Compassion Quotes

"You protect those who need it, no matter how small."

- Dr. Seuss

"“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest accomplishment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”"

- Leo Buscaglia

""Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;where there is hatred, let me sow love;when there is injury, pardon;where there is doubt, faith;where there is despair, hope;where there is darkness, light;and where there is sadness, joy.""

- Francis of Assisi

"True patriotism, it seems to me, is based on tolerance and a large measure of humility."

- Adlai Stevenson

"The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them."

- Saint Francis de Sales

"Those that will not hear must be made to feel."

- German Proverb

"Care, and not fine stables, makes a good horse."

- Danish proverb

"Some knowledge is too heavy...you cannot bear it...your Father will carry it until you are able."

- Corrie ten Boom

"When we feel love and kindness towards others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it also helps us to develop inner happiness and peace."

- 14th Dalai Lama

""What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?""

- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you'll be a mile from them, and you'll have their shoes."

- Jack Handey

"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers."

- Kahlil Gibran

"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 compassion, gentleness, and a deep, loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."

- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

"Imagine if every child learned the respect, courtesy, and discipline that martial arts teaches. The world would be a different place."

- Chris Whamond

"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness."

- Honore de Balzac

"Like a sculptor, if necessary, carve a friend out of stone. Realize that your inner sight is blind and try to see a treasure in everyone."

- Rumi Jalalud-Din

"Forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?"

- Bell Hooks

"Mother – that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries."

- T. Dewitt Talmage

"Good heart is the best religion; its light is the most powerful light."

- Mehmet Murat ildan

"I am not handsome but I can give my hand to someone who needs help... Because beauty is required in the heart, not in the face...."

- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"I work really hard to try to see the beauty in everything and everyone. It’s hard sometimes, and I don’t think I succeed all the time, but I try to approach things with love rather than judgment."

- Lupita Nyong'o

"You can’t eat beauty, it doesn’t sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul."

- Lupita Nyong'o

"To save a life is a real and beautiful thing. To make a home for the homeless, yes, it is a thing that must be good; whatever the world may say, it cannot be wrong."

- Vincent van Gogh

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."

- Vincent van Gogh

"Although people can be cruel sometimes, kindness always wins. Enmity breaks hearts apart, but love assembles the pieces."

- Anoir Ou-Chad

"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"No one needs a smile more than those who have none."

- Unknown

"It’s never too late to send a note of kindness and love."

- Unknown