Quotes about Compassion
We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.
— Ambrose of Milan
Let us be those creative dissenters who will call our beloved nation to a higher destiny. To a new plateau of compassion, to a more noble expression of humanness.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
— Thomas Jefferson
When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
— GK Chesterton
Treat people with dignity and respect.
— Michelle Obama
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
— Aristotle
For many, living a Christlike life every day may be even more difficult than laying down one's life.
— James Faust
If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
— Edith Stein
I would assume my father would support anything that lifted up and created opportunities for 'the least of these.'
— Martin Luther King III
When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.
— Malala Yousafzai
Looking back, I feel for the missus. She used to get the worst of me.
— Andrew Flintoff