Quotes About Empathy

We're all human; we all have weaknesses.

I know when I listen to people speak and they share their weaknesses, I'm listening, because I can resonate.

I'm not trying to act like I'm Superman or better than anybody else in the game. I'm just telling my story, showing my strengths and weaknesses - as a human, as a person, as a man.

We all have weaknesses.

People have weaknesses, we should accept it.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

Wealth and want equally harden the human heart.

We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion.

Cherish your mistakes, and you won't keep making them over and over again. It's the same with heartbreaks and girls and everything else. Cherish them, and they'll put some wealth in you.

I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people.

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.

It is not good to demonstrate your luxury and your wealth: to rub it in the faces of others is insulting. So you should be modest; try not to insult people by showing that you can do what they cannot.

Creating wealth is not an end in itself. It needs to be shared by all.

With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.

Inherently, I have a social conscience which my late father inculcated in me. He was not exactly a very wealthy man, but he was very concerned about the underprivileged, about the people who didn't have equal opportunities.

Too often, wealthy people born on third base blithely criticize the poor for failing to hit home runs. The advantaged sometimes perceive empathy as a sign of muddle-headed weakness rather than as a marker of civilization.

I have always given money away. I haven't always been wealthy - the opposite, in fact. But I have always felt that I wanted people to share it with me.

The Republican party is not the party for the wealthy. We care about everyone.

I have had lots of friends who've been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

I think revenge is an extremely potent and powerful weapon, and hatred is more powerful sometimes than love.

My intention is never to use my head as a weapon.

I've learned to use things like softness and vulnerability as weapons against the things you feel ashamed of in yourself.

I hope we see more stories where the heroes are real heroes, real people that don't need weapons or super powers to change people's lives.