Quotes about Compassion
God whose gifts in gracious flood Unto all who seek are sent, Only asks you to be good And is content.
— Victor Hugo
Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature.
— Joseph Addison
There is a very good thing about hating evil. If you hate evil, that's all you will hate
— Dennis Prager
Make sure your intentions are not only for yourself, but also for the common good.
— Deepak Chopra
Let every action aim solely at the common good.
— Marcus Aurelius
Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something!
— Pope Francis
God spares us because He is good, but He could not be good if He were not just.
— AW Tozer
Being nice doesn't make you stupid. It makes you feel good because you know you are gracious enough to forgive and smart enough to realize how distasteful some people can be.
— CS Lewis
It takes a little bit of mindfulness and a little bit of attention to others to be a good listener, which helps cultivate emotional nurturing and engagement.
— Deepak Chopra
I think it is a good exercise to ask oneself, "How would I have wanted to be treated?"
— Desmond Tutu
Begin where you are and such as you are, without aiming mainly to become of more worth, and with kindness aforethought, go about doing good.
— Henry David Thoreau
A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.
— Joel Osteen