Quotes About Empathy

It is Christlike work to soothe and sympathize, and only those who have drunk the cup of sorrow are fully equipped to do it.

When you have a character to work with, you carry them around in a strange way - they make you look at the world in a different way.

There are two ways to argue with a woman, and neither of them work.

Every man is working out his destiny in his own way and nobody can be of any help except by being kind, generous, and patient.

I try to be like a sponge when I'm around other actors, picking things up about the way they work and how they do things.

When we think of work, we think of work as an act of service. We think of it as an act of love for humanity.

I have an intuitive understanding of technology. And the way I incorporate technology in the work tends to humanize it a great deal.

Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language is and how to best support each other, and also take care of yourself.

My work cuts through racial, class, geographic, and ethnic separations to directly connect to the heart, mind, and emotion with people.

We stand ready to work together, where possible, in helping rebuild not only homes and businesses, but most importantly, lives of those who so desperately need our help.

The first thing, the main thing, about how I work is I need to understand the character.

I'm inspired by good work. Whether it is a great performance by another actor, a piece of art, or someone doing something altruistic.

Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users sentiments.

I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players

Marlon once said to me about being an actor: Can you imagine going to work every day and pretending to be someone else?

A lot of my work is with children and there's a reason for that, because they really level you.

Here is a relationship booster that is guaranteed to work: Every time your spouse or lover says something stupid make your eyes light up as if you just heard something brilliant.

It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill them.

The fire in the bellies of the good people who work for a more fair and just world for all of us - that spark never fails to inspire me and warm my heart.

[Elijah Wood] is a really fully-rounded, amazing human being, and I feel incredibly lucky, especially given how closely we have to work together.

The love that makes community is the willingness to do someone else's dirty work.

For me, I grew up in a house doing charity work for homeless people, and my parents had a lot of homeless friends. We were always taught to not discriminate and not judge.

Good leadership is always human. It takes time and energy. It is hard work. Which is why good leadership is so special when we find it.

What matters is hard work, and emotional intelligence.