empathetic actions Quotes

Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.

If you must choose between loving someone and acting so that they feel loved, always choose to love them.

Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.

Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was beneath him, because he came to serve.

Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own.

Our every action has a universal dimension, a potential impact on others' happiness.

THE ONLY REAL FAILURE IS TO FAIL OTHERS.

A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.

Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.

I am inspired by seeing kindness in others. It touches me and reminds me to be kind as well.

Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective in all our thoughts and actions

A generous heart and wholesome actions lead to greater peace.

Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.

My religion is kindness.

If you have no wish to bring others to heaven, you are not going there yourself.

I was dating a guy once who spoke rudely to a taxi driver. I got out of the cab and walked home. Treat people with respect. I've waited tables, and that's why I just exceedingly overtip. It's exhausting work.

Man is born for deeds of kindness.

Those who can serve best, those who help most, those who sacrifice most, those are the people who will be loved in life and honoured in death, when all questions of colour are swept away and when in a free country free citizens shall meet on equal grounds.

Jesus washes the feet of the Apostles. Are we ready to serve others like this.

Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.

Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.

Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.

I believe that in the end that it is kindness and accommodation that are all the catalysts for real change.