Compassion And Respect Quotes:

An attitude of compassion does not mean looking down on someone, pitying them in their misery. Compassion is based on respect. We discuss life as equals, learn from each other and strive together to improve our lives.

- Daisaku Ikeda

topic: Attitude, Mean, Compassion, Compassion And Respect

If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, if you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

- Dalai Lama

source: Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.190, Penguin

topic: Compassion And Respect

Treat everyone with kindness, dignity, compassion and respect, irrespective of whether you think they understand or not.

- Martin Pistorius

source: "'I was like a ghost': Man recalls years awake but trapped in unresponsive body" by Kate Snow, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.

topic: Kindness, Thinking, Compassion, Compassion And Respect

I don’t know how to save the world. I don’t have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past and present. I only know that without compassion and respect for all of Earth’s inhabitants, none of us will survive—nor will we deserve to.

- Leonard Peltier

source: Leonard Peltier (2016). “Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance”, p.201, St. Martin's Griffin

topic: Mistake, Past, Compassion, Compassion And Respect, Secret Knowledge

I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than just through your external features. She was focused on compassion and respect, and those are the things that ended up translating to me as beauty.

- Lupita Nyong'o

topic: Mother, Compassion, Supportive, Supportive Family, Expressions Of Love

It is important to me to instill in [kids] a sense of compassion and respect for others.

- Adriana Lima

source: Source: www.pretapregnant.com

topic: Kids, Compassion, Important, Instill, Compassion And Respect

Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean. From the very beginning to the very end, pointing to our own hearts to discover what is true isn’t just a matter of honesty but also of compassion and respect for what we see.

- Pema Chodron

source: Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.98, Shambhala Publications

topic: Honesty, Kindness, Heart, Compassion And Respect

To sacrifice the principles of manners, which require compassion and respect, and bat people over the head with their ignorance of etiquette rules they cannot be expected to know is both bad manners and poor etiquette. That social climbers and twits have misused etiquette throughout history should not be used as an argument for doing away with it.

- Judith Martin

topic: Ignorance, Sacrifice, Compassion, Bad Manners, Twits

It is my goal to win every time I play. But on the other hand, I also seek a balance of compassion and respect for the other players. I understand that everyone goes through difficult times, either mentally or physically, to cope with their life, to live the sport.

- Novak Djokovic

topic: Sports, Winning, Player, Compassion And Respect

We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels. They should, however, be accorded equality in that they should receive both compassion and respect; it is unworthy of us to exploit them in any way.

- Rebecca Hall

source: Rebecca Hall (1983). “Animals Are Equal: An Exploration of Animal Consciousness”, HarperCollins

topic: Respect, Emotional, Compassion, Compassion And Respect