Quotes about Compassion
People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to smile at them, somebody to recognize them, somebody to wish them well. The terrible thing is to be unwanted.
— Mother Teresa
Almost every day brings opportunities to perform unselfish acts for others. Such acts are unlimited and can be as simple as a kind word, a helping hand, or a gracious smile.
— James Faust
Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.
— Mother Teresa
I will smile at friend and foe alike and make every effort to find, in him or her, a quality to praise, now that I realize the deepest yearning of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
— Og Mandino
There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
— J. J. Watt
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
— Jimmy Carter
The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
— Nelson Mandela
The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds and driven from the mainstream of our societies, because we have allowed them to become invisible.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I'm sick and tired of black and white people of good intent giving aspirin to a society that is dying of a cancerous disease.
— Ralph Abernathy
The church has an unconditional obligation to the victims of any ordering society, even if they do not belong to the Christian community.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We live in a society that likes to kick people when they're down. Don't be a fair-weather friend. Stick with people. They need you more in the tough times than they do in the good times.
— Joel Osteen
The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence for life.
— Desmond Tutu