Quotes About Empathy

I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.

I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.

I want to be more selfless and look outward.

Imagine you're in the oven, baking. Some of us know and accept our sexuality right away and some need more time to cook. I should know - I baked for 33 years.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

If I have my opinion about something, you have your opinion about something, we don't have to fight over it. And we can have a conversation. We can also disagree without being disagreeable, and we can just disagree, which is fine. It doesn't mean that I don't like you, or you don't like me. We just disagree.

I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over, it gets into you a little bit. You can't help but begin to feel it, even if you're a healthy person as I think I am.

I want that to be my overall message - that we just need to love each other. We need to love other more.

Love always overcomes hate.

Real pain hurts so bad. When you've gone through something and you've overcome it, you're able to heal other people.

We've all got hurdles we have to overcome, and mine are not necessarily any bigger than anyone else's.

Basically, I just want to talk about love and how it can overcome boundaries. I want to discuss those more universal beliefs, not more politicized ideas.

Love can overcome everything.

The world is run on fear and shame. And I don't feel like we can begin to overcome these things until we speak about them openly and stop being scared of what happens as a result.

I try to find scripts of stories that kinda celebrate the human condition... let's talk about the tough world out there and the human spirit overcoming adversity.

When the heart is full, the eyes overflow.

There's a universal inside of me. So if I tell my story, you're going to see parts of your story in it. I don't know which parts, but we all overlap. We're all very much alike.

I have, like, sensory overload problems.

I will overlook bad behavior if I know that people's intentions are good. I have this belief that people really can do good things and that people want to be good.

You're not going to overlook people just because of the awkwardness.

I've always thought that there are many things still left in society that are detached from the sense of ordinary people. I won't overlook them and I will determine what is right before taking bold action.

As a nurturer, I have always lived my life running for others, trying to make everyone happy, even if I often overlooked my own needs. I do it because it makes me happy and fulfilled.

I feel that, as a person of color, I've always been interested in the stories that are quiet and the stories that often get overlooked.

Friends are sometimes a big help when they share your feelings. In the context of decisions, the friends who will serve you best are those who understand your feelings but are not overly impressed by them.