Quotes about Compassion
Intense love does not measure; it just gives
- Mother Teresa
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
- Henry David Thoreau
Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
- Wayne Dyer
Let those love now, who never loved before; let those who always loved, now love all the more.
- Publilius Syrus
To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.
- Samuel Johnson
I do not want a friend Who smiles when I smile Who weeps when I weep For my shadow in the pool Can do better than that.
- Confucius
I know some good marriages - marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each other
- Erica Jong
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
- Nelson Mandela
Just rest another minute, Cass. You needed to cry those tears. You've been through a terrible time. Just let me hold you.
- Mary Connealy
Our task shouldn't be punishing the villains in our lives, but enlarging the God who heals us from all wounds.
- Mary DeMuth
A helping hand is better than a critical tongue.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
An open heart has greater power than a clenched fist.
- Matshona Dhliwayo