Quotes About Sympathy

Boy, have I been there," said Harriet. She patted August on the shoulder. The mouse princess looked surprised at the sympathy.

Love a friend, love a wife, something, whatever you like, but one must love with a lofty and serious intimate sympathy, with strength, with intelligence, and one must always try to know deeper, better, and more.

When understanding another person's problem you help him correctly, even though there is nothing you can do about it.

The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.

Those who do not weep, do not see.

There can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.

Beauty may be perceived in any scene by one with sympathy and understanding. Beauty is in the mind.

The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.

There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.

My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.

The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.

The best advice I got throughout my career was understanding what my current managers' pains and challenges are - it's not always just about hitting the number.

Kindliness and sympathy, fellowship and understanding, are always good, but best when they come from a distant corner of the world.

I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And he's made of sugar.

Compassion is to share the pain without sharing the suffering.

Half the business is done, when one has gained the heart and the affections of those with whom one is to transact it.

In any business, the more you learn, the more sympathetic you can be to other people's positions.

I look away at car crashes, and I know people who look away at car crashes, because it makes us uncomfortable to watch other people in pain.

The only way to do this is to open, be curious, and develop some sense of sympathy for everything that comes along, to get to know its nature and let it teach you what it will. It's going to stick around until you learn your lesson, at any rate.

Asking for sympathy is just another way of asking for permission.

Love suffers far more for the pains of the beloved than for its own pains.

is at a time like this, when crisis threatens the stomach, that the French display the most sympathetic side of their nature. Tell them stories of physical injury or financial ruin and they will either laugh or commiserate politely. But tell them you are facing gastronomic hardship, and they will move heaven and earth and even restaurant tables to help you.

Her life won't differ much when her cancer returns," Maurice said finally. "Does she talk about her cancer?" "Yes." "To clerks in stores? Everyone she meets?" "Yes." "Okay, her life will differ; she'll get more sympathy. She'll be better off.