Quotes About Empathy

The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the moods of people, and his tact in dealing with them.

The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.

Emotion is contagious.

Is the rich world aware of how four billion of the six billion live? If we were aware, we would want to help out, we'd want to get involved.

The characters I have the least in common with are the ones I have the greatest success with. The further a role is from my own experience, the more I try to deepen it.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

It is not a matter of wishing success to the victim of aggression, but of sharing his fate; one must accompany him to his death or to victory

Careful, intelligent listening is a crucial step on the road to organizational success.

People first, then money, then things.

Success is a very dangerous thing and I think we have to be very careful about when we dictate what success is for somebody else. Because you don't know what it's like.

For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.

Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile.

Many of us are fortunate to be blessed with the ability to succeed - not for our sole benefit, but so we may apply the result of our success to assist others.

To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.

The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.

Success means different things to different people. To me, the greatest quality of successful human beings is the ability to love.

I think of success as reaching beyond ourselves and helping other people in specific ways.

To have grown wise and kind is real success.

Charity is the pure love of Christ. Let's bring it down for us lay folk to understand. Selflessness, patience. . . . a great definition. . . Charity: The ability to love the sinner and hate the sin.

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

I don't think success is what we've made of ourselves; I think it's what we've made of others.

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out.

If we're going to be authentic in our leadership, we will have to be willing to serve, and we have to be willing to suffer.