Quotes about Compassion
The miserable's name is Man; he is agonizing in all climes, and he is groaning in all languages.
- Victor Hugo
A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man.
- Victor Hugo
I draw no petty social lines. A man to me is a man, wherever I find him.
- William Faulkner
When you give a man a dole you deny him his dignity, and when you deny him his dignity you rob him his destiny.
- Zig Ziglar
We do not see into men's hearts. We cannot judge, and are indeed forbidden to judge.
- CS Lewis
I will never tell anyone to pick up a gun. But I will pray for the man who picks up a gun, pray that he will be less cruel than he might otherwise have been.
- Desmond Tutu
A President is neither prince nor pope, and I don't seek a window on men's souls. In fact, I yearn for a greater tolerance, an easy-goingness about each other's attitudes and way of life.
- George H. W. Bush
It is the duty of men to love even those who injure them.
- Marcus Aurelius
Whatever my doubts, however heavy the burden, I feel that I must accept the task of helping to make this nation and this world a better place to live in - for all men, black and white alike.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
No man can become a great leader of men unless he has the milk of human kindness in his own heart, and leads by suggestion and kindness, rather than by force.
- Napoleon Hill