Compassion Quotes · Page 68

There's a wideness in God's mercy Like the wideness of the sea Oratory Hymns.

— Frederick William Faber

I've always been very ambitious and very determined and very compassionate at the same time.

— Molly Bloom

Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

— Eminem

Difficult situations require compassion, level-headedness & the empathy to see issues from somebody else's perspective.

— Ben Parr

Life is made for the strong. There is no mercy in it for the weak– none...Such is the tragedy of desire.

— Theodore Dreiser

“Compassion begins when we realise that we are all struggling in our own way”

— Mimi Novic

One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.

— Jack Kerouac

“This heart still believes that love and mercy still exist.”

— Garth Brooks

“An outspoken atheist who most lovingly talks and listens to people of all religions without any bigotry or prejudice is a hundred…

— Abhijit Naskar

Don't be the kind of person who gives someone the rope to hang themself, be the person who will give them the…

— Aimee Vernon

I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible…

— Rachel Weisz

We believe in a government strong enough to use words like "love" and "compassion" and smart enough to convert our noblest aspirations…

— Mario Cuomo

I was always empathetic with animals. It's a terrible and self-involved point of view that we do something because someone else is…

— Lily Tomlin

Mercy without boasting, Gifts without terms, Goodness without anger, Forgive without reason, Any given time, I do my best to strive, In…

— Anonymous

“A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life. —…

— Brené Brown

As I see it, the greatest responsibility of motherhood is to make sure that our children know that there are principles of…

— Marianne Williamson

“Being cut off from our own natural self-compassion is one of the greatest impairments we can suffer. Along with our ability to…

— Gabor Maté

“And I saw you — I saw you saying that sometimes compassion is understood like being awake, and being unable to react.…

— Paulo Coelho

“He felt his hunger no longer as a pain but as a tide. He felt it rising in himself through time and…

— Flannery O'Connor

“No heroine in Charlotte and Anne Bronte's fiction omits this duty, even in times of danger and perturbation of mind; but most…

— Marianne Thormählen

Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be…

— Swami Vivekananda

The true bodhisattva spirit grows out of this personal sense of freedom. You discover that you don't feel so needy anymore. You…

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

The Gospel Prayer In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more, and nothing I have…

— Anonymous

When you're tied to one show, you are very much at the mercy of the writers so you can suddenly get a…

— Alan Dale

The greater the force of your compassion, the greeater your resilience in confronting hardships.

— Dalai Lama

“Mind of engaging empathetic intellect A woman of complex and lasting beauty”

— Richard L. Ratliff

“Do not deceive yourself; do not be run away with by gratitude and compassion.”

— Jane Austen

“But as long as he kept on caring, nothing could touch the freedom of his inner thoughts.”

— Sylvia Engdahl

Men show no mercy and expect no mercy, when honor calls, or when they fight for their idols or their gods.

— Friedrich Schiller

The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy; And 'tis the crown of justice, and the glory

— John Fletcher

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

— George Saunders

“Suffering is people not caring about your work. Pain is you not caring about work.”

— Dragos Bratasanu

I knew I could hold myself with that absolute love and compassion.

— Tara Brach

I want to be remembered as a passionate professional and compassionate human being.

— Haley Strode

Love isn't a state of perfect caring, it is an active noun like struggle.

— Fred Rogers

Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.

— John Galsworthy

Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish.

— Christopher Hitchens

I learned very quickly that the NBA is a very rough place, physically and mentally. There's no mercy.

— Chris Bosh

The more we think of others, the happier we are. The more we think of ourselves, the more suffering we feel.

— Dalai Lama

Friendly people are caring people, eager to provide encouragement and support when needed most.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter