Quotes About Empathy

Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours. ~

I faced the gaudy sunflower on her canvas bag -- it looked hand-painted and at last my eyes fell into hers. I said, 'Thanks for the card.' Her smile put the sunflower to shame. She walked off.

I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons.

A mother's love is like a tower, Rising far above the crowd, And her smile is like the sunshine, Breaking through a threatening cloud.

Although I cannot see your face As you flip these poems awhile, Somewhere from some far-off place I hear you laughing--and I smile.

I want to feel the surging Of my sad people's soul Hidden by a minstrel-smile.

If your words do not have a smile, if you do not talk heart to heart, and you decide everything with your head, it is better to keep a dog as a friend rather than you.

...that is the best-to laugh with someone because you both think the same things are funny.

You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.

I just wanted to see my people smile. Brazillian people suffer so much. I just wanted them to smile

Always smile back at little children. To ignore them is to destroy their belief that the world is good.

True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.

I've learned... that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

The world is like a mirror; if you smile at it, it smiles at you. I love to smile, and so in general, I definitely receive smiles in return.

I'd stop anyone from taking that smile from you. I would, if I were allowed.

People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to smile at them, somebody to recognize them, somebody to wish them well. The terrible thing is to be unwanted.

To be rich is to give a smile with no expectation of return.

Each day will be triumphant only when your smiles bring forth smiles from others.

Now little kids come to my front door and give me cookies. You see that smile on their face, they're looking at me the same way I used to look at Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart, and that's pretty cool.

Everyone can afford to give away a smile.

One smile relieves a heart that grieves.

Tomorrow, smile at a perfect stranger and mean it.

A best friend is someone who makes you laugh even when you think you'll never smile again.

...smile first, then speak.