Quotes about Empathy

I have occasionally - if ever I do interviews that are difficult or nerve-wracking - I take my wife's dog tags and have them in my pocket because it's a very quick way to realize that what I'm doing is not that important. It's not really worth getting stressed about because it's not, you know, war.

Our net worth is ultimately defined not by dollars but rather by how well we serve others.

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.

If you're going to create a character, the tools you use to make that character 'real' are the lives you see around you. The people you listen to on the street. The emotions you see on faces and bodies while you're sitting... in a Starbucks, watching the world go by.

If you want to reach the top, don't run over others. Likely, the only way you'll reach the top is to be carried there by others.

Bullying is a topic that's been close to my heart for a while.

Abraham Lincoln was often criticized for trying to make friends with his enemies instead of trying to get rid of them. He replied, "Isn't that what I'm doing when I make an enemy a friend?

It's all about how you feel, not how you look

Seek first to understand, then to be understood ... Remember, unexpressed feelings never die. They are buried alive and come forth later in uglier ways. You've got to share your feelings or they'll eat your heart out.

No one is better or worse than anyone else, just different. You're okay, they're okay.

Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?

I like how Mother Teresa put it: "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile." If you approach life this way, always looking for ways to build instead of to tear down, you'll be amazed at how much happiness you can give to others and find for yourself