Compassion Quotes

"My true religion is kindness. That is a great moral position — practicing kindness, keeping one’s heart open in the presence of suffering."

- Anne Lamott

"The first step toward feeling compassion for others is to set the intention to try it out."

- Sharon Salzberg

"Kindness is its own type of magic, don’t you think?"

- Alyssa Colman

"Whoever you are — I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."

- Tennessee Williams

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

- Graham Greene

"Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty."

- Anne Herbert

"Lose natural kindness and maybe / The heart-revealing intimacy / That chooses right, and never find a friend."

- William Butler Yeats

"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at least one which makes the heart run over."

- James Boswell

"Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him."

- Frank A. Clark

"It is never too late to be kind, polite, and a loving human being."

- Eddie Jaku

"People shouldn’t have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty."

- Maggie Stiefvater

"Sometimes it’s easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again."

- Randa Abdel-Fattah

"A memorable heart is the easiest way to immortality."

- Suzy Kassem

"I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way."

- Lady Gaga

"I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now."

- Stephen Grellet

"I believe now that the universe delivers random acts of kindness, and it’s on us to decide what to do with them."

- Christina Lauren

""Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.""

- C.S. Lewis

""Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.""

- José N. Harris

"Grief is the garden of compassion."

- Rumi

""Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.""

- Bill Ayers

"When we truly care for ourselves, it becomes possible to care about other people. The more alert and sensitive we are to our own needs, the more loving and generous we can be towards others."

- Eda LeShan

"Always ask yourself: “What will happen if I say nothing?”"

""Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure.""

""When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.""

""Not a day goes by when you are not loved and missed.""

""You may be gone from my sight, but you are never gone from my heart.""

""Our hearts still ache in sadness and secret tears still flow.""

""It’s hard to forget someone who gave us so much to remember.""

""Held in our hearts forever.""

""When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.""

- Anonymous