Quotes About Empathy

To me, there are saints every day. They stand up and help others and live for others and do things for others.

We should stand up for those who can't protect themselves. Support kids and families who can't support themselves.

I feel there are injustices in the world that I'll stand up for, and I think that it's important to realize that the world is filled with these kinds of issues.

It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin Roosevelt. And I've told my colleagues it's time that we go stand up for the president.

I stand up for other people, I'm very protective of people around me. If I feel like somebody is getting a bad rap or being unfairly picked on, I will stand up for them, absolutely.

I don't have any siblings, but I have best friends that I have known since kindergarten that I'm protective of. If they call me and tell me someone was mean to them at school - I want to go to school and be mean to that person and try to stand up for them.

All religions teach the same basic thing, that you have to stand up for those that are considered the worst.

You can't manage by memo. You can't stand up there and just send out edicts. I think you just gotta really personalize your relationships.

I'm definitely an animal lover, and I stand up for all animals' rights.

Americans, at our best, stand up to bullies and fight those who seek to demean and degrade others.

I don't like to see people get kicked around. You have to stand up for them.

At the end of the day, it's incredibly important to have a show like 'Atlanta' because if we can't stand up for and celebrate each other, then who will? Who will do it better?

I've always had a 'stand up for the people' type of personality.

I was raised to stand up for the little guy, for working families and the middle class.

No matter where we go in the state, I hear from Mainers that they are ready for someone to stand up for them in Washington.

I want to stand up for what I believe in, and I don't think it's right when people say things or bash people because of their sexual orientation.

It's simple-minded people like that, the ones that are afraid of change, they use everything in their power to defend what they stand up for instead of trying to listen and understand what's going on.

When are we going to see the rest of the world stand up for Muslims?

That's what hurts the environmental movement - holding people to a standard they cannot meet. That just pushes people away.

I am very conscious that you can't condemn people of an earlier era by the standards of ours.

It's in our ability to selectively engage and disengage our moral standards, and it helps explain how people can be barbarically cruel in one moment and compassionate the next.

I think that I set such high standards for myself that sometimes I expect other people to live up to these standards, and it's not fair because they're not setting the same goals for themselves.

Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.

I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion.