Quotes about Empathy

Jesus never says to the poor: 'come find the church', but he says to those of us in the church: 'go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned.

Our wives are like mirrors, reflecting back to us what kinds of husbands we are.

A friend is someone who gets in your way when you are on your way down.

True biblical love is compassionately and righteously pursuing the well-being of another.

If the people would bother to learn about the cultures instead of condemning them, they might not be afraid.

Seeing his eyes glisten with unshed tears, Hannah reached out to take hold of his hand. She felt her breath catch as he tightened his fingers over hers.

She didn't want to. She loved you. She loves you now. Yes, she hurt you and she made a terrible mistake in leaving you. But your father made mistakes, too, and you will, as well. We all make bad choices - decisions that would better be left to rot in the bottom of the barrel. But we can't undo them. We can only move forward.

Often times we reach out to people who would rather not be reached. We love people who reject our love and would just as soon spit in our face, but Jesus asks us to go on loving--go on reaching. It's easy to love someone when they love us, but so much harder to love when we are treated poorly by that person.

We all have scars. Some are visible and others aren't, but they are there all the same. Your scar makes you no less worthy.

So often people think of sharing God's love by preaching or reading the Bible to someone. More often, we can show people Jesus by demonstrating kindness and love in practical ways.

Humility isn't thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.

It's all about standing there naked in front of the client. It's about building trust. And in the end, that means the client trusts them and takes care of them.