Quotes About Empathy

I hope we build a son who's strong enough to stand up for other people. And if Donald Trump is out there teaching folks how to build walls, we're hoping to instil in our son the ability to know how to take them down.

Americans are at our best when we build bridges between us, not walls around us.

I have times when I'm off-balance. I have times when I slur my words. I have times when I walk into walls. I have times when I can't remember somebody's name.

I want to show people that the hospital does have its moments. The hospital is just a place, and even though it does have fluorescent lighting and white walls, it doesn't have to be a miserable experience.

In America, dogs are viewed by their names first, breed second. And dogs live behind walls. It's an unnatural point of view.

Relationships are personal, even in business, so sharing some of yourself and taking an interest in others helps to build trust and break down walls.

I truly believe that building bridges, not building walls and not giving into fear, will make our communities better.

It's all about the director for me; we have to click. It's a trust thing. I'll say I'm ready to let down my walls. I'll cry for you as long as you need. But you're going to have to hug me afterwards.

I think something happens to us biologically when we have children where the worry sets in immediately. And I don't think that ever goes away. But you have to fight your instincts to build walls up around your children or to want to shelter and protect them from everything.

We should always be trying to tear down the walls and say, 'I'm no different than you.'

We can understand each other with music without words - and that's so important in these times when walls are built. In music, there are no walls.

Brave doesn't spread hate or bully the vulnerable. Brave doesn't put greed and self-interest over millions of lives. Brave doesn't cower behind lies and walls. Brave doesn't pit people against one another. That's what fear does.

When you're in a relationship with someone, it's so much about tearing down the walls between you two that you sort of confuse what is you and what is them. When you lose them, you question: 'What is left of me?'

I never thought it was fair for an 8-year-old child not to be able to afford shoes, or to wander the streets having to beg for money. To know that child's joy would end soon, when they realised there was no future.

If you're not connected emotionally to a story, then you're dead. You're really just opening the door for people to lose interest and their minds to wander, for them to start picking it apart.

It's fun wandering around other people's minds.

I want someone who can make me laugh and just be normal and understand my lifestyle and how I wanna live it.

Everybody the same: We all got problems. We all want to be loved. We all wanna be happy.

I don't wanna say I'm anti-military as my mission is the exact opposite and I'm a unifying force. I'm there to show everybody that we're all the exact same.

If I'm writing a tune with someone I'm making sure it's what they wanna say and it's articulating what they have to share.

I wanna be a nice guy.

You wanna be there for everybody, but it's just not possible.

You've gotta motivate kids. They wanna grow up. They got problems. You've gotta give 'em that music to make 'em feel like they're OK, and it's only a couple of artists that do that.

Once you know trans people, all you wanna do is protect them. They're not out to hurt anybody. They are trying to live.