Compassion Quotes

"We can all fight against loneliness by engaging in random acts of kindness."

- Gail Honeyman

"Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end."

- Paulo Coelho

"There’s a sorrow and pain in everyone’s life, but every now and then there’s a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed."

- Hubert Selby Jr.

"This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion."

- Pema Chödrön

"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain."

- Emily Dickinson

"I’m going to be humble, I’m going to be accountable, do it with a smile on my face, make other people around me better."

- Jason Witten

"No one is the same, and we all have different life experiences. It’s not my place to judge them or for them to judge me. We should all be accountable for our own lives."

- Joanna Krupa

"If you call yourself Save the Whales, every once in a while you have to save a whale."

- Tom Ahern

"I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Go out into the world and do good until there is too much good in the world."

- Larry H. Miller

"Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good."

- Minor Myers

"Always have a willing hand to help someone, you might be the only one that does."

- Roy T. Bennett

"A single act of kindness is like a drop of oil on a patch of dry skin—seeping, spreading, and affecting more than the original need."

- Richelle E. Goodrich

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."

- Plato

"Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another."

- Erma Bombeck

"There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others."

- Mandy Hale

"God damn it, you’ve got to be kind."

- Kurt Vonnegut

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

- John Holmes

""Kindness can transform someone’s dark moment with a blaze of light. You’ll never know how much your caring matters. Make a difference for another today.""

- Amy Leigh Mercree

""Charity begins at home but should not end there.""

- Thomas Fuller

""The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.""

- Richard P. Feynman

""It’s not just about being able to write a check. It’s being able to touch somebody’s life.""

- Oprah Winfrey

"When you respect the idea that you are sharing the Earth with other humans, and when you lead with your nice foot forward, you’ll win, every time. It might not be today, it might not be tomorrow, but it comes back to you when you need it."

- Kristen Bell

"In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love."

- Mother Teresa

"Your love and positive energy is the best gift you can give to others."

"The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves."

"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members."

"The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer."

""No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another.""