Quotes about Compassion
We learn to curb our will and keep our overt actions within the bounds of humanity, long before we can subdue our sentiments and imaginations to the same mild tone.
— William Hazlitt
There is no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance, dignity, and self-respect.
— Ronald Reagan
True beauty lies in purity of the heart.
— Mahatma Gandhi
God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
— Martin Luther
Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
— Hippocrates
It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.
— Nelson Mandela
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
— Booker T. Washington
Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.
— William Wilberforce
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
— Audrey Hepburn
The function of freedom is to free someone else.
— Toni Morrison
People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.
— Marianne Williamson
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.