Quotes About Empathy

To add value to others, one must first value others.

You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.

Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business.

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about themselves, and small people talk about others

People dont care what you know until they know what you care

When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.

People with humility don't think less of themselves; they just think of themselves less.

People don't care how much you know unless you know how much you care

To lead yourself, use your head; to lead others, use your heart.

You don't really understand people until you hear their life story. If you know their stories, you grasp their history, their hurts, their hopes and aspirations. You put yourself in their shoes. And just by virtue of listening and remembering what's important to them, you communicate that you care and desire to add value.

People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.

The goal of confrontation should be to help, not to humiliate.

Good leaders motivate others by their listening skills. We are to: avoid prejudicial first impressions; become less self-centered; withhold initial criticism; stay calm; listen with empathy; be active listeners; clarify what we hear; and recognize the healing power of listening. Then we are to act on what we hear

As people gain more authority, they often develop a lack of patience in listening to those under them. A deaf ear is the first indication of a closed mind.

Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are in making them feel good about you.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

John Wesley: "Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.

We need to decide how we want to be treated. Then we need to begin treating others in that manner.

Good leaders know when to display emotions and when to delay them.

The Situation Principle: Never let the situation mean more than the relationship.

You cannot kindle afire in any other heart until it is burning within your -ELEANOR DOAN

There isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story." —Fred Rogers

German poet Herman Hesse wrote, "If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us." I agree with his viewpoint.

Paul the Apostle exhorted, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others." 74 Make a mental and emotional commitment to look out for the interests of others.