Quotes about Empathy

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

Doesn't matter whether it's a teen girl who's pregnant, hasn't told her parents, or an elderly couple dealing with one of them being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Those are real people to me. Those are the people I dealt with every single day.

I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.

In elementary school, we all say, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all.' In high school, we should say, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, shut your mouth.' So that's what I'm telling high schools all around the world.

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Being a person's true friend means endorsing the untruths he holds dearest.

Perhaps the things that break our hearts are the very things that serve to open them.

I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there can be any kindness I can show, or any good thing that I can do to any fellow-being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

Eighth letter : The purpose of life is to love How well you live comes to how much you love. The heart is wiser than the head. Honor it. Trust it follow it.

Our minds are shaped by the books we read. Our characters, by the people we meet. Our spirits by the love we give.