Quotes About Empathy

The more life you live, the more you are able to understand the experiences of other people. It's one of the few benefits of getting older.

I understand that I'm able to connect with people; I have an emotional bonding with people. My strength lies in my ability to tell stories and to touch people's hearts and to move them.

When you do learn these things, when you understand what inclusion is, then we can accomplish greater things together.

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

When you take the time to understand why your parents did the things they did, you stand a good chance of learning more about your own behavior.

It is difficult for me to understand the tragic accounts of troubled marriages that come to me.

The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.

I believe that I am transgender to help people understand differences. It allows me to gain perspective, to be more accepting of others, because I know what it feels like to know you're not like everyone else.

If you weren't with me when I had nothing, then you can't really understand me.

Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to, but I think it's very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.

Hunters and trackers learn not only to understand intellectually a bunch of facts about the animal they follow, but to feel their way into the very being of the animal.

People are just so insensitive because they're ignorant; they don't understand, so they're scared of what they're ignorant of.

I think children understand the world better than adults do. Especially when it comes to how we treat other people.

When tragedy strikes, feeling helpless is understandable.

It's understandable why someone might not want to take on a book they think is emotionally hard.

There are some things which are so horrific that some people feel they can't do anything about it: that the natural, understandable response is to tune it out.

It's hard not to take it personally when being wait-listed, passed over for a promotion, or losing a client to a competitor. But while feeling aggrieved may be an understandable reaction, it's not productive - it's not a good use of the experience.

I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.

When you sign onto something, you want the character to be redeemable and likeable, hopefully, and understandable.

We must understand the fans, they want to see goals. If I was in their place I'd want the same. It's understandable.

No matter what world you're creating, whether it be a real world or a fantasy world, you still have to make the characters relatable or somewhat understandable.

Empathy is important, openness, honesty, and an understanding for others.

A documentary film is a great way of helping people understand because, somehow, when one is able to see the people involved, it lends a certain immediacy and understanding that is hard to get on the page.

Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.