“When your brook dries up and disappointment comes your way, you do not necessarily need to assume that you did something wrong. ”
Bryan Robles (1977-0);
Youth Minister
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Bryan Robles (1977-0);
Youth Minister
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“When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.”The 14th Dalai Lama (born 1935);
Share or Discuss This Quote >>“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”Plato (428-348);
Classical Greek Philosopher, Mathematician
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“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”Morrie Schwartz (1916-1995);
Professor, Sociologist
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“Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.”Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887);
Clergyman, Social Reformer
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“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.”Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977);
Comic Actor, Filmmaker, Writer
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“Compassion is not sentiment but is making justice and doing works of mercy. Compassion is not a moral commandment but a flow and overflow of the fullest human and divine energies.”Matthew Fox (born 1940);
Theologian, Author
Share or Discuss This Quote >>“Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows out of the things we are, and lives in our hearts.”Barbara Garrison (born 1931);
Author
Share or Discuss This Quote >>“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935);
The 14th Dalai Lama (B. 1935)
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“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.”Eric Hoffer (1902-1983);
Philosopher
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“Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.”Dean Koontz (born 1945);
Author
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Mother, Advocate
Share or Discuss This Quote >>“Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds.”Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882);
Poet
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“Make no judgments where you have no compassion.”Anne McCaffrey (born 1926);
Novelist
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Theologian, Author
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“Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.”Jim Rohn (1930-2009);
Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
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“Compassion for myself is the most powerful healer of them all.”Theodore Isaac Rubin (born 1923);
Psychiatrist, Author
Share or Discuss This Quote >>“Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.”Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965);
Philosopher, Physician, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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“I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go.”Rachel Joy Scott (1981-1999);
Student, First Victim Of The Columbine High School Massacre
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“Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to offer.”Rachel Joy Scott (1981-1999);
Student, First Victim Of The Columbine High School Massacre
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“Alack, when once our grace we have forgot, Nothing goes right; we would, and we would not.”William Shakespeare (1564-1616);
Dramatist, Poet
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“Stay where you are. Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering, and the lonely right there where you are — in your own homes and in your own families, in your workplaces and in your schools. You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see. Everywhere, wherever you go, you find people who are unwanted, unloved, uncared for, just rejected by society — completely forgotten, completely left alone.”Mother Teresa (1910-1997);
Founder Of The Missionaries Of Charity
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“In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.”Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859);
Social Philosopher
Share or Discuss This Quote >>“In life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.”Brian Tracy (born 1944);
Motivational Author
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“I believe that no characteristic is so distinctively human as the sense of indebtedness we feel, not necessarily for a favor received, but even for the slightest evidence of kindness; and there is nothing so boorish, savage, inhuman as to appear to be overwhelmed by a favor, let alone unworthy of it.”Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43);
Roman Orator
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“The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, What are you going through?”Simone Weil (1909-1943);
Philosopher, Mystic
Share or Discuss This Quote >>“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”John Wesley (1703-1791);
Theologian
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Dramatist
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Poet
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“Real kindness seeks no return; What return can the world make to rain clouds?”Tiruvalluvar - Tamil Sage, Poet
Share or Discuss This Quote >>“Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things that renew humanity.”Buddha -
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“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ”Aesop - Fabulist
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“Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.”Philo of Alexandria (20-50);
Philosopher
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“Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action.”Archbishop Desmond Tutu (born 1931);
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887);
Clergyman, Social Reformer
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This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 11/23/10“There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.”
Bernard Meltzer (1916-1998);
Radio Talk Show Host
Share or Discuss This Quote >>“Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.”This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 05/06/11“Our task must be to widen our circle of compassion, to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. ”
This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 05/17/11“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear. ”
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