Quotes about Compassion

Generosity is not so much a virtuous act as it is a virtuous response.

If you've ever had a friend who cares enough about you to get down in the dirt and roll around, to cry and laugh and shovel the manure of life, you'll know how I felt when Ruthie leaned forward. I still get shivers thinking about her words and how true they were. How true they are.

Part of being a good parent was knowing when to say something and what to say, Elizabeth thought. The hardest part of parenting was knowing when to say nothing and listen.

It is a grace to be able to hold onto someone who runs at life when you can only imagine walking.

God had used a blind man to show him what he couldn't see. That made John smile through his tears.

The reason he kept going was that God got hold of his heart. And he did the same for me. I'm so ashamed of what happened back there. How we let our passions run. We hurt a lot of people. And we've lived with that. But

She's not mean. She's just hurt. An animal that's gentle and friendly growls when it's injured. Remember that when people act ugly toward you. They're usually in some kind of pain.

There is no greater power on earth than a mother's love, unless it is a mother's guilt.

I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.

If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

You can go to work and actually make someone else's job less miserable. Use your job to help others.

Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion.