6. “There is a nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness.” – John Connolly
7. “Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.” – Jack Kornfield
8. “Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.” – Pema Chodron
9. “Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, commitment, loving-kindness, human understanding, and peace all shrivel. Individuals become isolated, the isolated turn cruel, and the tragic hovers in the forms of domestic and civil violence. Art and literature are antidotes to that.” – Susan Vreeland
10. “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” – John Holmes
11. “Until you have real compassion, you can not recognize love.” – Bob Thurman
12. “Compassion is to look beyond your own pain, to see the pain of others.” – Yasmin Mogahed
13. “Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.” – Pema Chödrön
14. “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” – John Bunyan
15. “Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.” – Dalai Lama
16. “Compassion is about giving all the love that you’ve got.” – Cheryl Strayed
17. “When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic.” – Henepola Gunaratana
18. “Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.” – Prince
19. “”Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.” – Dalai Lama
20. “Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” – Albert Schweitzer
21. “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” – Steve Maraboli
22. “Compassion is a two way street.” – Frank Capra
23. “Compassion is at the heart of every little thing we do. It is the dearest quality we possess. Yet all too often it can be cast aside with consequences too tragic to speak of. To lose our compassion, we lose what it is to be human.”
24. “One of women’s greatest values is compassion.” – Safak Pavey
25. “Compassion is so pure, I don’t think there is any way to taint it.” – Chade-Meng Tan
26. “Let our hearts be stretched out in compassion toward others, for everyone is walking his or her own difficult path.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf
27. “Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.” – Giovanni Boccaccio
28. “People need to have compassion for others.” – Frank Bruno
29. “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” –
30. “Compassion is the key to living outside the confines of your lower self.” – Debbie Ford
31. “It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are.” – Sharon Salzberg
32. “Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.” – William Cowper
33. “When compassion wakes up in us, we find ourselves more willing to become vulnerable, to take the risk of entering the pain of others.” – Sue Monk Kidd
34. “We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.” – Ellen DeGeneres
35. “God’s dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.” – Desmond Tutu
36. “Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.” – Thomas Merton
37. “Compassion knows that choosing the higher road in any situation is the most loving option for you.” – Debbie Ford
38. “Compassion, not passion, keeps a marriage together.” – Betty Wright
39. “Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.” – Joan Halifax
40. “Compassion is no substitute for justice.” – Rush Limbaugh
41. “I think compassion is an important quality in people in general.” – Shannon Elizabeth
42. “This idea of compassion comes to us because we’re made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.” – Jackie Tabick
43. “Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.” – Betty Williams
44. “Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.” – Chogyam Trungpa
45. “Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.” –
46. “It’s hard to practice compassion when we’re struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.” – Brene Brown
47. “God is compassion.” – Greg Boyle
48. “Most people are not good people. In business, in art, in almost every ‘world’ I’ve been in, most people I’ve meet are pretty gray to black. It takes practice to be the person who is a source of compassion and honesty.” – James Altucher
49. “At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.” – Terry Waite
50. “True compassion means not only but also being moved to help relieve it.” – Daniel Goleman
51. “I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.” – Mo Yan
52. “Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.” – Dalai Lama
53. “Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.” – Henry Ward Beecher
54. “I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships – things like forgiveness and compassion.” – Andrea Thompson
55. “All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.” – Dalai Lama
56. “Compassion is contempt with a human face.” – John McCarthy
57. “I’m hopeful for a world with more love, acceptance, and compassion for others.” – Lily Alridge
58. “I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we’re all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose… When you connect with that love and that compassion, that’s when everything unfolds.” – Ellen DeGeneres
59. “We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on.” – Sharon Salzberg
60. “Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.” – Eric Hoffer
61. “Now that I understand that I’m an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.” –
62. “Compassion enables you to reach to the heavens and look through the heart of God.” – Debbie Ford
63. “Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it’s beauty.” –
64. “Of course we have compassion. We just don’t believe the safety net should be used as a hammock.” – Allen West
65. “The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.” – Thomas Merton
66. “Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.” – Joan Halifax
67. “Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.” – Karen Armstrong
68. “Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.” – John Berger
69. “Wealth and compassion are opposites.” – Munshi Premchand
70. “Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans.” – Robert Wagner
71. “Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.” – Brooke Shields
72. “Compassion in evangelical churches is out of balance. When I talk about it, I get a lot of glazed expressions.” – Max Lucado
73. “The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.” – Everett Dirksen
74. “It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.” – Erma Bombeck
75. “Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion – towards ourselves and towards all living beings.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
76. “Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.” – Kailash Satyarthi
77. “Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.” – Joseph Butler
78. “The dew of compassion is a tear.” – Lord Byron
79. “Our compassion for one another, and our individual actions to help, is what makes our nation – and our community – great.” – Kevin Brady
80. “Compassion and empathy are anathema to .” – Steve Rushin
81. “The Lord will give you, if you ask, the feelings of the compassion He feels for those in need.” – Henry B. Eyring
82. “From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.” – Dada Vaswani
83. “Make no judgements where you have no compassion.” – Anne McCaffrey
84. “It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.” – Zachary Quinto
85. “Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don’t think anything’s going to make a difference.” – Meryl Streep
86. “Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.” – Laura Schlessinger
87. “I have mental illness in my family. I have a lot of compassion for those people.” – Mark Ruffalo
88. “Compassion is not a popular virtue.” – Karen Armstrong
89. “Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.” – Mason Cooley
90. “Compassion isn’t morose; it’s something replenishing and opening; that’s why it makes us happy.” – Sharon Salzberg
91. “All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.” – Dalai Lama
92. “When we’re looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggles.” – Brene Brown
93. “, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you’re a writer.” – Paul Haggis
94. “The church must always show compassion, always.” – Rick Warren
95. “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
96. “Everyone deserves compassion.” – Michael Sheen
97. “No one has ever become poor by giving.” –
98. “I’m a pretty tough guy, you know. I’m a pretty hard man. I’ve got a lot of compassion, but I don’t waste time with people.” –
99. “I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.” – Anushka Sharma
100. “Compassion is the basis of morality.” –
101. “Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
102. “In compassion, when we feel with the other, we dethrone ourselves from the center of our world and we put another person there.” – Karen Armstrong
103. “Compassion does not just happen. Pity does, but compassion is not pity. It’s not a feeling. Compassion is a viewpoint, a way of life, a perspective, a habit that becomes a discipline – and more than anything else, compassion is a choice we make that love is more important than comfort or convenience.” – Melton
104. “Everything I do as a builds on a foundation of love and compassion.” – Amy Chua
105. “”Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.” – Dalai Lama
