Quotes about Empathy
Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.
— Pope Francis
The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
— Samuel Johnson
I have suffered most of the things I write about - or my friends have.
— Dolly Parton
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
— Charles Dickens
I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.
— Bishop TD Jakes
We talk about touching our guys in a personal way, knowing that we all want to play basketball and coach basketball, but our guys are dealing with stuff and we want to make sure we are sensitive to that.
— Monty Williams
Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.
— Dennis Prager
I probably have more female friends than any man I've ever met. What I like about them is that almost always they're generally mentally tougher, and they're better listeners, and they're more capable of surviving things.
— John Malkovich
When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.
— Stephen Covey
I don't think we need to agree with anyone in order to love the person. The command for Christians to love the other person, to be benevolent and beneficent toward them, is independent of what the other believes.
— Miroslav Volf
This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.
— Pope Francis
Suffering, if it is accepted together, borne together, is joy.
— Mother Teresa