Compassion Quotes

Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
Karen Armstrong

Knowledge, Practice, Dancing

I am so proud of Michigan's citizens for the kindness and generosity they have shown in assisting in this endeavor. It is truly heartwarming to see the compassion shown for those in need.
Jennifer Granholm

Kindness, Proud, Generosity

Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.
Laura Schlessinger

But I think what Liam said just kind of hit it spot on, that the people in the capital are brainwashed and such a disconnect with what's actually happening. They don't realize what if it was their kids that were being put into the games? They just don't have the mindset to have that kind of compassion for people.
Josh Hutcherson

Put, Said, Kids

Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.
Louise J. Kaplan

Sympathy, Children, After

I can tell you and promise you that I've had struggles in my life. And I would love to have people understand that Mitt and I have compassion for people that are struggling.
Ann Romney

Life, Love, Understand

I think I've advanced my views with compassion and tolerance.
Jack Kemp

Tolerance, Views, Advanced

I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion.
Elizabeth Berkley

Giving, Share, Standing

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.
Joseph Butler

Nature, Food, Unhappy

I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I was truly concerned with nonviolent consumption and my own health, a vegan diet was the best decision.
Davey Havok

Health, Best, Diet

Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth.
Sharon Stone

Kindness, Person, Next

I understand what it's like to go to hospitals and there's no medicine, and the best thing you have to give the patients is compassion.
Sharon Stone

Best, Give, Understand

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
Giovanni Boccaccio

It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.
Ursula K. Le Guin

Hope, Perception, Achieve

You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God.
Saint Stephen

Trust, God, Humble

We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.
Dave Davies

Love, Leaders, Issues

One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities. I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone's name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff.
Bill Nighy

Life, Great, Kindness

It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the centre of his moral vision. Values associated with the feminine begin to infiltrate social existence as a whole, rather than being confined to the domestic sphere.
Terry Eagleton

History, Sympathy, Writing

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
U Thant

Love, Peace, Men

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.
Joseph Butler

Misery, Final, Causes

Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience.
Kevin Rudd

Great, Courage, Nation

One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit.
Gary Bauer

Everyone, Face, Seems

If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead, they should tell Americans that they believe in the dignity and value of every human being, from the defenseless unborn child, to the newborn with a disability, to the 90-year-old dealing with dementia.
Gary Bauer

Life, Heart, Human

The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation.
Steven Cojocaru

Great, Hope, Others

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.
Paul Tsongas

Hope, America, Excellence

Compassion is contempt with a human face.
John McCarthy

Human, Face, Contempt

In times such as these, people should recognize that evil knows no borders, knows no limits and knows no compassion. Those around the globe that value freedom must continue to persevere even in the darkest of times.
Michael Burgess

Freedom, Evil, Around

Compassion is a two way street.
Frank Capra

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.
Star Jones

Patience, Learn, Married

People need to have compassion for others.
Frank Bruno

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