Quotes about Empathy
If you're in the habit of listening only to the facts and not the person who expresses them, change your focus - and really listen.
— John Maxwell
THE HEART OF LEADERSHIP IS BASED ON SERVING OTHERS, NOT OURSELVES.
— John Maxwell
How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing. TRUETT CATHEY
— John Maxwell
Care without candor creates dysfunctional relationships. Candor without care creates distant relationships.
— John Maxwell
Nobody wants to be sold, but everyone wants to be helped.
— John Maxwell
The ability to connect with others begins with understanding the value of people.
— John Maxwell
Mother Teresa said, "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
— John Maxwell
Give to others? Why? I have needs too
— John Maxwell
Only a leader who has followed well knows how to lead others well. Good leadership requires an understanding of the world that followers live in. Connecting with your people becomes possible because you have walked in their shoes. You know what it means to be under authority and thus have a better sense of how authority should be exercised. In contrast, leaders who have never followed well or submitted to authority tend to be prideful, unrealistic, rigid, and autocratic. "Civilization
— John Maxwell
Material handouts are a poor substitute for love and understanding. People don't need more things—they need more tenderness
— John Maxwell
they all share the ability to connect visually, intellectually, emotionally, and verbally.
— John Maxwell
Real leaders have something to give, and they give it freely. Anthony DeMello saw a starving child shivering in the cold. Angrily he lifted his eyes to heaven and said, "God, how could you allow such suffering? Why don't you do something?" There was a long silence and then DeMello was startled when he heard the voice of God answer him, "I certainly have done something—I made you.
— John Maxwell