Quotes About Empathy

To have influence, you really don't need to have power. But what you need more than anything else is to have that almost uncanny understanding of what matters to people.

Being labeled as someone who would cheat hurts more than anything else I've ever been through in my career.

More than anything, I want fans to take away an understanding of trans people that we can be anybody.

I sing to myself more than anything. I'm always chastising myself, telling myself to be better, or comforting myself.

I think what I want to learn more than anything... is that, I've got HIV and it's OK, like. That's what I want to learn more than anything.

I do feel a need as a Mormon to speak out against things that are hurting people.

Because you know what happens when you say 'hello' or 'good morning?' You make a connection. And isn't that what being human is all about?

Being a nurturer isn't being a moron.

If I called my kids a moron, I think it would traumatize them. I don't think they even know what the word is.

Everyone is broken; every mortal man or woman is broken in some way, shape, or form.

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.

I am married to the most amazing, generous and beautiful human being and it has been hard on him because from the outside if you look at it it's just all about me.

We all feel like we're alone, but as artists, we get to see firsthand from our fans that we're not. Hearing them scream the words to your songs is the most amazing feeling.

The hardest role that I've ever tried to play was Clara Johnson in 'Light in the Piazza' at Lincoln Center. It was the least fun I've ever had, but the most beautiful experience I've ever had. I could not understand her. I could not put my feet in her shoes. I came home every night, and I was depressed.

The most beautiful thing about my career is the feeling people have for me.

In my own personal career, I have felt almost the most difficult thing to deal with is someone who doesn't tell you what they are thinking.

When you create those characters that people love and care about and put them in a dark hallway, already the audience is on edge, and they feel empathy for that character. Then it's up to me to decide what jumps out in that hallway. So I think laying that foundation of strong characters and strong story is the most important thing in a horror film.

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

My mom always said fighting with me as a kid was like going to court. I'm trying to realize that being right is not the most important thing.

The first and most important thing a man should keep away from is not doing harm of any kind knowingly to anyone, at any time.

At the end of the day, people will follow you or people will be energised by you if they buy into your vision or purpose. So the most important thing is to be true to yourself. That's why I would say to be a great leader - you, first and foremost, have to be a great human being. And sharing that purpose and sharing the values.

In any character I ever play, whether she's good or bad or whatever, my most important thing is heart.

I learned the most important thing is to put yourself in the shoes of the players.

I try to be conscious of others, put my best foot forward and show growth. I just try to be my best self - and I think that is the most important thing.