Quotes about Empathy
Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open.
— Washington Allston
In the same degree that we overrate ourselves, we shall underrate others.
— Washington Allston
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
— Washington Irving
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
— Washington Irving
I think we must be careful about too easily accepting, or being too easily grateful for, sacrifices made by others, especially if we have made none ourselves.
— Wendell Berry
It is wrong to condemn people for doing a thing and then offer no alternative but failure. A person could get mad about that.
— Wendell Berry
Being truly human and living in community are inseparable. This wisdom is beautifully captured in an African proverb: "I am human only because you are human."
— Daniel Migliore
I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery.
— Danny Boyle
Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything. 1 Peter 4:8
— Darlene Zschech
Don't be selfish; don't try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. Philippians 2:3—4, NLT
— Darlene Zschech
Are you unhappy? Do you feel lost and lacking in purpose? Focus on the needs of others and serve as Jesus did.
— Darlene Zschech
Are you in conflict with someone? Maybe you feel you've done everything you can to make things right. But is there anything else you can do? It would please God so much.
— Darlene Zschech