Quotes about Empathy

I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!

You don't even have to believe in anything to be good to people. You should just know you should be a good human being.

There's some that constantly put monkeys on your back. It's their monkey, but somehow you end up carrying it. Often there are people who really care, but they constantly have problems and they want to share it with you and you're constantly trying to fix things for them. In truth, you're worried more about their problems than you do your own. Be weary of the monkeys.

Yet many times I felt terribly alone and was convinced that no one else understood. And I still think that's true. When our pain becomes intense and endures for weeks without relief, no one else really knows. I'm not sure it's worthwhile for them to know what it's like. They care. That's what I think is important.

Obviously someone will! The issue is rather, will the most sympathetic person get there first?

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

Look at the face of the other... discover that he has a soul, a history and a life, that he is a person and that God loves this person.

The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.

Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out.

Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.

When you serve others, when you make somebody else's life better, when you lift up people, when you help heal those that are hurting, not only are they being blessed, but you're being blessed.

I want to make someone's life better because I'm here. If you have that attitude it will change your day and change your life.