Youre not alone in what youre feeling, either.

Or, if your friend is in need of some encouraging words, these could be of help.

Nonetheless, these words of encouragement can be a guiding light for all.

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Thought Catalog

Encouraging Quotes About Compassion and Kindness

If youre feeling helpless, help someone.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Remember theres no such thing as a small act of kindness.

Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

January Nelson

Princess Diana

Love and kindness are never wasted.

They always make a difference.

They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

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Amelia Earhart

We cant help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

Anne Frank

One love, one heart, one destiny.

Bob Marley

Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a persons life.

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Jackie Chan

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Plato

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.

Without them, humanity cannot survive.

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Maya Angelou

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Mark Twain

When you choose to forgive those who have hurt you, you take away their power.

Anonymous

You dont have to hold onto the pain to hold onto the memory.

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Janet Jackson

Without forgiveness, theres no future.

Bryant H. McGill

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad.

Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.

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Will Smith

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

Anais Nin

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

Malala Yousafzai

The most beautiful thing you might wear is confidence.

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Blake Lively

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Will Smith

Im stronger than I thought I was.

My favorite phrase has been This too shall pass.

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I now understand it really well.

Robin Roberts

Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Helen Keller

Courage, dear heart.

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Lewis

You will never do anything in this world without courage.

It is the greatest quality in the mind next to honor.

Aristotle

Life shrinks or expands in proportion with ones courage.

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Anais Nin

Words of Encouragement For Growth and Change

Always do your best.

What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Og Mandino

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

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Mahatma Gandhi

If we dont change, we dont grow.

If we dont grow, we arent really living.

Wayne Dyer

Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change.

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Richard Branson

The great solution to all human problems is individual inner transformation.

Vernon Howard

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Stephen Hawking

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

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Socrates

Words of Encouragement For Female Empowerment

A woman is the full circle.

Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.

Diane Mariechild

It is very important to know who you are.

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To show who you are.

Malala Yousafzai

Life is not easy for any of us.

But what of that?

We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves.

Marie Curie

I never dreamed about success.

I worked for it.

Estee Lauder

The most powerful women are always the ones you dont see coming.

Michelle Obama

A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.

Coco Chanel

Fearlessness is like a muscle.

Arianna Huffington

The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another.

We should raise each other up.

double-check youre very strong, be extremely kind, and above all, be humble.

Emma Watson

Women have to harness their powerits absolutely true.

Its just learning not to take the first no.

And if you cant go straight ahead, you go around the corner.

King

In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information.

Anthony J. DAngelo

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

John F. Kennedy

Live as if you were to die tomorrow.

Learn as if you were to live forever.

Mahatma Gandhi

Knowledge, like air, is vital to life.

Like air, no one should be denied it.

Alan Moore

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Herbert Spencer

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Benjamin Franklin

He who learns but does not think is lost!

He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Confucius

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Leonardo da Vinci

Every day is a good day.

There is something to learn, care and celebrate.

Never throw out anyone.

Rosa Parks

When there is no struggle, there is no strength.

Oprah

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Brittany Burgunder

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Albert Einstein

Never bend your head.

Always hold it high.

Look the world straight in the eye.

Helen Keller

When life knocks you down, attempt to land on your back.

Because if it’s possible for you to look up, it’s possible for you to get up.

Vince Lombardi

Sometimes when youre in a dark place you think youve been buried, but actually been planted.

Christine Caine

I know for sure that what we dwell on is what we become.

Amelia Earhart

If youre not making mistakes, then youre not making decisions.

Catherine Cook

Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.

Ingrid Bergman

I never dreamed about success.

I worked for it.

Estee Lauder

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

Oprah

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

Paulo Coelho

Believe in yourself!

Have faith in your abilities!

Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Albert Einstein

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you have imagined.

Henry Thoreau

It doesnt matter who you are, where you come from.

The ability to triumph begins with you.

Oprah Winfrey

The best revenge is massive success.

Frank Sinatra

Take pride in how far you have come.

Have faith in how far you could go.

But dont forget to enjoy the journey.

Bo Jackson

Never, never, never give up.

Winston Churchill

It always seems impossible until it is done.

Nelson Mandela

Everything you lose becomes something you are profoundly grateful for.

With time, you see that it was not the path.

It was what was standing in your way.

Brianna Wiest

Just dont give up trying to do what you really want to do.

Where there is love and inspiration, I dont think you might go wrong.

Ella Fitzgerald

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Believe you might and youre halfway there.

Walker

You do not find the happy life.

Camilla Eyring Kimball

Some days are like this.

Anais Nin

Do you want to meet the love of your life?

Look in the mirror.

Mother Teresa

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving.

Ann Landers

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Thomas Carlyle

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Euripides

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

Elbert Hubbard

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Anais Nin

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Donna W. Hill

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.

Helen Keller

Learn to look for the good in every moment of your life.

Cheryl Ann McDowel

Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself.

Betsey Johnson

If you dont have any shadows youre not in the light.

Lady Gaga

I dont think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

Anne Frank

Inspiration comes from within yourself.

One has to be positive.

When youre positive, good things happen.

Sharon Pearson

Everyone has inside them a piece of good news.

The good news is you dont know how great you could be!

How much it’s possible for you to love!

What it’s possible for you to accomplish!

And what your potential is.

Malebo Sephodi

Selfishness at the expense of others is bad.

Self-care for the betterment of others is good.

Richie Norton

Beauty is when you’re free to appreciate yourself.

When you love yourself, thats when youre most beautiful.

Zoe Kravitz

Accept yourself.

Love yourself as you are.

You give a great gift to the world when you do that.

You give others permission to do the same: to love themselves.

Bask in it as you would sunshine.

Melodie Beattie

Were all a beautiful, wonderful work in progress… Shannon Tanner

If we truly loved ourselves, wed never harm another.

That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.

It starts with you.

You cant give what you dont have.

Izey Victoria Odiase

It is only when we feel deprived that we resent giving to others.

Self-care does not mean you stop caring about others; it just means you start caring more about you.

Start thinking about yourself more and others less.

Beverly Engel

Quotes and Words of Encouragement From Disney Movies

You dont have time to be timid.

You must be bold and daring.

Lumiere,Beauty and the Beast

You control your destiny you dont need magic to do it.

And there are no magical shortcuts to solving your problems.

Merida,Brave

Always let your conscience be your guide.

Jiminy Cricket,Pinocchio

Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.

Gusteau,Ratatouille

Ohana means family, and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.

Lilo & Stitch

Because when I look at you, I can feel it.

And I look at you and Im home.

Cinderella

The very things that hold you down are going to lift you up.

Dumbo

you’re free to design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world.

But it takes people to make the dream a reality.

Walt Disney

Love is putting someone elses needs before yours.

Frozen

Any day spent with you is my favorite day.

So, today is my new favorite day.

Pooh,Winnie The Pooh

You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from.

Your only limit is your soul.

Ratatouille

The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.

The Emperor,Mulan

The only way to get what you want in this world is through hard work.

It distracts me from the now.Edna Mode,The Incredibles

The past can hurt.

Just get up and dance.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

Martha Graham

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.

Mark Twain

Life is like riding a bicycle.

To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein

You are not a drop in the ocean.

You are an entire ocean in a drop.

Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

Audrey Hepburn

Life has got all those twists and turns.

Youve got to hold on tight and off you go.