90 Compassion Quotes to Encourage You Practice Compassion

Being compassionate means being concious to others’ distress and feel motivated to relieve their suffering. Taking action to help others is the heart of compassion, and if you keep an eye out, you’ll find plenty of ways to offer kindness to those around you. Compassion not only makes you happier as an individual, but also has a tendency to get passed along, making the world just a little bit brighter for all who live around you. In this article, we have curated compassion quotes about showing empathy, kindness, and love to others. These quotes will encourage you to be more compassionate.

Compassion Quotes

1. “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” ~ Dalai Lama

2. “Compassion and daily acts of kindness make life far meaningful and fulfilling.” ~ Invajy

3. “Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to offer.” ~ Rachael Joy Scott

4. “When you feel the pain of others, suffer together and heal their wounds; you are creating a compassionate world.” ~ Invajy

5. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” ~ Plato

6. “Compassion empowers you to connect deeply with the suffering of others.” ~ Invajy
7. “Give Compassion: Every day the average person fights epic battles never told just to survive.” ~ Ken Poirot
8. “We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
9. “The highest form of knowledge is empathy.” ~ Bill Bullard
10. “Compassion enriches your experience of satisfaction and peace of mind .” ~ Invajy

Love and Compassion Quotes

11. “Compassion motivates to go beyond your abilities and spread love & happiness.” ~ Invajy
12. “There is no such thing as tough love. Love is kind, love is compassionate, love is tender.” ~ Heather Wolf
13. “Compassionate people go beyond mere feelings and do something to help or relieve the sufferings of other person.” ~ Invajy
14. “There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher
15. “A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.” ~ William John Bennett
16. “There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.” ~ Bishop Robert South
17. “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” ~ Dalai Lama
18. “Compassion is a passion with a heart.” ~ Anonymous
19. “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.” ~ Anonymous
20. “Love and compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.” ~ Dalai Lama

Quotes about Compassion

21. “Through compassion, we help others turn their sorrow into strength.” ~ Invajy
22. “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” ~ John Holmes
23. “Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.” ~ Jackie Chan
24. “Compassion is to look beyond your own pain, to see the pain of others.” ~ Yasmin Mogahed
25. “Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universal self.” ~ Arnold Toynbee
26. “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” ~ Princess Diana
27. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ~ Leo Buscaglia
28. “Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle.” ~ Charles Glassman
29. “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
30. “Use your voice for kindness, your ears for compassion, your hands for charity, your mind for truth, and your heart for love.” ~ Anonymous

Self Compassion Quotes

31. “The greatest power in the world is the one that uplifts others in their darkest moments.” ~ Invajy
32. “If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ~ Jack Kornfield
33. “Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.” ~ Christopher Germer
34. “Having compassion for yourself means that you honor and accept your humanness.” ~ Kristen Neff
35. “Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves.” ~ Pema Chodron
36. “Talk to yourself as you would someone you love.” ~ Brene Brown
37. “Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it, especially when life doesn’t go exactly according to plan (a frequent scenario for most of us), the stronger and more resilient our compassion muscle becomes.” ~ Sharon Salzberg
38. “For us to feel good emotionally, we have to look after ourselves.” ~ Sam Owen
39. “When we give ourselves compassion, we are opening our hearts in a way that can transform our lives.” ~ Kristin Neff
40. “Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.” ~ Jack Kornfield

Compassion Quotes

41. “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” ~ Steve Maraboli
42. “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
43. “Until you have real compassion, you cannot recognize love.” ~ Bob Thurman
44. “Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.” ~ Prince
45. “We can’t heal the world today but we can begin with a voice of compassion, a heart of love, an act of kindness.” ~ Mary Davis
46. “I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.” ~ Mother Teresa
47. “Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” ~ Nelson Mandela
48. “Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else’s pain is as meaningful as your own.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver
49. “Empathy is a connection; it’s a ladder out of the shame hole.” ~ Brene Brown
50. “A stranger’s compassion can make a world of difference.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

Quotes on Compassion

51. “Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.” ~ Dalai Lama
52. “Let our hearts be stretched out in compassion toward others, for everyone is walking his or her own difficult path.” ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf
53. “We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead.” ~ Roy T. Bennett
54. “More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.” ~ Roy T. Bennett
55. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” ~ Aesop
56. “There is a nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness.” ~ John Connolly
57. “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” ~ Lao Tzu
58. “When we match compassion with purpose, we being to conquer the world.” ~ Zachariah Thompson
59. “Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” ~ Booker T. Washington
60. “Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.” ~ Confucius

Best Compassion Quotes

61. “Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.” ~ Pema Chodron
62. “Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.” ~ Helen Keller
63. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” ~ Maya Angelou
64. “The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.” ~ Norman Cousinsnone
65. “Humanity’s collective mission in the cosmos lies in the practice of compassion.” ~ Dalsaku Ikeda
66. “Compassion is about giving all the love that you’ve got.” ~ Cheryl Strayed
67. “Look for a way to lift someone up. And if that’s all you do, that’s enough.” ~ Elizabeth Lesser
68. “We only have what we give.” ~ Isabel Allende
69. “With compassion one becomes courageous. Compassion brings triumph when attacked; it brings security when maintained.” ~ Tao Te Ching
70. “Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.” ~ Buddha

Powerful Compassion Quotes

71. “Compassion is the gentle touch that mends the broken places of the soul.” ~ Invajy
72. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” ~ Maya Angelou
73. “This is a moment of suffering. Suffering is part of life. May I be kind to myself in this moment. May I give myself the compassion I need.” ~ Kristin Neff
74. “True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.” ~ Dalai Lama
75. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
76. “Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
77. “Out of compassion, I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives.” ~ Bhagavad Gita
78. “Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.” ~ Susan Sontag
79. “Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.” ~ Dalai Lama
80. “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” ~ Albert Schweitzer
81. “I love this life and even if to be taken from me, I will love that you have yours. Cherish all life, for life, is worth cherishing.” ~ Tom Althouse
82. “Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” ~ Bob Kerrey
83. “It is a lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.” ~ Anonymous
84. “Compassion isn’t just understanding someone’s pain; it’s sharing in their journey to peace.” ~ Invajy
85. “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
86. “At the end of the day, I believe we can all work to foster a spirit of compassion, understanding, and awareness within our communities.” ~ Kenny Stills
87. “When we feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and visit the imprisoned, we bear witness to the compassion of Christ.” ~ R.C. Sproul
88. “Guru Nanak Dev ji’s life and teachings give a message of affection, compassion and brotherhood for the entire humanity.” ~ Ram Nath Kovind
89. “Jesus is compassion and while compassion is not a part of our worldly nature, it is a skill passed on to us through the Holy Spirit.” ~ Mark S. Taylor
90. “Compassion is not a virtue—it is a commitment. It’s not something we have or don’t have—it’s something we choose to practice.” ~ Brené Brown

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