Quotes about Empathy
If we only love those who agree with us, we are in fact not loving others at all; we are only loving the (assumed) "rightness" of our own ideas!
— Gregory Boyd
Every individual we meet is different than we are. Members of the same family differ one from the other. Friend differs from friend, husband from wife, sister from brother, nation from nation. All these differences make 'feeling' love difficult and isolated to specific individuals according to our tastes and their personalities.
— Mother Angelica
I pray for those we have lost but more personally for those who have lost - the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and so many before you. I know how it feels to get that call that someone you love isn't coming home.
— Monty Williams
It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.
— Maya Angelou
When someone is in crisis, don't start by teaching, leveraging, or explaining. Just be with.
— John Ortberg
As your mind is renewed by the Spirit of Truth, you will not see relationships as opportunities to take from others, but to give.
— Rick Joyner
There is possibly nothing that can so radically change the Church and the lives of individual believers as having our criticisms changed into intercession
— Rick Joyner
Criticism is one of the ultimate manifestations of pride because when we criticize someone else, we assume we are superior to them.
— Rick Joyner
Love passionately bears with others for as long as patience is needed; love doesn't demand others to be like itself, but is so focused on the needs of others that it bends over backwards to become what others need it to be; love is not ambitious, self-centered, or so consumed with itself that it never thinks of the needs or desires that others possess.…
— Rick Renner
Do not jockey for position or try to prove your importance to others with a lot of hollow, empty boasting and self-promotion. Instead, have a modest opinion of yourself, and learn to recognize the outstanding contributions that others have to impart.
— Rick Renner
In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.
— Rick Warren
It's not about you.
— Rick Warren