Quotes about Empathy

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

Sometimes doing the right thing wounds others — and also wounds the wounder.

The cycle of pain stopped when she chose to pray rather than retaliate.

Wounded people may not get over their wounds easily or quickly. Wounds can be hard just to brush aside because the wounder says, "I'm sorry.

Turning around is a courageous choice —it's hard to do! It can hurt to take the plank out of your own eye, confront the past, change your focus, die to your pride, admit your wrong, deny your vengeance, face the person, risk another wound. And it takes courage to say you're sorry

Love is a choice — a decision we make to put the well-being of the other person before our own. And forgiveness is also a decision.

Jesus' example teaches a powerful lesson. He demonstrates that one way to overcome emotional pain is to focus on the needs of others — to reach out and help someone else who may also be suffering.

Wounding smashes relationships. We can never return to the way we were before the wounding took place, which in itself adds a dimension to our grief that is very deep. Yet it is possible for severed relationships to be reconciled.

Let go of the overwhelming desire to justify what you did and explain what they did.