Quotes About Empathy

Be kind and generous to your fellows, but hard and relentless with yourself.

Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity.

As we work to reweave the strands of connection, we can be supported by the wisdom and lovingkindness of others.

We must work harder to build mutual respect, an attitude of tolerance, with forbearance one for another.

I think if you touch ordinary people, they're simply ordinary people, the way they've always been. They work hard, they don't have really as much as they should.

I felt like all of the work was training for just one central idea: Accept your child for who he is. I'm not saying that I've done a brilliant job with that. But I've done my best.

There are a few things that'll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they've been used several times, they no longer work.

Be nice to nerds,,, one day u might have to work for one

Anything where people have to work together makes me cry.

What is essential in a work of art is that it should rise far above the realm of personal life and speak to the spirit and heart of the poet as man to the spirit and heart of mankind.

The old appeals to racial, sexual and religious chauvinism to rabid nationalist fervor, are beginning not to work.

Learn all you can about people in other parts of the world. Understanding how people in other countries live and work and play teaches us to respect them and promote peace everywhere.

People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.

If you make your business about helping others, you'll always have plenty of work.

I'm so proud to have work in this movie, "Brokeback Mountain," a movie that once again shows us that love is what makes us all very similar in spite that we can be so different, too.

An actor only has his own understanding and experience to work with.

I think we do have our true, original stories that work. I can tell you that 'The King's Speech,' which we did, became a worldwide smash because people loved the personal story.

I find that it's nice to work with somebody and spin off on someone else's feelings. You get a little jaded by yourself.

The worst days of darkness through which I have ever passed have been greatly alleviated by throwing myself with all my energy into some work relating to others.

Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries.

I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian.

Experiences with friends or family members coming out have helped millions of Americans to see past stereotypes and better understand what being gay is - and is not.

Measuring success in cultural diplomacy - the use of education, creative expression in any form, or people-to-people exchange to increase understanding across regions, cultures, or peoples - is challenging. How does one quantify changes in attitude, abandoning stereotypes, or feeling empathy as a result of a performance, a film, a book?

I just wanted to kind of break down those gender stereotypes and just say everyone's equal, everyone's their own person, everyone's their own individual.