Compassion Quotes

One love, one heart, one destiny.

~ Bob Marley

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.

~ Tahereh Mafi

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

~ Mother Teresa

More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

~ Dalai Lama Xiv

I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.

~ Steve Maraboli

It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.

~ John Joseph Powell

It’s important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life.

~ Roy T. Bennett

It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters

~ Amit Ray

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

~ Shannon L. Alder

As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.

~ Pythagoras

Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.

~ Bill Ayers

Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.

~ Mother Teresa

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

~ Joseph Fort Newton

It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in the world. It is these two blessed things that can begin to heal all broken hearts.

~ Steve Maraboli

Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing.

~ Criss Jami

True love is born from understanding.

~ Gautama Buddha

It's not at all hard to understand a person it's only hard to listen without bias.

~ Criss Jami

How beautiful would it be if we could just see souls instead of bodies? To see love and compassion instead of curves.

~ Karen Quan

I will be generous with my love today. I will sprinkle compliments and uplifting words everywhere I go. I will do this knowing that my words are like seeds and when they fall on fertile soil, a reflection of those seeds will grow into something greater.

~ Steve Maraboli

We all are so deeply interconnected, we have no option but to love all. Be kind and do good for any one and that will be reflected. The ripples of the kind heart are the highest blessings of the Universe.

~ Amit Ray

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

~ John Green

Dare to BeWhen a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light.When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it.When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway.When life seems to beat you down, dare to fight back.When there seems to be no hope, dare to find some.When you’re feeling tired, dare to keep going.When times are tough, dare to be tougher.When love hurts you, dare to love again.When someone is hurting, dare to help them heal.When another is lost, dare to help them find the way.When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand.When you cross paths with another, dare to make them smile.When you feel great, dare to help someone else feel great too.When the day has ended, dare to feel as you’ve done your best.Dare to be the best you can –At all times, Dare to be!

~ Steve Maraboli

We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead.

~ Roy T. Bennett

How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.

~ Steve Maraboli

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

~ Albert Camus

A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.

~ Steve Maraboli

It's funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations, and hope. This is a design of God that I appreciate and cherish.

~ Steve Maraboli

I made the choice to be vegan because I will not eat (or wear, or use) anything that could have an emotional response to its death or captivity. I can well imagine what that must feel like for our non-human friends - the fear, the terror, the pain - and I will not cause such suffering to a fellow living being.

~ Rai Aren

Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.

~ Criss Jami

Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise.

~ Steve Maraboli

Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us.

~ Steve Maraboli

Know that the same spark of life that is within you, is within all of our animal friends, the desire to live is the same within all of us...

~ Rai Aren

Waking up is not a selfish pursuit of happiness, it is a revolutionary stance, from the inside out, for the benefit of all beings in existence.

~ Noah Levine

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

~ Neil Degrasse Tyson

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

~ Leo Buscaglia

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

~ Aesop

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

~ Sam Levenson

It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.

~ Steve Maraboli

I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.

~ Mother Teresa