Quotes about Compassion
There is nothing remotely dignified about sorting through rotting trash to find something to feed your child, or asking someone for money because you have none (anyone who has contrived to give people money before they had to ask will never forget the look of gratitude in their eyes).
— Abhijit Banerjee
Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.
— Phillips Brooks
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
— Teresa of Avila
It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
— Dag Hammarskjold
You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
— Thomas a Kempis
Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. If I do not love a person I am not moved to help him by proofs that he is in need; if I do love him, I wait for no proof of a special need to urge me to help him.
— Roland Allen
When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
— Confucius
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
— Cicero
A sure indicator of true religion is a concern for the poor of the earth.
— Joseph Wirthlin
When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled.
— Joel Osteen
There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.
— Robert Frost