15 Powerful Quotes to Remind Us to Be Kind to Each Other
Spread the love and you spread the joy. To be a truly fulfilled, positive person, one must thoroughly embrace compassion. So how do we cultivate compassion? How do we make sure that at the end of the day, it’s our kindness and compassion for which we’ll be remembered?
As much as we all agree that compassion is one of the most valuable of virtues, it seems to be in short supply in our world. We talk about it, but so many among us fail to act upon it — we want to be kind and good, but we struggle to live out that kindness in our actions. I guess the truth of it is, you simply just do it — you let go of anger, fear and hatred and you take that leap of faith, vowing to be a compassionate person in words and in actions.
We’ve found some thought-proving quotes on love and compassion and hopefully, one or all of them will inspire you to live a life centered around love and goodness.
“You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“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
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” — Mother Teresa
“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.” — Barbara Di Angelis
“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” — Scott Adams
“As for…the fear that compassion will involve you in suffering, counter it with the realization that the sharing of sorrow expands your capacity to share joy as well. When you callously ignore the suffering of others, you lose the capacity to share their happiness, too.” — Albert Schweitzer
“Compassion isn’t about solutions. It’s about giving all the love that you’ve got.” — Cheryl Strayed
“It is 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.” — Unknown
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.” — Iain S. Thomas
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Go and love someone exactly as they are. And then watch how quickly they transform into the greatest, truest version of themselves. When one feels seen and appreciated in their own essence, one is instantly empowered.” — Wes Angelozzi
“The Ugliest thing that I have ever seen is a human being without compassion.” — H. Milne
“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.” — Eric Hoffer
“Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.” — Ellen DeGeneres
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” — The Dalai Lama
