Quotes About Empathy

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

Ask many of us who are disabled what we would like in life and you would be surprised how few would say, 'Not to be disabled.' We accept our limitations.

The purpose of a doctor or any human in general should not be to simply delay the death of the patient, but to increase the person's quality of life.

Life is a mirror, it reflects your face. Be friendly, and all of life will reflect friendliness.

There are few things in life that bring as much joy as the joy that comes from assisting another improve his or her life.

We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.

Through my art I have tried to explain my life and its meaning. I have also intended to help others to clarify their lives.

As human beings, we ought to be vulnerable. We shouldn't try to say that we can be self-sufficient or do everything that's necessary for a good life on our own, because we need other people.

Anybody who's ever gone through a hard time - any outsider's perception, no matter how much information they're given, they have no idea what the person's life is like.

Self-deprecating or arrogant, it's all selfish. Hard as it is, life's better when you spend more time on the rest of the world

I believe that if we are going to write about life and death, we should not do it from the cheap seats.

Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.

Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don't know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.

If all I do in my life is soothe someone's spirit with a song , then let me do that and I'm happy.

Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.

Our emotions need to be as educated as our intellect. It is important to know how to feel, how to respond, and how to let life in so that it can touch you.

I tell a little bit of my life to them, and they tell a little of theirs to me. The picture itself is just the tip of the iceberg.

When you listen, you learn, You absorb like a sponge - and your life becomes so much better than when you are just trying to be listened to all the time.

Your life will become better by making other lives better.

No one is perfect in this world. Forgive people for not knowing better and learn to move on.

Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don't be afraid to say "No."

On the road of life... Meet people where they are, Accept who they are. And there are some folks that you need to leave where they are... Keep walking.

If you recall the happiest moments in your life, they are all from when you were doing something for somebody else.

The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and faith.