Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

A little help is better than a lot of pity.

it is the personal and individual thing which is done by one human being for another that is the most valuable assistance which can be rendered in time of trouble. Better not only for the one who receives, but a thousand times happier for the one who gives.

Seeing other people in pain causes me pain.

To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.

Every thought of pity is like the balm of Gilead to our souls.

People in distress never think that you feel enough.

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there.

That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.

We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift.

Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in mind of the debt, and that we owe it to ourselves as well as to the distressed.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them.

Verdiana was the child of poor though well-born parents, and her knowledge of the sufferings of the poor from her own experience in early years made her ever full of pity for those in need.

People care and are willing to help me out my desperate circumstances.

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.

My heart bled for the inhabitants.

One thing that we can do for each other is support each other. At one point or another, we all go through trials and tribulations, so giving your time is one way to help.

What's interesting to me is that people engage survivors from a place of pity all the time - a place of sympathy.

Your sympathy is worthless to people in need without action.

Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride and have no prospect of great conquests; for them the easy prey - and that is what all who suffer are - is enchanting.

Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.