Compassion For Others Quotes - Page 3

• Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Opportunity, Compassion

  Reagan, Ronald (1988). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1985”, p.765, Best Books on

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• People need to have compassion for others.

  Frank Bruno

  Compassion, People, Needs

  "I've finally beaten my mental health demons" by Nick Owens, www.mirror.co.uk. April 3, 2011.

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• Some, like Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens's A Christmas Carol, have a hard time loving anyone, even themselves, because of their selfishness. Love seeks to give rather than to get. Charity towards and compassion for others is a way to overcome too much self-love

  James E. Faust

  Compassion, Hard Times, Self

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• What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future.

  Brad Henry

  Family Love, Compassion, Hopeful

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• Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others." —Cornflower

  Brian Jacques

  Heart, Compassion, Sometimes

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• I wasn't going to say anything about that, Tabitha," he said quietly. "I only wanted to tell you that your compassion for other people overwhelms me.""Oh." She offered him a tenuous smile. "I'm just used to people condemning everything I do."He lifted her hand to his lips and kissed her knuckles. "I don't condemn you, my lady. I only admire you.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Compassion, Hands, People

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• Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to [grow and] become successful. For that reason it makes sense to be grateful for adversities that help you grow, even if it is only in understanding and compassion for other's suffering.

  Zig Ziglar

  Gratitude, Grateful, Adversity

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• The fruit of solitude is increased sensitivity and compassion for others. There comes a new freedom to be with people. There is new attentiveness to their needs, new responsiveness to their hurts. Thomas Merton observes, 'It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am the more affection I have for them.... Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say.

  Richard J. Foster

  Hurt, Brother, Compassion

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• I was always shy. Writing was my only outlet. Because I always hid in a room, I spent a lot of time watching people. When I was a small child I could detect hidden body language in others only I could see. People's emotions rub off on me. When I told this to my therapist she said, "Well, you're an empath." I thought, "No way. Like Star Trek?" And she clarified: because I am so socially uncomfortable, I have compassion for others who I recognize are also struggling. People with anxiety are acutely aware.

  Jenny Lawson

  Stars, Children, Struggle

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The wisdom that comes from having experienced heartbreak cannot be bequeathed; it can only be gained through experience. And having truly felt it, we are far more likely to have compassion for others. Anything that takes us close to true compassion takes us closer to what will one day be an experience of even greater joy.

  Marianne Williamson

  Wisdom, Compassion, Joy

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• Life is all about choices. Today, show compassion for others, think powerful thoughts, and exercise self control.

  Bradford Winters

  Leadership, Powerful, Exercise

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• We have to make mistakes, its how we learn compassion for others

  Curtis Sittenfeld

  Mistake, Compassion, Understanding

  Curtis Sittenfeld (2012). “American Wife”, p.110, Random House

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• Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be; in which individuals are driven to devoting their lives to becoming enlightened by the natural flood of compassion for others that arises from their wisdom.

  Robert Thurman

  Wisdom, Buddhism, Compassion

  Robert Thurman (1999). “Inner Revolution”, p.28, Penguin

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• As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others - what and whom we can work with, and how - becomes wider.

  Pema Chodron

  Inspirational, Sympathy, Wisdom

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.110, Shambhala Publications

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• Learning to endure times of disappointment, suffering, and sorrow is part of our on-the-job training. These experiences, while often difficult to bear at the time, are precisely the kinds of experiences that stretch our understanding, build our character, and increase our compassion for others.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Jobs, Disappointment, Character

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• What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.

  Harry Browne

  Compassion, Mind, Needs

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