Quotes about Compassion
The lover wants no partiality. He says, Be so kind as to be just.
— Henry David Thoreau
God is patient with us to become the God's children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping.
— Desmond Tutu
Ubuntu really says if you want to be nice to yourself, start in a way by being nice to the other.
— Desmond Tutu
Let no one go hungry away. If any of the kind of people should be in want of corn, supply their necessities, provided it does not encourage them in idleness.
— George Washington
I have to not harden my heart, because I want to stay open to feel things.
— Dolly Parton
God wants to set the oppressed free from being oppressed and the oppressors free from oppressing.
— Desmond Tutu
I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others to suffer.
— Elie Wiesel
People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains.
— GK Chesterton
I am no big shot. I am not anybody's boss. I want to be everybody's servant.
— Jimmy Carter
It is amazing the quality of human beings that are in this world if we can just get past people not dressing the way we want them to dress.
— Joyce Meyer
Please be peaceful. We believe in law and order. We are not advocating violence, I want you to love your enemies... for what we are doing is right, what we are doing is just -- and God is with us.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.
— Mother Teresa