Quotes about Empathy

Wouldn't you say that most of us are a reflection of or a reaction to the people who have been closest to us? I'm a reflection of my grandmother.

The struggle between Israelis and Palestinians is a perfect reflection of the struggle between fear and forgiveness that rages within us all.

Our kids are reflections of us. How we interact with others, even in a hostile situation... how we respond and our children see that is how they are going to respond.

We should love people, care about people regardless of where they come from.

A man will speedily sit down and sympathize with a friend's griefs, but if he sees him honored and esteemed, he is apt to regard him as a rival and does not so readily rejoice with him. This ought not to be; without effort, we ought to be happy in our brother's happiness.

When you try to be a role model, not everybody can relate to some of your highs - awards, championships. But everybody can relate to the lows. Everybody's gotten fired from a job or gotten cut. People learn more about you in those lows than they do in the highs.

People always want to think that because you're not from a certain circumstance, you can't relate. That's ridiculous.

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.

Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.

I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.

The real romantics are the boring ones - they let another heart bore a hole deep into theirs.

I consider the homeless just as important as the richest of the rich.