Quotes About Being Empathetic

#1. I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.

Terry McMillan

#2. Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.

Biz Stone

#3. As a teenager, my struggle was how do I balance being empathetic and compassionate towards my peers, while also living my life for myself and not basing my decisions on those around me, and really living a life where I receive my happiness from my own experiences rather than from people pleasing.

Shailene Woodley

#4. Momofuku is not me. It's everyone. I'm just the facade. We have to exceed expectations and be our harshest critics.

David Chang

#5. You're the fuckin' meaning of breathing for me. You're the reason I get out of bed each day and fuck, if that's love, I am gonna hang onto it and never let it go.

Bella Jewel

#6. The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in common in that affliction. Being downtrodden often makes one more empathetic and sympathetic.

Jerry Leiber

#7. The agony of the empath is feeling their pain but being unable to save them from it.

Donna Lynn Hope

#8. Being both more systematically brutal than chimps and more empathetic than
bonobos, we are by far the most bipolar ape. Our societies are never completely peaceful, never completely competitive, never ruled by sheer selfishness, and never perfectly moral.

Frans De Waal

#9. When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.

Jim Broadbent

#10. Recalling vividly the love scene I had just witnessed. How much I had been cheated! How much of what should be every woman's was not mine and

V.C. Andrews

#11. It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy is great because you're not friendly and you don't have to do much with your face.

Henry Rollins

#12. I was brought up on the proletarian left, and I remain there. The fair go for workers is fundamental, and I don't believe the free market has a mind.

Clive James

#13. Few kids seek to learn a skill specifically designed to impress people unless they feel less than impressive themselves.

Derren Brown

#14. [On Venice:] Every hour of the day is a miracle of light. In summer with daybreak the rising sun produces such a tender magic on the water that it nearly breaks one's heart.

Peggy Guggenheim

#15. I have always been interested in art but had no formal training or experience. It's always been just what I liked, my eye for art.

Britt Robertson

#16. I think Caesar is one of the most empathetic characters that I've played. I think that's the key to a successful leadership. Being able to keep your ears open at all times.

Andy Serkis