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Quotes About Empathy

Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives.
~ Albert Schweitzer
Are you smiling when you talk? Try it today, and I guarantee you will notice a difference in your life.
~ Andy Andrews
You never know when a helping hand will change another person's entire life.
~ Zig Ziglar
Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.
~ Charles R. Swindoll
Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
~ Chogyam Trungpa
It is much more beneficial to your health if you feel your way through life than think your way through life.
~ Deepak Chopra
The Christian life is not about finding safety and comfort; it's about finding yourself in a dangerous place of vulnerable compassion.
~ Ed Stetzer
Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.
~ Jodie Foster
The balm of life, a kind and faithful friend.
~ Mercy Otis Warren
Alas, not all things in life are easy; Even man struggles to be human.
~ Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
The purpose of our life is to help others through it.
~ Peter Matthiessen
Life salutes u when u make others happy
~ Charlie Chaplin
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.
~ Confucius
If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.
~ Confucius
There are ... two kinds of people in this world, those who long to be understood and those who long to be misunderstood. It is the irony of life that neither is gratified.
~ Carl Van Vechten
All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does.
~ Julius Rosenwald
Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
~ Leo Tolstoy
We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.
~ Tennessee Williams
When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.
~ Ann Landers
Being codependent means that when you die, someone else's life passes before your eyes.
~ Barbara Johnson
Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them.
~ Ellen Langer
One of the deepest principles of life and leadership: it's not about you.
~ Ken Blanchard
Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
~ Jack Kornfield
What is the ultimate purpose of life? It's to give.
~ Narayanan Krishnan