Quotes about Compassion
We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.
— Mother Teresa
When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.
— Euripides
Sometimes you have to put your own dreams on hold temporarily so you can help release a dream in somebody else. What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you.
— Joel Osteen
Humans - who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals - have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain.
— Carl Sagan
Generosity is the best investment.
— Diane von Furstenberg
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
— John Adams
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
— George Washington
You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
— Viktor E. Frankl
When you have reached your own room, be kind to those Who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall.
— CS Lewis
It's important to realize that we adopt not because we are rescuers. No. We adopt because we are rescued.
— David Platt