Empathy For Others Quotes

“When you feel that others are lacking and failing ....
first assess the skill, style, quality, results, mindset,
support, professionalism and spirit with which
you yourself play the game.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Your dignity will never know cages and days without showering. Will never know the shame of running from a place because you weren't born disposable. If you feel threatened about living in a country full of sleek, dark, and beautiful creatures arriving on boats smiling and glowing though nobody has welcomed them, stop watching the news. Stay safe, with truths that bloom from kindness.”
― K. Eltinaé, The Moral Judgement of Butterflies

“The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not only being felt by the victim.”
― Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days

“Il est bien difficile de comprendre les autres, de savoir ce qui se cache au fond de leurs cœurs, et sans l’assistance de l’alcool on n’y parviendrait peut-être même pas du tout”
― Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

“Orang yang merasa dirinya paling benar dan paling penting, tidak akan pernah bisa berempati terhadap orang lain.

Yang akan dilakukannya adalah justru mengambil hak orang lain.”
― Sylvia L'Namira

“Sometimes if you look hard enough at something it will bloom in your eyes &make countries for refugees no
one took in.”
― K. Eltinaé, The Moral Judgement of Butterflies

“If we're others-centered, we'll be blessed, but if we're clothed in selfishness, we'll be of limited value to others.”
― John Ruskin

“Only allowing affirmation indicates that a child’s feelings are facts, and we believe that feelings, which are often transient, are not facts. One may hold respect and empathy for those suffering from gender confusion and still say no to a destructive ideology that advocates the medicalization of kids.”
― Lisa Shultz, The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

“In a world obsessed with status, let our compassion and empathy define us.”
― Henry Johnson Jr

“I palpated her broken heart. It beat within me. Slow and hobbled. Her begging heart wanted healing. Her begging eyes would not let me go.”
― Monica Nelson, Mere Sense: A Memoir of Men, Migraine, and the Mysteries of Being Highly Sensitive

“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you can’t see. Be kind, be patient, and never underestimate the power of your support. Sometimes your kindness is the light someone’s been searching for.”
― Anoir Ou-chad

“Empathy is the highest truth, everything else is mere accessory.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“To be empathetic is a value,
but to make someone feel
empathetic is a skill.”
― Jayant Chopra

“Even when you have experienced something similar and can use this to get into another person's head, resist the urge to tell someone, “I know just how you feel." We shouldn’t presume that our experiences are an exact duplicate of those of another person.”
― Adam Gerace

“Empathy and compassion require a good understanding of self and other boundaries, acute awareness of the inherent worth, value and uniqueness of the other person, and understanding of the shared humanity between oneself and the recipient of one’s concern and care.”
― Adam Gerace

“Treating people well enhances your life fulfillment. It does not only reflect your character but a source of personal fulfillment.”
― Adeleke Aishat - Tashia

“Consideration means we offer empathy and attention before seizing them.”
― Scott Shumway, The Invisible Four-letter Word: The Secret to Getting What You Really Want in Life.

“In the intricate ballroom of human interaction, empathy, and narcissism often find themselves locked in a complex, albeit toxic, waltz. Empaths, with their generous hearts and boundless capacity for understanding, are irresistibly drawn to the magnetic charm of narcissists. It’s an attraction as old as time itself, akin to moths flitting towards a flame – a flame that promises warmth but often delivers nothing but singed wings and regret.”
― Life is Positive

“I-ați explicat instrucțiunile pentru candidați?”, mi-au șuierat pe la urechi cuvintele președintelui comisiei de examen, la care am răspuns cu un „Da” de confruntare. Moment în care președintele iese val-vârtej din sala de examen și mă lasă în fața ochilor cu candidatul: o femeie în jur de 40 de ani căreia îi țâșnesc lacrimile, mâinile îi tremură, respirația îi este bolovănoasă. Cuvintele care îi ies din gâtlej zgârie liniștea spațiului cultivată de ceilalți 14 candidați care așteaptă să îi răspund: „Și eu acum ce fac?”
― Carmen Neagu nee Eni, Tezaur de greșeli. Ghid de supraviețuire pentru profesori

“...until an individual is comfortable about his own feelings of life and death, he cannot cope with the feelings of others.”
― Marco M. Pardi, Death: An anthropological perspective

“For me, both empathy and understanding are critical. A leader who can anticipate the broader impact of their decisions is one who will serve with integrity, vision, and compassion. - Leadership, Accountability, and the Cost of Anger: A Reflection on What Truly Defines Progress (Medium Story)”
― Carlos Wallace

“A Rose for Empathy

My pelvic girdle remained whole and intact, thank God.
What a grace, me still qualifying as a higher vertebrate in this ordered peck.
My paralysis diagnosed only from the legs down.
The drunk driver and I had arrived at the same hospital at the same time.
He in worse shape than me.
I witnessed his violent death in that very moment before being rushed to surgery.
My sentence was mere paralysis.
And my largest sexual organ, the skin, and my most important, the brain, remained whole enough, if not intact.”
― Miles Garrett

“You have to give people a decent chance.”
― Kathleen Glasgow, You'd Be Home Now

“The reason I sleep well at night is that I know I've done the best for my patients each day.”
― Dr. Jesse P. Houghton MD

“We don't always understand why things happen, but I do believe things happen so other things can happen. I think it is all part of a wonderful, beautiful story... even if it doesn't always feel that way. I've found that I am always drawn to those who have experienced true loss or tragedy. It just gives a person a real perspective."
"What's that?"
"Empathy, and an appreciation for joy.”
― Victoria Benton Frank, The Violet Hour

“La tragedia de los otros atenúa la propia.”
― Guillermo Saccomanno, El oficinista

“People have enough problems in their lives; try not to be one of them.”
― Louis-Olivier 'Lost' ST-Pierre

“Treat others as they would like to be treated. Ask them.”
― Christina K Gross

“People have been taught to look for themselves in books — you always hear people saying this: 'I love this book, this character is just like me.' People have been taught to think of a book as a mirror, instead of a door, or a window. A way out.”
― Fran Lebowitz

“Are you all right? I said, wishing I could think of something more or better to say than that.
“I have to be, don’t I?” she said. “For the ones who are still alive.”
To some it might’ve seemed callous, the way she boxed up her pain and set it aside, but I knew her well enough now to understand. She had a heart the size of France, and the lucky few whom she loved with it were loved with every square inch-but its size made it dangerous, too. If she let it feel everything, she’d be wrecked. So she had to tame it, shush it, shut it up. Float the worst pain pains off to an island that was quickly filling with them, where she would go to live one day.”
― Ransom Riggs, Library of Souls