Quotes About Empathy

In a world where so many speak and don't hear, she is somebody who listens with her mind and hears with her heart.

my favorite kind of people are the ones who let me be as crazy as i am.

When we lose our sense of wonder, what we really lose is our soul. Our lack of wonder is really a lack of love.

The healthiest, holiest, and happiest people on the planet are those who laugh at themselves the most.

Few things leave as lasting an impression as hearing someone genuinely intercede for you.

I'm willing to die on, but there are some I'm not willing to die on. I won't engage in the combat of criticism. It is sideways energy, and it doesn't have a redemptive purpose. I overlook the offense so I can keep playing offense.

It's not enough to exercise spiritual gifts; one must exercise them with a measure of emotional intelligence, or they can actually do more emotional harm than good.

Years ago my friend Alan Groff shared this definition: "love is the accurate estimate and the adequate supply of another person's need.

If you want to impact someone's life, love them when they least expect it and least deserve it ... You might think, "But they don't deserve it." That's the point, isn't it?

Instead of exclusively focusing on what's wrong and trying to fix it, you identify what's right and try to replicate it. Appreciative inquiry is playing to people's strengths. It's catching people doing things right. It's celebrating what you want to see more of. And it's bragging about people behind their backs.

From the secular to the sacred, we can focus on ourselves or others.

If Christians believe that God is in every person, why don't we act like that?

Never underestimate the power of one well-timed compliment. It has the power to change a person's entire perspective on life.

Before entertaining guests, Roosevelt would read up on whatever subject matter they might be interested in. This enabled him to become quite the conversationalist. And I would suggest that it was one way in which Roosevelt loved his neighbor as himself—he showed genuine interest in their interests.

Don't wait until you make your first million to make a difference in somebody's life. If you have something to give, give it now.

We take the piss out of someone else because it makes us feel better about the stuff that's screwing us up.

No one gets left behind, you know that.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

There is something about dolphins. It is difficult to put into words...

Tell me about love when you've been with someone for years, cared for them when they're ill, put up with them when they're miserable or grumpy, taken the sharp side of their tongue and still come back. Tell me about love when you've acted quite appallingly, and the other person has still accepted you.

All you need is one friend who makes you laugh, who laughs at the same things you do.

It is so much easier to be nice, to be respectful, to put yourself in your customers' shoes and try to understand how you might help them before they ask for help, than it is to try to mend a broken customer relationship.

We can think twice, no, three times, before being openly critical, or rude, or angry. In going about the work God gives us, we must treat every person well, regardless of station or potential benefit to us. Let us stay keenly aware of the endless ripple of just being ourselves. For good and bad, we're all in PR.

Never leave the impression that you're the hero or the smartest