Quotes About Empathy

My greatest strength is the love for my people, my greatest weakness is that I love them too much.

I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless.

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

In compassion lies the world's true strength.

Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.

Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.

Until you become a parent, you can't begin to discover your capacity for strength, love and fatigue.

It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.

The more you care, the stronger you can be.

I'm one of those people who feels like I have to be strong for those people who may not be able to find that strength. I feel like I have to speak up for those people whose voices go unheard.

You are because I am and I am because you are. We are one another's strength.

The strength of a good friendship that goes the distance will be unconditional love.

Real strength entails being considerate and supportive of people's feelings.

An intimate relationship is one in which neither party silences, sacrifices, or betrays the self and each party expresses strength and vulnerability, weakness and competence in a balanced way.

The true strength of any relationship is measured in bad times not good.

The greatest strength a man can achieve is gentleness.

If we feel inwardly strong, we will have no need or desire to speak ill of others.

If you have enough strength to help yourself, you have enough strength to help those in need. Never pass up an opportunity.

Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

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

Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one's heart.

To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.