Quotes About Empathy

Good advice is one of those injuries which a good man ought, if possible, to forgive, but at all events to forget at once.

To give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

My grandmother told me to be nice to everyone and always think about how you would feel if you were in their shoes. It's really good advice.

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

It is better to give than receive- especially advice.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

The best advice we can give ourselves is the loving advice we'd give somebody else. I can get some great clarity during my own workshops.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

When a man wants your advice he generally wants your praise.

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder.

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

When God blesses you, the only time you should reach down is to pull someone up.

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly, angrily.

You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.

One word or a pleasing smile is often enough to raise up a saddened and wounded soul.

Be the Light of Guidance in every heart.

Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.

We are not here to condemn anybody but we are liable to guide someone who you think is lost, and doesn't know which way to go.

Be an inspiration to others who have a negative outlook on life. Hold their hands and guide them toward the light.

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.