Quotes about Compassion

We need to decide how we want to be treated. Then we need to begin treating others in that manner.

The Situation Principle: Never let the situation mean more than the relationship.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

There isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story." —Fred Rogers

Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Paul the Apostle exhorted, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others." 74 Make a mental and emotional commitment to look out for the interests of others.

Any married man should forget his mistakes—there's no use in two people remembering the same thing.

What's the key to relating to others? It's putting yourself in someone else's place instead of putting them in their place.

If you want to win over another person, first win his heart, and the rest of him is likely to follow.

how we view a person is reflected by how we treat a person.

Few things will pay you bigger dividends in life than the time and trouble you take to understand people and build relationships. As

One of the great ironies of life is that if you give up your life, you gain it. If you help others, you benefit. If you lose yourself, you find yourself.