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Empathize Quotes

On truly feeling what someone else feels.

These empathize quotes explore what it takes to genuinely understand another person's pain, from acting roles built on hidden softness to the harder science of shared feeling. See Character quotes for related reads.

In theory, parents are supposed to empathize with one other - find common cause in the fervent desire to preserve and protect the world for the next generation, and connect on some deep, almost mystical level that those poor souls...

Quotes by Adam Mansbach

A question is a pursuit, an invitation to envision and explore a series of possibilities, to struggle and empathize and doubt and believe. The question moves, whereas our sense of what an answer is can often be static, a stopping...

Quotes by Tracy K. Smith

The best thing about being a good girl on TV is that the audience loves you back instantly. You don't have to make extra effort to make them empathize with you.

Quotes by Sriti Jha

Terrorists have no religion, belief, or race. Having been a target of a number of terrorist attacks myself, I personally empathize with the victims of terrorism and appreciate their need for protection.

Quotes by Sheikh Hasina

Able Quotes

It's hard to get people to empathize with the poor. You can get some people to sympathize with the poor, but to empathize is actually very hard, because most people are not poor. I realized that scarcity gives you a...

Quotes by Sendhil Mullainathan

My school of thought with going into a character is that you have to understand where they come from, and you have to empathize with them.

Quotes by Rose McIver

Years ago, it was pretty hard to get people to empathize even a little bit with scaly, cold-blooded critters; now, thanks a lot to good PR from television, it is easier to get the message of reptile conservation and tolerance...

Quotes by Romulus Whitaker

The challenge is, how do you take someone who's supposed to be a villain and make that appealing and lovable? You have to empathize with him and put yourself in his shoes and root for him and want him to...

Quotes by Rich Moore

I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough. The more they reveal themselves, the more we love...

Quotes by Paul Haggis

Believe Quotes

Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family - that's impossible. It lies, instead, in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don't empathize with distant strangers, their...

Quotes by Paul Bloom

Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth.

Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Depression is a surfeit of empathy - a killing empathy - that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is a rough business, and depressives can empathize with others who have to deal with it, but...

Quotes by Michael Redhill

Perfect heroes are cool, but no one can really empathize or identify with them.

Quotes by Masashi Kishimoto

My mother can certainly be rough around the edges at times, but she also taught me to have compassion for people who have been wronged. She taught me to empathize with those who have made mistakes.

Quotes by LZ Granderson

Best Quotes

As a parent, I can empathize with how difficult raising children can be. There are challenges, especially within the framework of divorce, when parental guilt can sometimes blur what should be the best decision.

Quotes by LZ Granderson

If you really want to be able to express what goes on with other people, you have to be able to look at them and empathize with them and not judge who they are and what they do.

Quotes by Lindsay Wagner

Instead of telling a story about how great your brand is, try telling a story that shows you completely understand and empathize with your customer and their life.

Quotes by Lewis Howes

My dad is an economist who does global development research. What he practices is a kind of quantifiable empathy: trying to empathize with systems rather than people.

Quotes by Leslie Jamison

The best way to bring people in and have them empathize with others is through storytelling.

Quotes by Lee Unkrich

Character Quotes

I like the opportunity to play characters who have these dark sides but make the audience empathize with them. You want them to think there is some kind of sweeter, softer side to it.

Quotes by Julian McMahon

Frequently Asked Questions

What do "empathize" quotes mainly discuss?
They explore the human capacity to understand others' feelings, sometimes noting that people fall short of the caring instinct they're capable of toward humans and animals alike.
Is storytelling connected to empathy in these quotes?
Yes, one describes how playing characters with a darker side can still lead an audience to connect emotionally, discovering a softer quality underneath.
Does the topic touch on mental health?
One quote links depression to an overwhelming form of empathy, describing it as something that makes people caring toward others while struggling to extend that same care to themselves.
Are questions part of how empathy is described here?
Yes, one quote frames a good question as an invitation to explore possibilities, doubt, and connect emotionally, rather than settle on a fixed answer.
What related pages should I check next?
Look at Character quotes or Believe quotes for more reflections on inner qualities.

One line ties heavy empathy to depression, showing the cost of feeling too much for others. Browse Believe quotes or Best quotes for more.