Quotes About Empathy

Why do people say "no offense" right before they're about to offend you?

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

What a wonderful thing is the mail, capable of conveying across continents a warm human hand-clasp.

You are such a good friend that if we were on a sinking ship together and there was only one life jacket. . . I'd miss you heaps and think of you often.

I see myself as a professional feeler.

When I was younger if I was in someone else's shoes, if you saw a professional athlete you'd want to go up and introduce yourself and ask a couple questions, so I definitely know where they're coming from.

I grew up with my mom always talking to everyone everywhere, whether it was professionally or in a coffee shop. And my dad was the same way. So I love being able to talk to people, hear their stories and be inspired.

I have learned to feel my way through life, personally and professionally.

It's our job as marketers and brand professionals to nurture the brand and calm it down when it's angry and to encourage when it's trying to grow.

Acting is a job you can learn a lot in. You get to play lots of different characters with different professions and different backgrounds; they come from different places than you do, so it's really fun when you're immersing yourself in that world of that person to learn about how other people's lives are.

We have to pay attention to developing well, in the correct manner, the human aspects also in the professions, in respect of other persons, in being concerned for others, which is the best way of being concerned for ourselves.

Some of the perceptions from my professors were that I was less than or that I wouldn't be able to compete or wouldn't be able to meet the same bar as my peers. I don't want that for my daughter or for any of the girls who come into our program.

Empathy is why entertainment is always growing, and for millennials, everyone is judging them and trying to grab their attention by insulting them. We're living in a time where everyone has 25 profiles, and they're having 25 conversations.

I'm able to take myself out of the celebrity bubble and the profile that I'm at, and look at what black people are going through around the country.

People should only profit to the extent they make other peoples lives better.

Those who seek to profit by division don't stand a chance.

I've seen hate at its worse. What would it profit me to hate?

I don't think any human being who has a heart and soul would support efforts to profit off of people's agony and pain if they're trying to depart a country and fearing for their lives.

Make it your profitable habit to carefully study facial expressions. You can see the entire human drama in a face; you can tell its owner's history.

I don't think it's fair to a family to uproot them simply because it's profitable for you to do so.

The thing of sitting in an audience and going into a dream-like state with several hundred other people that are sharing exactly what you're feeling is a profound event.

One bully changing their behavior for the better can have a profound effect on many, many lives.

The funnel of deep feeling and profound satisfaction in life comes from the capacity to feel.

We have this thing as human beings: we have a profound need for story. That's what kids need.