Empathy Quotes

135 inspire records in this category

“The only way to change someone’s mind is to connect with them from the heart. ”

Rasheed Ogunlaru  

“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize? ”

Marcus Aurelius  

“When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That’s when you can get more creative in solving problems. ”

Stephen Covey  

“The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy. ”

Mehmet Oz  

“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had. ”

F. Scott Fitzgerald  

“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer. ”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer  

“Empathy is connection; it’s a ladder out of the shame hole ”

Brené Brown  

“Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.”

Alfred Adler  

“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up. ”

Jesse Jackson  

“Empathy requires knowing that you know nothing. ”

Leslie Jamison  

“Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act. ”

Eric Zorn  

“Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear; all he or she needs is to talk it out. Just offering a listening ear and an understanding heart for his or her suffering can be a big comfort. ”

Roy T. Bennett  

“Empathy is like giving someone a psychological hug. ”

Lawrence J  

“Empathy is one of humankind’s prized possessions. Acts of consideration and kindness are inevitable when a person can mentally step into someone else’s shoes. Even if it’s just for a moment ”

Izey Victoria Odiase  

“When a good man is hurt all who would be called good must suffer with him. ”

Euripides  

“The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person. ”

Carl Rogers  

“Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing.”

Marshall B. Rosenberg  

“There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world. ”

Mary Anne Radmacher  

“Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It’s the impetus for creating change. ”

Max Carver  

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. ”

Harper Lee  

“If it is not tempered by compassion and empathy, reason can lead men and women into a moral void. ”

Karen Armstrong  

“Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself. ”

Mohsin Hamid  

“We have to teach empathy as we do literacy. ”

Bill Drayton  

“Empathy is a special way of coming to know another and yourself. ”

Carl R. Rogers