Quotes about Compassion
Kindness affects more than severity.
— Aesop
Kindness is the ability to love people more than they deserve.
— Anonymous
Right Now Is the Time to Be Kind You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A little help is worth a great deal of pity.
— Anonymous
I was hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: I was naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
— Anonymous
Charity begins at home, and usually stays there.
— Elbert Hubbard
Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who have need of help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.
— Albert Schweitzer
Blessed influence of one truly loving soul on another!
— George Eliot
Cruelty is the only sin.
— Ellen Glasgow
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
— Marianne Williamson
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Set about doing good to somebody. Put on your hat and go and visit the sick and poor of your neighborhood; inquire into their circumstances and minister to their wants. Seek out the desolate and afflicted and oppressed ... I have often tried this method, and have always found it the best medicine for a heavy heart.
— Anonymous