Quotes about Compassion
Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
— George Washington
Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all cases of passion admit reason to govern.
— George Washington
Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all, and this, my dear friend, being the order for my march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.
— George Washington
Show not yourself glad at the misfortune of another though he were your enemy.
— George Washington
I pray that all polar opposites learn to agape love, live, and work together as brothers and sisters - or perish as fools.
— Alveda King
I think that people need to stand up with their backbone and not go to places where they feel like the workers aren't taken care of.
— Tom Douglas
I just followed my parents' example and advice on living, which was to leave the world a better place than you found it. They were professional do-gooders, ministers of the church, social workers, teachers, and missionaries, that sort of thing.
— Ian Mckellen
Compassion, together with contractual responsibility for one's workforce, is a mark of a top employer.
— Frans van Houten
I think the best of us comes when we are working together collectively. And it doesn't mean that we can't disagree. We've got to learn, as Dad taught us, to disagree without being disagreeable.
— Martin Luther King III
A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a 'Mad Men' episode.
— Barack Obama
Passive righteousness tells us that God does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim and direction of good works are horizontal, not vertical.
— Tullian Tchividjian
Jesus didn't hold people accountable; He just held them close - because it works better.
— Bob Goff