Quotes about Compassion
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.
— Aristotle
The best way is to say that as a Christian for me the essence of Christian faith is that you treat others as if you wish to be treated.
— Mike Huckabee
The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials but the ones with the concern.
— Max Lucado
The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.
— Albert Schweitzer
Mankind was my business... charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.
— Charles Dickens
I, who have never willfully pained another, have no business to pain myself.
— Marcus Aurelius
The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.
— Max Lucado
Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.
— Mother Teresa
Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.
— Max Lucado
True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.
— Pema Chodron