Quotes About Empathy

When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can't tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil and recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own – not of the same blood or birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

When people talk, listen completely.

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you are.

Insecure leaders think everything is about them, and as a result, every action, every piece of information, every decision is put through their filter of self-centeredness.

Leadership distilled down to 3 words: Make a difference.

It can be hard to forgive and let go but it's important to remember that harboring the resentment and holding a grudge can hurt you even more. The word "forgive" really means to give something up for yourself not for them.

Forgiving is an act of mercy toward an offender. We are no longer controlled by angry feelings toward this person.

Lead from the heart, not the head.

After your death I realized that life is short and some times brutal too. That one moment took away my everything but yes, you taught me lessons not by telling me but by implementing them. Lesson to smile no matter whatever you are going through, help others no matter what the situation is, be there for people in their bad times, accept the problems and face them. You made me strong enough to deal with people. I love you baba and I miss you so much.

Love who you want to love. Life is short. Nobody's going to hate you for it.

I believe life experiences are what an actor needs to relate to the character roles they take on, and to say the least. I've had many experiences leading up to this moment. Not only have my experiences become a tremendous asset in my acting, but also they helped me discover who I am and who I want to be.

No one is the same, and we all have different life experiences. It's not my place to judge them or for them to judge me. We should all be accountable for our own lives.

There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let go relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose we know not, though sometimes sense it. But we know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.

"If there's any kind of magic in this world, it must be in the attempt of understanding someone, sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed, but… who cares, really? The answer must be in the attempt."

"You can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to things you don't want to feel."

If you can't love yourself, you can't love other people.

All, everything that I understand, I only understand because I love."

We seek the comfort of another. Someone to share and share the life we choose. Someone to help us through the never ending attempt to understand ourselves. And in the end, someone to comfort us along the way.

Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

A good friend will not just tell you it's all going to be fine. A good friend will tell you it's all really fucked and the next few months will be hell but will phone in for pizza, pour her best liquor, and say, 'You will not face this hell alone.'