Quotes about Compassion
I don't usually talk about the social work I do because I don't do it for publicity. If I can bring a smile to the face of a few children in this one lifetime, I'd be happy.
— Vivek Oberoi
There's something about compassion that causes society to say, 'We're going to take this person seriously.' Take Mother Teresa. She was confrontational on abortion, but she wasn't rejected by society.
— Max Lucado
The hallmark of a healthy society has always been measured by how it cares for the disadvantaged.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
We want to let people know that we can build solidarity with suffering folks so that they are not excluded, they are integrated.
— Blase J. Cupich
People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored.
— Eugene Peterson
Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
It's presumptuous to say you know how somebody feels.
— Joe Biden
When I have a family someday, I'll probably adopt. Adoption has always been something close to my heart. There are so many kids out there who really need a family.
— Tim Tebow
You never know what's going on in someone's life. You never know what's really going on behind what they present.
— Hill Harper
He who has love in his heart has the universe in his hands.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Humble yourself, and you will find that Love is spreading a carpet of flowers beneath your feet.
— Hannah Hurnard
Examine your heart often to see if it is such toward your neighbor as you would like his to be toward you were you in his place. This is the touchstone of true reason.
— Francis de Sales