Jim Rohn Quotes

Don't ever think compassion is weak. Compassion is about strength.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

It takes strength to be gentle and kind.

Be of love a little more careful than of anything.

Tenderness is a virtue.

I am a little bit of a softie, yes. Actually I don't think it's softness, I think it's kindness.

Love and kindness go hand in hand.

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'

One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.

It takes strength to be kind; it's not a weakness.

Empathy seems to be seen as a weakness. We condition people to withdraw it to succeed. But really, it needs to be re-seen as a strength again if there is to be any kind of hope in the world.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.

God damn it, you've got to be kind.

Love is more powerful than kicking ass.

For me, the biggest thing is someone who's kind. I'm not into the bad-boy thing.

People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of.

You know, I really am probably one of the sweetest, most sensitive people you'll ever meet.

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

I'm tough, but I have a heart.

I think the associations people have with kindness are often things like meekness and sweetness and maybe sickly sweetness; whereas I do think of kindness as a force, as a power.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Love and compassion don't at all have to make us weak, or lead us to losing discernment and vision. We just have to learn how to find them. And see, in truth, what they bring us.

Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.

If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.