Quotes about Empathy
It's amazing how we can hurt others, especially those close to us... subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which wives belittle husbands and vice versa.
— Billy Graham
He went to the wedding at Cana as well as to the home of Mary and Martha when Lazarus died. He wept with those who wept and rejoiced with those who rejoiced.
— Billy Graham
Those you know the least may need your prayers the most. Don't let the fact that you don't know someone keep you from praying for them.
— Billy Graham
God doesn't comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.
— Billy Graham
Instead of manipulating [people] for our own purposes, we'd help them achieve what is best for them. We'd also try to see life through their eyes. Treat others the way you would want them to treat you.
— Billy Graham
If the other person would just do things my way, we could get along," one says, when the other person is probably thinking the same about us—that leads to conflict. Our deepest problems are within ourselves.
— Billy Graham
There are countless opportunities to comfort others, not only in the loss of a loved one, but also in the daily distress that so often creeps into our lives.
— Billy Graham
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
— Billy Graham
Because tragedy happened to you, it gives you a greater sense of oneness with others who experience tragedy. Because we have been comforted through the Word of God, we in turn may be able to comfort others.
— Billy Graham
God] says to pray for our enemies. How many of us have ever spent time praying for our enemies?
— Billy Graham
When we are a comfort and encouragement to others, we are sometimes surprised at how it comes back to us many times over.
— Billy Graham
Forgiveness does not come easily to us, especially when someone we have trusted betrays our trust. And yet if we do not learn to forgive, we will discover that we can never really rebuild trust.
— Billy Graham