Compassionate Quotes

518 Compassionate quotes by 372 unique authors

People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral credit for forcing… — Penn Jillette
Though we cannot understand "the meaning of all things," we do "know that God loveth his children" because He has said, "Behold, this is my… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for them, even as our Lord… — Johann Arndt
He who can traverse the pit of darkness will emerge a stronger, more compassionate person. — Unknown Author
If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if… — Josephine Bakhita
If you can't find it in your own heart to be compassionate look in someone else's before giving up on love altogether. — Ashley Young
Paradoxical as it may seem, men and women who are free to pursue individualism and material wealth turn out to be the most compassionate of… — Unknown Author
Companies have to nurture [creativity and motivation]-and have to do it by building a compassionate yet performance-driven corporate culture. In the knowledge economy the traditional… — Gay Mitchell
My daughter is a good, caring, compassionate person. To me that's the true meaning of success, even though the marriages didn't work out. My success… — Charlene Tilton
In deep self-acceptance grows a compassionate understanding. As one Zen master said when I asked if he ever gets angry, 'Of course I get angry,… — Jack Kornfield
You can at least let sick people have marijuana because it's helpful. But the compassionate conservatives say, well we can't do this, we're going to… — Ron Paul
I think in any organisation it's right to set out what you stand for, what you're fighting for and bring that together in one document… — David Cameron
Dr. Lourie's determined and compassionate advocacy led to new and improved services for thousands of children and families across the nation... the Lourie Center has… — C. Everett Koop
Chimps are unbelievably like us - in biological, non-verbal ways. They can be loving and compassionate and yet they have a dark side... 98 per… — Jane Goodall
If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is… — Eve Arnold
The Holy Ghost causes our feelings to be more tender. We feel more charitable and compassionate with each other. We are more calm in our… — Ezra Taft Benson
I was lucky. My grandmother stepped up for me and said she would take responsibility for me and a compassionate juvenile judge took a chance… — Bob Beamon
It is easy to be compassionate with other people's money — Unknown Author
Daily meditation keeps me sane. I memorize prayers or poems that express my highest spiritual ideals, and quietly, word for word, go through the prayer… — Ashley Judd
Compassionate people are geniuses in the art of living, more necessary to the dignity, security, and joy of humanity than the discoverers of knowledge. — Albert Einstein
Clear, and compassionate, this collection illuminates the problems and opportunities that flowed from Christchurch after the quakes, and interrogates the manmade disaster that followed. Everyone… — Unknown Author
When our communication supports compassionate giving and receiving, happiness replaces violence and grieving. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
As individuals, as families, as neighbors, as members of one community, people of all races and political views are usually decent, kind, compassionate. But in… — Dean Koontz
He [Jesus] fought and conquered. On the one hand, he was man who struggled for his fathers and through his obedience cancelled their disobedience. On… — Irenaeus of Lyons
A compassionate heart still feels anger, greed, jealousy, and other such emotions. But it accepts them for what they are with equanimity, and cultivates the… — Stephen Batchelor

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