Quotes About Empathy

Finding your soul begins by discovering our ability to listen! Alternatively, by sharing a smile, a laugh and just by being human to everyone - from friends, colleagues, family, and especially strangers, including those who are not from the same station in life as you.

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't.

I am not going to condemn anybody. That's where religion gets a bad name, when people get holier than thou. We are all human. If my children make a mistake, I want them to know it is all right and they should try harder next time.

I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt nots - that is, the not harming others - and say we can help others and we should be helping others.

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

I was 'gay-bashed' when I was in school even though, you know, I'm not... I'm a straight guy that just happens to be what I do. So, it's easily relatable to me. It was awful. It's a hard time in a kid's life.

Every merciful act to the needy, the suffering, is as though done to Jesus.

I can't get on girls' wavelengths at all. I think we are completely different. I don't know, maybe that's the way it should be. If we could all get along occasionally though, that would be nice.

In so doing, use him as though you loved him.

I'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now.

Kindness and compassion aren't political qualities even though they get politicized.

When you're in prison, you want to know that you were thought about.

Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.

Everything I've ever thought about doing has been, in some sense, about helping people.

There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.

You can have your own thought process about things, but you still need to include and co-exist with other people.

In my mind, a good leader would say, 'OK, I need to sit down and talk to the guys who oppose me. Let me let them voice their opinions; let me get their thought process.'

If you have any racist friends, it's on you to stop that immediately and let them know why that's not right, or what's wrong with the way they think or just opening their eyes and allowing them to understand what's wrong with their thought process because, to be honest, I mean, we're all human.

It's really important for children to have good morals and good manners, and that they're thoughtful of other people and that they learn the consequences of their actions.

It's important to be thoughtful and mindful about the things you say to other people.

Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others.

If you're a thoughtful person, you won't want to be in people's faces all the time.

I went into journalism for a reason. I try to be a thoughtful person. I try to see all sides. And I do think before I speak.

Being a sensitive, thoughtful person opens you up for criticism and being affected by it.