Quotes about Empathy

People will forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

A lack of courage allows us to remain blinded to our own history and deaf to the cries of our past.

If I am comfortable inside my skin, I have the ability to make other people comfortable inside their skins.

If I am comfortable inside my skin, I have the ability to make other people comfortable inside their skins.

Here, root yourselves beside me. I am that Tree planted by the River, Which will not be moved. I, the Rock, I, the River, I, the Tree, I am yours—your passages have been paid. Lift up your faces, you have a piercing need For this bright morning dawning for you. History, despite its wrenching pain, Cannot be unlived, but if faced With courage, need not be lived again.

We do not lead others into the Light by stepping into the darkness with them.

Today, God, help me practice the concept of acceptance in my life. Help me accept myself, others, and my circumstances. Take me one step further, and help me feel grateful.

Codependency is normal behavior, plus. There are times we do too much, care too much, feel too little, or overly engage. We forget where the other person's responsibilities begin and our responsibilities stop. Or we get busy and have so much to do that we neglect ourselves.

It is almost impossible to have fun when we are bottled up with repressed emotions, worried sick about someone, saturated with guilt and despair, rigidly controlling ourselves or someone else, or worried about what other people are thinking about us. However, most people aren't thinking about us; they're worried about themselves and what we think of them.

We are like singers in a large chorus. If the guy next to us gets off key, must we? Wouldn't it help him, and us, more to strive to stay on key? We can learn to hold our part.

Free others to be who they are. In so doing, you will set yourself free.

Surrender to love, without allowing people to control us or keep us from caring for ourselves. Start by surrendering to love for yourself.