Quotes About Showing Compassion

#1. Instead of showing compassion, or good sense, or care, many people regarded the clinic with hate and disgust. Every age thought they were so enlightened, and every age was stumbling around in much the same darkness of ignorance and fear.

Cassandra Clare

#2. Apology may start as a feeling, a desire to make matters right, but it requires a commitment to move that desire into practice, to actually take on the great courageous task of showing compassion to others.

John Kador

#3. As human beings we each have a responsibility to care for humanity. Expressing concern for others brings inner strength and deep satisfaction. As social animals, human beings need friendship, but friendship doesn't come from wealth and power, but from showing compassion and concern for others.

Dalai Lama

#4. The river where you set your foot just now is gone-those waters give way to this, now this.

Heraclitus

#5. Showing your compassion to another human takes less energy than hating him.

Ben Midland

#6. Real kindness and compassion is not about feeling sorry for someone else. Rather, it is showing up, to help them discover their true value.

Charles F. Glassman

#7. The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable.

Sophie Swetchine

#8. Although it requires some adjustment by those already here, immigration has made the U.S.A. the most prosperous nation on Earth.

Jeff Hawkins

#9. I want to laugh and cry and scream and run and I can't choose which to do first.

Tahereh Mafi

#10. Lewis: "You looked beautiful tonight. In fact, you get more beautiful every time I see you."
Nicky: "I, but I was just wearing-"
Lewis: "Say thanks."
Nicky: "Okay, thanks, and you looked... muddy.

Lily Harlem

#11. True worship comes when we learn to close our eyes and focus only on Him.

Joel Balin

#12. If you just can't seem to get ahead, you might need to check your priorities. If you've had difficulties setting your priorities, ask God to help you.

Victoria Osteen

#13. It's the coolest thing - showing young, bright, and creative people that compassion and a compassionate life is the richest way to live. When you live that life, you create progress, productivity, and innovation.

Ian Somerhalder

#14. To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental rather than loving.

William Sloane Coffin

#15. Righteousness doesn't mean being right. It means showing love, compassion and understanding no matter what you think is right.

L.J. Vanier

#16. Have compassion for your past. By showing love to the present. Your past was just the portal to now.

Matthew Donnelly

#17. Molotov explained how that book, should one be foolish enough to open it, gave the power to read things and creatures out of any book in the world.

Cornelia Funke

#18. God has bestowed upon you intelligence and knowledge. Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die out in the darkness of lust and error. For a wise man approaches with his torch to light up the path of mankind.

Khalil Gibran

#19. The way you treat people who are in no position to help you, further you, or benefit you reveals the true state of your heart.

Mandy Hale

#20. He fucks me. He doesn't want you. Back off.

Abbi Glines

#21. I really wanted to talk to her.
I just couldn't find an algorithm that fit.

Peter Watts

#22. Commitment is a funny thing, you know? It's almost like getting a tatoo. You think and you think and you think and you think before you get one. And once you get one, it's stick to you hard and deep.

Ika Natassa

#23. Every fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.

Harry Anderson

#24. Felt other Christian charities and ministries of compassion were wrong in showing the love of Christ. No, many were doing a wonderful job. But I felt the local church should be the center for outreach, and we needed to bring the balance back.

K.P. Yohannan

#25. The world has lost a visionary leader, a courageous voice for justice, and a clear moral compass. By showing us that the path to freedom and human dignity lies in love, wisdom and compassion for one another, Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all.

Kofi Annan

#26. Space and Time! Two minor omissions that no one is likely to notice," grumbled Newton.

Neal Stephenson

#27. So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#28. When we accept ourselves as we are, we aren't "settling" or "keeping the problem in place." We're showing love and compassion for ourselves-for our feelings, our situation, and our history.

Nick Ortner

#29. Beware of the thief who is after your cash; but be more cautious of the thief in the mind that's after your kind, your promise - your dream, your future.

Bernard Kelvin Clive

#30. I loved his enormous aptitude for compassion, adoration and respect. That was his way of showing love. He lacked the capacity for wickedness, and that caressed my belief that he might just be an angel. My angel.

S.G. Holster