Compassion Quotes
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The accumulation of experience gives you a debt in terms of compassion. I am very fortunate, and I feel dedicated to giving back to other women. Wherever I am now, I make sure I visit a women's shelter. But I don't want to do it in a frivolous way.
Nicole Kidman
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Some people say that compassion is the purest form of love because it neither expects nor demands anything in return.
Terry Hayes
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The most politically painless way to hand out goodies, without taking responsibility for their costs, is to pass a law saying that somebody else must provide those goodies at their expense, while the politicians take credit for generosity and compassion.
Thomas Sowell
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Compassion is the use of public funds to buy votes
Thomas Sowell
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In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion.
Haruki Murakami
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Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?... Let us show that we can temper together those opposite elements of liberty and restraint into one consistent whole. Let us set an example for the world of a law-abiding America glorying in its freedom as well as its respect for law.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
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We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion.
Herbie Hancock
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I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
Thomas Aquinas
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I firmly believe kids don't want your understanding. They want your trust, your compassion, your blinding love and your car keys, but you try to understand them and you're in big trouble.
Erma Bombeck
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That’s because sympathy identifies with the problem, but compassion gets up, looks up, and says, “I need to do something about this.
Brian Houston
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Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.
Bill Gates