Quotes About Empathy

Stereotypes fall in the face of humanity. We human beings are best understood one at a time.

I don't always like my own behavior. I haven't known anyone who is perfect all the time.

Empathy takes time, and efficiency is for things, not people.

It doesn't matter. You are what you are. I am what I am. We are the same-when you take the time to remember me.

The word grace emphasizes at one and the same time the helpless poverty of man and the limitless kindness of God.

I am not your dog, but if every time you saw me, you gave me a backrub, I would run to greet you, too.

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

When someone is upset, it's not a good time to bring up your own problems.

This is a time that calls for extreme restraint. In a world of outright aggression and violence there can be no winners. To respond to violence with counter-violence only throws oil on the fire.

I never knew Kurt to be suicidal. I just knew that he was going through a really tough time.

Being someone I'm not for a period of time and loving every minute of being in someone else's skin.

Our position in Christ Jesus is enhanced each time we help someone in trouble.

We need to broaden our sympathies both in space and time - and perceive ourselves as part of a long heritage, and stewards for an immense future.

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

The good parent: someone who doesn't mind, for a time, being hated by their children.

Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.

Every time you interact with a horse, you are teaching the horse.

It's a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.

The easiest time to add insult to injury is when you're signing somebody's cast.

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

I would go to bed every night and have dreams about having a time machine and somehow I'd have the ability to move through time and space freely, and save Anne Frank.

Sending you sincere condolences and the wish that the passing of time eases your sorrow.

Married and unmarried women waste a great deal of time in feeling sorry for each other.

We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.