Compassion Quote by Brené Brown Download Open image “We can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly.” — Brené Brown ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Compassion Ifs People Practice Treats
Sometimes people feel disappointed when they hear about practicing compassion: "You mean I have to be nice?" It's kind of a letdown. We often… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
It's hard to pull apart empathy from compassion. What is really clear is that we innately care for other people at least to some… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The only way to learn compassion is through your heart; you have to back up and pass through your own pain. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
“Compassion, in an ideal sense, is your ability to put yourself in other people’s shoes regardless of what they look like, regardless of what… — Patrick King Copy Share Image
A compassionate mind is very difficult to cultivate because compassion demands a sense of equality between all living beings. — Lobsang Tenzin Copy Share Image
Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If we only practice compassion on the mind level, we run a great risk of our compassion being just talk. As we know, talk… — Gelek Rimpoche Copy Share Image
“The nature of compassion isn't coming to terms with your own suffering and applying it to others: It's knowing that other folks around you… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“always put off writing by reorganizing my entire house and spending way too much time and money buying office supplies and organizing systems. Every… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of me matter.… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can't ensure, who may stay in… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“No matter how separated we are by what we think and believe, we are part of the same spiritual story.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there is no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. Additionally, perfectionism is more about perception -… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If you're also in the arena and you're putting your ideas out and you're owning them and you're saying "I disagree with you about… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“I found that men and women with high levels of shame resilience share these four elements: They understand shame and recognize what messages and expectations trigger shame for them. They practice critical awareness by reality-checking the messages and expectations that tell us that being imperfect means being inadequate. They reach out and share their stories with people they trust. They… — Brené Brown Copy Share
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“I fight with love and kindness as my weapons and compassion as my defense.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
I really enjoy making people laugh; I've discovered that's a great technique. That's as powerful as stirring their sorrow, stirring their compassion, because that… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“If you refuse to use physical force, then you will be at the mercy of your oppressor!” — Segun Magbagbeola Copy Share Image
For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“Helpers in every corner, helpers in every hood. That's how we'll make the move, to reform from rude.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
May the gods have mercy on whoever pisses them off, because Zarek and Jericho will have none for them. (Madoc) You’d better be glad… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
