Quotes about Empathy
It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.
— CS Lewis
We must want for others, not ourselves alone.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
— Henry Ward Beecher
I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do a deed for which you cannot be repaid.
— Max Lucado
Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.
— Anne Frank
It doesn't bother me at all. Do I hold any hard feelings? Not at all, ... Life is too short to sit around and hold grudges. I don't hold any whatsoever.
— Kobe Bryant
Yet has not Man wept at the sounds? And are not his tears eloquent understanding?
— Khalil Gibran
Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Violence is not the way.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain.
— Max De Pree
One who strictly prosecutes the misdemeanors of others will find not condescension towards his own.
— St. John Chrysostom