Quotes About Empathy

For he has not ignored or belittled the suffering of the needy. He has not turned his back on them, but has listened to their cries for help. —Psalm 22:24

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Never give advice until you are sure the other person wants it.

In what way can you show God's love and be a blessing in someone's life today? — Susan Kelly Skitt —

Sometimes we love best when we just listen. — Deb Vellines

With verbal encouragement, we are trying to communicate, "I know. I care. I am with you. How can I help?

I can't conceive of doing anything to hurt her. My only desire is to make her happy. I would do anything to make her happy." Such obsession gives us the false sense that our egocentric attitudes have been eradicated

We can't meet all the needs, but we can meet some of them. — Sudha Khristmukti

Seeing and inspiring the best in others requires God's vision. — Dena Netherton —

Sometimes loving means giving. — Carol Russell —

On the other hand, we can share pain, sadness, and even anger in a kind manner, and that will be an expression of love. "I felt disappointed and hurt that you didn't offer to help me this evening," said with gentle directness, can be an expression of love. The person speaking wants to be known by her spouse. She is taking steps to build intimacy by sharing her feelings.

We can be a refuge for others, just as God is for us. — Jossy Grey

Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It

If we are to develop an intimate relationship, we need to know each other's desires. If we wish to love each other, we need to know what the other person wants.

I'm sorry. I know I have hurt you, but I would like to make the future different. I would like to love you in your language. I would like to meet your needs." I have seen marriages rescued from the brink of divorce when couples make the choice to love.

Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it.

You know, when someone has been crying, something gets left in the air. It's not something you can see or smell, or feel. Or draw. But it's there.

Life is about being nice to people and believing in yourself..

Justice is doing for others what we would want done for us.

If we don't meet people's felt needs, we will never meet their real needs.

I do not believe," said Wilson, "that any man can lead who does not act … under the impulse of a profound sympathy with those whom he leads—a sympathy which is insight—an insight which is of the heart rather than of the intellect.

Listen to me, he thought. If I were talking out loud, I'd be whining. Derek gets hit and I act like I'm the one getting messed up. It

I fell off a dogsled down a frozen waterfall and landed on sharp ice on a kneecap. It was so agonizing, I thought, seriously, that my heart would stop. But I found that my whole dog team loved and worried about me so much, they curved downstream and worked back up to me to surround me as I lay clutching my lacerated knee, whimpering and pushing their warm bodies against me. I remember the love, the dog love, much more than the shattered knee. . . .

He realized that he was not always right, was, indeed, often not right, and at the same time he found that others were not always wrong.