Compassion Quotes And Sayings

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“Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.”
– Henry Ward Beecher

“People may excite in themselves a glow of compassion, not by toasting their feet at the fire, and saying: “Lord, teach me compassion,” but by going and seeking an object that requires compassion.”
– Henry Ward Beecher

“For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it’s okay to remain a radical atheist, it’s absolutely an individual right, but the important thing is with a compassionate heart — then no problem.” 
– Henry Ward Beecher

“Always be a little kinder than necessary.”
– James M. Barrie

“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”
– James Matthew Barrie

“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.”
– Jesse Jackson

“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.”
– John E. Southard

“I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas.”
– John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Remember that even Jesus’ most scathing denunciation – a blistering diatribe against the religious leaders of Jerusalem Matthew 23 – ends with Christ weeping over Jerusalem. Compassion colored everything He did.”
– John MacArthur

“If we have no zeal for the glory of God our mercy must be superficial, man-centred human improvement with no eternal significance. And if our zeal for the glory of God is not a revelling in his mercy, than our so-called zeal, in spite of all its protests, is our of touch with God and hypocritical.”
– John Piper

“Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle.”
– John Watson

“This man beside us also has a hard fight with an unfavouring world, with strong temptations, with doubts and fears, with wounds of the past which have skinned over, but which smart when they are touched.  It is a fact, however surprising.  And when this occurs to us we are moved to deal kindly with him, to bid him be of good cheer, to let him understand that we are also fighting a battle; we are bound not to irritate him, nor press hardly upon him nor help his lower self.”
– John Watson

“You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”
– John Wooden

“In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy.”
– Karl Reiland

“The chemist who can extract from his heart’s elements compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love.”
– Khalil Gibran

“Even when you do not feel big hearted, you can give yourself permission to act that way.”
– Lama Willa Miller

“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

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
– Lisa Hanes

“To err on the side of kindness is seldom an error.”
– Liz Armbruster

“Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” 
– Lord Byron

“The first and highest law must be the love of man to man. Homo homini Deus est – this is the supreme practical maxim, this is the turning point of the world’s History.”
– Ludwig Feuerbach

“But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.”
– Luke 10:33 

“Be merciful, even as  your Father is merciful.”
– Luke 6:36

“One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.”
– Malayan Proverb

“The more sympathy you give, the less you need.”
– Malcolm S. Forbes

“Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.”
– Marian Wright Edelman

“If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape?  No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.”
– Mark Twain

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
– Mark Twain

“When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”
– Matthew 9:36

“To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.”
– Max Beerbohm

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