelski, MAPP, and James Pawelski, PhD

"Compassion does not render people tearful idlers, moral weaklings, or passive onlookers; but individuals who will take on the pain of others, even when given the chance to skip out on such difficult action or in anonymous conditions."

- Dacher Keltner

"When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity for accepting and having compassion for them is there."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this world. There will most likely be no ticker-tape parades for us, no monuments created in our honor. But that does not lessen our possible impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. 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 a potential to turn a life around. It’s overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love felt."

- Leo Buscaglia

"The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories."

- Carl Gustav Jung

"It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow men who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It is from among such individuals that all human failures spring."

- Alfred Adler

"Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths."

- George R.R. Martin

"One kind word can warm three winter months."

- A Japanese Proverb

"Let us never forget that medicine is for people. It is not for profit, it is not for status, it is not for self."

- Albert Schweitzer

"The older you get the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness."

- Lionel Barrymore

"When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners."

- Richard Carlson

"Atticus, he was real nice.” “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them."

- Harper Lee

"Compassion is a lifetime business. You can't say something like, "I will have compassion on Monday, Thursdays and Fridays only. But for the rest, I will be cruel". That is hypocrisy."

- Israelmore Ayivor

"A mother’s arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in the them."

- Victor Hugo

"Sometimes, when I want to take on the world, I try to remember that it’s just as important to sit down and ask my son how he’s feeling or talk to him about life."

- Angelina Jolie

""Be kind to unkind people. They need it most.""

- Ashleigh Brilliant

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

- Maya Angelou

""If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.""

- Booker T. Washington

""We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.""

- Ronald Reagan

"Judgement free zone"

"Live for others"

"Love thy neighbour"

"If you can’t be kind, you can still be quiet."

"The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one…!!! Good morning! Happy Saturday!"

"If you think someone could use a friend. Be one."

"Help other people"

"Kind. Human. Heart."