Empathy Quotes

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Empathy Quotes

A carefully curated collection of empathy quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.

"The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition, the principle from which public and national, as well as private opulence is originally derived, is frequently powerful enough to maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement. An observation that echoes through modern markets."

-- Adam Smith

"The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals. An observation that echoes through modern markets."

-- Adam Smith

"Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another. An observation that echoes through modern markets."

-- Adam Smith

"We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it. An observation that echoes through modern markets."

-- Adam Smith

"The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or more properly speaking, for the ease of the masters. An observation that echoes through modern markets."

-- Adam Smith

"Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer you approach to this certainty. An observation that echoes through modern markets."

-- Adam Smith

"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. An observation that echoes through modern markets."

-- Adam Smith

"Defense is of much more importance than opulence. An observation that echoes through modern markets."

-- Adam Smith

"To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. An observation that echoes through modern markets."

-- Adam Smith

"Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. An observation that echoes through modern markets."

-- Adam Smith

"Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering. This quiet realization brings comfort to the heart."

-- A. A. Milne

"I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me. This quiet realization brings comfort to the heart."

-- A. A. Milne

"Tiggers never go on being sad. This quiet realization brings comfort to the heart."

-- A. A. Milne

"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. This quiet realization brings comfort to the heart."

-- A. A. Milne

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. This quiet realization brings comfort to the heart."

-- A. A. Milne

"If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear. This quiet realization brings comfort to the heart."

-- A. A. Milne

"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. This quiet realization brings comfort to the heart."

-- A. A. Milne

"Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow."

-- Brian Tracy

"Your ability to set goals and to make plans for their accomplishment is the master skill of success."

-- Brian Tracy

"By continuously investing in yourself, you will become the most valuable asset you can ever have."

-- Brian Tracy

"The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good."

-- Brian Tracy

"You can only grow if you're willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new."

-- Brian Tracy

"There are no limits on what you can achieve with your life, except the limits you accept in your mind."

-- Brian Tracy

"Time management requires self-discipline, self-mastery and self-control more than anything else."

-- Brian Tracy

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A carefully curated collection of empathy quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.

Some of the most celebrated empathy quotes come from A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Albert Einstein, Confucius, William Shakespeare, Mahatma Gandhi, among many others featured on this page.

Popular empathy quotes include: "Be silent in two situations: When you feel one can't understand your feelings from words, and when you can understand without any words." -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Also: "A teacher should have a creative mind and a big heart." -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

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