Quotes About Empathy

It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.

You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.

The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don't know.

I would never jump under a subway car because that would delay all the people behind me. How inconsiderate!

I never drove a car. I'm hopeless that way. I press the wrong buttons on the tape recorder. But if the person I'm interviewing helps me out, that person feels needed. People need to feel needed.

Caring is a reflex. Someone slips, your arm goes out. A car is in the ditch, you join others and push... You live, you help.

Today I saw a car crush my little dog under it's wheel.

We don't judge people for dying in car crashes. But we do judge people when they die of suicide.

I look away at car crashes, and I know people who look away at car crashes, because it makes us uncomfortable to watch other people in pain.

Never try to do anything artistic when you're feeling something overwhelming. It's like driving a car: If you're experiencing road rage, pull over.

Perspective. You start looking at things differently, like everything's not so important. You don't take things so personally. Everyone changes, becomes better people. We all should get that chance.

I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.

Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.

Perhaps the greatest gift we can offer each other is a second chance.

When you play a character, you bring yourself into the character. You get a chance to shine and show your translation for the character and her state of mind.

Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.

Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.

I want the world to know that everybody deserves a second chance.

Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.

For me, the stars are the invisible people on the street that people don't really get a chance to know.

Given the chance, people will buy from people who care.

Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.

If somebody says what they want or what they need it gives the person the chance to say yes or no, instead of suffering in silence or depravation or whatever it is.

But when the tables are turned and we feel wretched, that softens us up. It ripens our hearts. It becomes the ground for understanding others.