Quotes about Empathy

Your pain isn't a trophy to show off. It's not a story to tell. It's potentially poison to your soul. To refuse to forgive is to choose to self-destruct.

Patience is the decision to move at someone else's pace rather than pressure him or her to match yours.

You want me to follow you on a journey, you have to come get me. The journey must begin where I am, not where you are or where you think I should be.

Patience is simply a way of putting the other person first. Patience is an expression of submission.

As followers of Jesus, we should be known as people who like people who are nothing like us.

Love fills the gaps. Love reduces the friction created by our limited insight, knowledge, and judgment-inhibiting experiences. There is much I don't know. There are things I'll never understand. But my ignorance does not impede my capacity to put others first.

Leaders worth following are always careful. They are careful because they genuinely care for those who have chosen to follow. A leader who is careless will eventually be considered thoughtless by those who have entrusted their future to him.

The moment we step into a ring that requires someone to lose in order for us to win, we are no longer followers of Jesus.

According to Stephen Covey, delegating to others is perhaps the single most powerful high-leveraging activity there is. There are people who love what you hate. Strengthen your team by setting them free to do what only they can do. In that way you will ensure that your organization reflects your strengths as well as the strengths of those around you.

Political and ideological alignment is not a prerequisite for carrying one another's burdens. I can love you the way Jesus loved me regardless of who you voted for.

As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else's cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours.

Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.