Quotes About Empathy

People just don't believe we'll deliver what we say we will. They don't believe we want to listen or to understand their lives. And they don't believe we are able to do much to make their lives better.

Talk to families in poverty and ask them what they need, instead of prescribing it for them. Ask what the barriers are. Ask what would help. And then deliver it.

I do feel like it's my responsibility to deliver information in a way that's going to be sensitive to my client's feelings, but I'm not so much responsible for what I see.

You should be able to deliver what the artist you're working with wants.

I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me.

I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people.

A compassionate mind is very difficult to cultivate because compassion demands a sense of equality between all living beings.

Sundown is often the worst time of day for people with dementia. They can become restless and difficult.

I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.

I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human.

I'm going to continue doing what I do, which is trying to make a personal connection with as many people as I humanly can to let them know that you may be a Republican and I'm a Democrat, but I've got your back.

I don't care who the president is - it ain't just all about who's black or who's white or who's Republican or Democrat, it's about who is for the betterment of people, period.

If someone were lying on the road dying would it matter to you who came to save you? If it was a Democrat or a Republican, would it matter?

I think that one of the things that Democrats, in particular, need to recognize is that the way we have sometimes thought about issues as just affecting a particular group of people is not necessarily right.

The Democrats need to be confident about making their argument... and making sure that everybody knows we care about them.

Seeing your baby in pain and seeing them crying and that sort of thing, and you're tired, and you can do nothing about it - that's, like, one of the most demoralizing things I can think of.

I can't see why people call me a bad influence. I meet a lot of kids who are into music. I spend as much time as I can with them. I listen to their demos, and I'm encouraging.

Living in this world, we all just want to be happy. And I don't think it is right to be denied that opportunity over a single mistake.

If we can believe in our own value, then we won't try to denigrate and diss and just roast women all the time.

Am I attracted to people who want to give other people a voice? Yes I am, and that may be a 'common denominator with the characters that I play.

I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.

Those who deny their own feelings tend to deny other people's.

Denying any person their humanity is a game we should all stop playing.

There's no denying for me that 'Emmerdale' is an amazing place to work. I've got so much to be grateful for. Over the years it's given me a great sense of purpose and a real sense of belonging.