35 Inspiring Quotes On Care

In a world that often moves at a relentless pace, taking the time to care for others—and ourselves—can be a transformative practice. Care is a universal language that transcends boundaries and touches the heart. It is the gentle art of paying attention, offering support, and nurturing relationships that enrich our lives. In this collection of 35 inspiring quotes, you'll find wisdom and encouragement to embrace kindness, empathy, and compassion in everyday interactions. These quotes serve as a reminder that even small acts of care can make a significant impact, fostering connections and creating a ripple effect of positive change. Join us on this journey of reflection and discovery, as we explore the profound power of care through the words of some of the world's most thoughtful leaders and thinkers.

1. “I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.” - Leo Tolstoy

2. “Sundays too my father got up earlyand put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands that achedfrom labor in the weekday weather madebanked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.I'd wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.When the rooms were warm, he'd call, and slowly I would rise and dress, fearing the chronic angers of that house, speaking indifferently to him, who had driven out the coldand polished my good shoes as well.What did I know, what did I knowof love's austere and lonely offices?” - Robert Hayden

3. “Friendship is selfless love, care, respect, and honor not a profitable opportunity.” - Santosh Kalwar

4. “Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves feel better, not us. To be honest, I don't blame them. It's superstition: If you give assistance to the family in need... if you throw salt over your shoulder... if you don't step on the cracks, then maybe you'll be immune. Maybe you'll be able to convince yourself that this could never happen to you.” - Jodi Picoult

5. “We do not need to plan or devise a "world of the future"; if we take care of the world of the present, the future will have received full justice from us. A good future is implicit in the soils, forests, grasslands, marshes, deserts, mountains, rivers, lakes, and oceans that we have now, and in the good things of human culture that we have now; the only valid "futurology" available to us is to take care of those things. We have no need to contrive and dabble at "the future of the human race"; we have the same pressing need that we have always had - to love, care for, and teach our children.(pg. 73, "Feminism, the Body, and the Machine")” - Wendell Berry

6. “No one cared what she wanted. No one had ever cared. And perhaps, worst of all, no one ever would care.” - Dicamillo, Kate

7. “The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.” - Carson McCullers

8. “Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye,And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.” - William Shakespeare

9. “I care so much about everything that I care about nothing” - William Saroyan

10. “Don't die on me," she ordered. "You are not dying on me.""Yes, ma'am." He felt light-headed, but she was about the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. Her hair was smoldering. Her face was smudged with soot. She had a cut on her arm, her dress was torn, and she was missing a boot. Beautiful.” - Rick Riordan

11. “Sincerity increases willingness to care.” - Toba Beta

12. “I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful.” - Tanith Lee

13. “With infinite wisdom and care your life is constantly sustained because Nature flows through you.” - Michael J. Cohen

14. “Day leans in toward me. He reaches up to touch my face. I can tell it still hurts him to use his fingers, and his nails are dark with dried blood. "You're brilliant," he says. "But you're a fool to stay wish someone like me."I close my eyes at the touch of his hand. "Then we're both fools.” - Marie Lu

15. “She watched as he settled down on the bed with Naya skin to skin on his chest. His hand all but covered her tiny body as he stroked her in that changeling way, bonding with her on the most elemental level. Then he purred, and Naya made a happy little sound of delight, very much a cat in her love of touch.” - Nalini Singh

16. “After fight club you're so relaxed, you just cannot care.” - Chuck Palahniuk

17. “Tell me that the purpose of life is to have fun, and without a care in the world I'll begin wreaking havoc on everything I pass. Now that's what I call pure, honest fun.” - Criss Jami

18. “Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.” - H. Jackson Brown Jr.

19. “My mouth opened.It happened.Yes, with my head thrown into the sky, I started howling.Arms stretched out next to me, I howled, and everything came out of me. Visions pored up my throat and past voices surrounded me. The sky listened. The city didn't. I didn't care. All I cared about was that I was howling so that I could hear my voice and so I would remember that the boy had intensity and something to offer. I howled, oh, so loud and desperate, telling a world that I was here and I wouldn't lie down.” - Markus Zusak

20. “Sometimes carrying the burden of an upsetting truth, and hiding it, is actually a gift you give to someone else. You bear that burden, so they don’t have to, in a situation where telling them will change nothing.” - Cassandra Clare

21. “Promise me, man. If anything ever happens to me, promise me you'll take care ofAngelina. She's something special, Micah. Heart way too big for her own good. I worrybecause she doesn't see everyone for who they are. She's too busy looking for the good.I've tried to get her to adopt some cynicism, but the truth of the matter is, she wouldn't bethe same girl if she did.” - Maya Banks

22. “... but if I've learned one thing, it's this: forgiveness is crucial. If you can't forgive someone you're mad at, that anger will poison you. You have to learn to let it go"... "people have reasons for doing the things that they do, especially when they care about you. You may not always understand what they are, but if you can try to understand the person then you might see that they really care, despite what happened."pg 100 Meredith to Vlad” - Heather Brewer

23. “People are supposed to care. It's good that people mean something to you, that you miss people when they're gone.” - John Green

24. “Care and Quality are internal and external aspects of the same thing. A person who sees Quality and feels it as he works is a person who cares. A person who cares about what he sees and does is a person who’s bound to have some characteristic of quality.” - Robert M. Pirsig

25. “The best gifts one can give to someone are not things, the best ones to offer are a little Time, Love, Care and Respect.” - Venkat Desireddy

26. “If I let myself care, all I'll feel is pain.” - L.J. Smith

27. “A tightness in my chest came out of nowhere. As I listened to Amanda reassure my brother, I wanted to pull her into my arms and cry. How damn crazy was that? This girl was making me a nutcase.” - Abbi Glines

28. “The act of true giving is indistinguishable from receiving.” - Bryant McGill

29. “Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love” - Bryant McGill

30. “If you have not been served personally by caring hands in your own life, do not be bitter, but instead, ask yourself who you can now serve.” - Bryant McGill

31. “Afford every soul you encounter the wide and free passage they need to give birth to the dear expressions they feel are important.” - Bryant McGill

32. “Be careful, Hally.""Of what? The truth? I seem to be the only one around here who is prepared to face it.” - Athol Fugard

33. “We must understand that out of community and dialogue, the answers will arrive in their own time and way.” - Bryant McGill

34. “We must rebuild organic communities, where people can come together and have analogue conversations and share stories, art, music and emotions.” - Bryant McGill

35. “When someone is suffering, there is a deep, visceral reaction in the core of our being, a flood of empathy and a frightfully desperate compulsion to give aid.” - Bryant McGill