Quotes about Empathy

The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.

My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.

With the Black Lives Matter movement, a lot of the focus is on the protest and dissent. I'm hoping to dismantle the public notion - for folks outside of the community - of what Black Lives Matter means. It's really about saying that black lives matter: that humanity is the same when you go inside people's homes.

Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.

I feel that public service is so important and giving back, being a role model and helping people in need is something that I would love to do.

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.

The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down.

I learned that leadership is about falling in love with the people and the people falling in love with you. It is about serving the people with selflessness, with sacrifice, and with the need to put the common good ahead of personal interests.

News flash to black Americans: Barack Obama has never loved you, and by now, it should be clear to you!

I will be O.K. without football. I want to fight for the people who won't be O.K.

We experience God to the extent to which we love, forgive, and focus on the good in others and ourselves.