Compassionate Quotes · Page 10

“You're a big sister?' I was shocked. She seemed so good-natured and compassionate.”

— Natalie Standiford

“Yes, I cannot dispute that she is crazy. But she is also compassionate.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

To be compassionate in this hurting world means it will cost you something.

— Wess Stafford

When refugees are at a distance it's easy to be compassionate.

— Nish Kumar

The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know.

— Richard Rohr

When our communication supports compassionate giving and receiving, happiness replaces violence and grieving.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

“A friend is not the shadow that mimics you, but the one who casts all shadows away.”

— Shannon L. Alder

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

— Paul the Apostle

We who suffer from chronic Lyme can only ask for our loved ones to try to understand and be compassionate about this…

— Yolanda Hadid

“A compassionate kind can see the animal as a living being, as a friend, as a family, as soul, as an expression…

— Abhinav Rajput

“God needs loving, accepting, and compassionate people—not accepting of sin, but accepting God’s forgiveness of sin for all who repent. ”

— Teresa Schultz

The real and most pressing question raised by any social problem is: "How do I appear concerned and compassionate to all my…

— Anthony Daniels

This is the way addled liberals really think. Even as they champion sucking the brains out of little babies, they think of…

— Ann Coulter

'Live and let life' used to be a noble approach to life. Now you're considered compassionate if you demand that government impose…

— John Stossel

“Anyway, this girl... she's the love of my life. She's smart and funny and unbelievably compassionate. She forgives people even when they…

— Elle Kennedy

“That night, JoAnn didn't want to leave, but she knew she had to go. She understood, in that quiet hour, things that…

— Monica Holloway

With the beginning of a great & compassionate love, comes the growth of one's heart, and with that, a profound inner change.…

— Irwin Corey

We feel that we have to be right so that we can feel good. We don’t want to be wrong because then…

— Pema Chodron

“I thought...it was easy when I thought it was something to do with the flesh. But what I'm seeing is more than…

— Joey W. Hill

Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go…

— Anonymous

At times I think the truest image of God today is a black inner-city grandmother in the United States or a mother…

— Jim Wallis

Huge imbalance in power has resulted in the alienation, rage, fury, and awful amoral terrorism that has erupted and is erupting at…

— Karen Armstrong

A man can be beautiful physically, mentally, or personality wise. True beauty, though, is in the spirit. A genuine man who understands…

— Benjamin Franklin

There was a time in my life that I may not have been that nice, and now I'm in a position to…

— Jamel Shabazz

If we are going to be compassionate, we have to have stricter border security and laws.

— Paula White

The pain and the suffering that I went through made me an activist. It made me stronger; it made me more compassionate.

— Lecrae

If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate, become loving and compassionate yourself.

— Gary Zukav

A country doesn't need a businessman to run it: it needs a heartful, worldly, compassionate leader.

— George Saunders

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

— Robert Frost

“Being right is massively overrated, especially when it comes at the expense of being compassionate and kind.”

— Scott Stabile

The best thing we can bring to any fight is a calm and compassionate mind.

— George Saunders

A simple smile. That's the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others.

— Dalai Lama

I wish I had been a better mother and a more compassionate and understanding wife in both of my marriages.

— Alana Stewart

“When the Sun of compassion arises darkness evaporates and the singing birds come from nowhere.”

— Amit Ray

I'm extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn't project that all the time.

— Frank Ocean

Every illness is an opportunity for compassionate revelations.

— Judith Orloff

Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.

— Dennis Prager

Jesus has a special, compassionate concern for those who are broken and needy.

— Sinclair B. Ferguson

Turning 50 is making me reflect on my life in a way that's more compassionate and forgiving.

— Viola Davis

“Enlightenment is the moment when you are most alive and most compassionate.”

— Amit Ray