Quotes about Empathy
Perhaps most of all, you need to give to yourself first for a while. Then you might try giving others a tiny bit more than you think you can, consciously noting and letting go of any ideas of getting anything in return.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
People are generally irrational, unreasonable and selfish. They deserve to be loved, anyway.
- Mother Teresa
The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another's pain.
- Pope John Paul II
It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.
- Shane Claiborne
The openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family.
- Mother Teresa
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
- Charles Dickens
You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.
- Mario Puzo
The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.
- Mother Teresa
If you don't have the gift of a loving supportive family, be that gift for someone else. It doesn't have to be a relative, just someone you know who is alone or hurting over the holiday.
- Joel Osteen
Everyone in my family has seen me cry before.
- Maura Tierney
Let us impart all the blessings we possess, or ask for ourselves, to the whole family of mankind.
- George Washington
I also wanted my basketball players to know that I really cared about them. Forget basketball; as a person, I cared, I cared about their family.
- John Wooden