Top 75 Empathetic Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Empathetic Quotes from famous people such as Kali Uchis, Will Arnett, Eric McCormack, Mary Nightingale, Paul Haggis, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

I think everybody needs to be more empathetic.

I think everybody needs to be more empathetic.
Kali Uchis
There’s a lot of lying and these are people who are incredibly flawed, and not in very sort of empathetic ways, either. Some of the things they do are pretty awful and some of the things they do to each other are pretty awful.
Will Arnett
We see people talking to themselves all the time. We always have. Particularly if they’re homeless people or at all questionable, there’s a sense of, ‘That guy’s crazy!’ I see that now with a much more empathetic eye.
Eric McCormack
It’s not your job to be warm on the news; you can be empathetic, but you can’t emote. That can be difficult sometimes – but it is my job not to cry.
Mary Nightingale
I am really drawn to damaged characters, and I have a lot of sympathy for them. Making those complicated characters empathetic is something to strive for. It’s too easy to create a good guy or a good girl.
Paul Haggis
What separates humans from other animals is our empathy. With the possible exception of bonobos, we are the most empathetic animal on the planet.
Andy Dunn
I remember thinking when I set out to direct my movie that it was all about lenses and the shots you were going to get. Really, directing is about tapping into what makes us the most human, telling stories, emotions, and managing a group of empathetic people.
Marielle Heller
What you don’t want is for violence and gore to become more important than character and structure. A lot of slasher movies from the eighties were only focused on violence and gore, which robs the human beings in the story of any empathetic reaction from the audience, and instead makes them cheer for the gore.
Mike Flanagan
We kid ourselves that we’re trying to be empathetic with the human condition from a distance, but I don’t think that is it at all. It’s stupid; it’s a waste of time. But when the earth flexes its muscles, that’s rather different. That’s a powerful reminder of where we are.
Simon Winchester
Well-written novels make you more empathetic towards other people. You can identify with someone who isn’t you. You can change your identity. A 14-year-old boy can become Anna Karenina. It is a miracle.
Olga Tokarczuk
Cancer has given me a dose of humility. I’m much more empathetic. It’s a club I would rather not have joined, but it is a club.
Tom Brokaw
It is not an aesthetic misstep to make the viewer aware of the paint and the painter’s hand. Such an empathetic awareness lies at the heart of aesthetic appreciation.
John Updike
When it comes to social issues, Republicans don’t just need to be more empathetic. They also need to be more emphatic in explaining to voters what they believe, and why.
Gary Bauer
We have a wonderful head of social media and community, Danika Harrod, who has a knowledge of community that’s really authentic, and she just loves connecting with people and she’s very empathetic to what fans might want.
Aaron Ehasz
Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story, of character, of empathetic involvement.
Dean Koontz
To be truly empathetic, we have to acknowledge that we’re all human, we’re all flawed, and that life can be difficult.
Joe Gebbia
My dad died of a heart attack when I was 15. I was bullied mercilessly in middle school. I went through a divorce – those not-so-great things are all a part of me, and they give me a place to go when I cover those stories on the news. I’m more empathetic, more relatable because of them.
Megyn Kelly
Everywhere, people are beginning to question masculine notions of control, aggression and black-and-white thinking – and instead are favoring more empathetic, nurturing and collaborative approaches.
John Gerzema
I will try and become a very empathetic person because I do think that’s a nice trait.
Spencer Matthews
When I was at school, one of my teachers had two statements hanging from the board all year: ‘Be observant’ and ‘Be empathetic.’
Marne Levine
I’m a highly intelligent, highly articulate, very empathetic, down-to-earth person. But man, my thoughts are incredibly dark. Incredibly dark.
Mauro Ranallo
Even though people do not traditionally think of being empathetic as a business skill, it can create enormous value.
Daniel Lubetzky
I’m very empathetic – that might be one of my superpowers.
Laura Lippman
I love actors. I’m empathetic to them. I understand what they go through. But I didn’t want to be an actor.
Peter Berg
All art to me is an empathetic act. Whoever’s telling a story is trying to transfer emotion into someone else.
Elliot Ackerman
To be empathetic to everyone around you, I think, is such a powerful thing to hold.
Misty Copeland
You really have to be careful about what you do and think about other people around you, as human beings who feel things, and you have to learn to be empathetic and notice the signs of people who are going through trouble.
Devin Druid
I’ve always thought that one of the least successful encounters is meeting a writer one admires. For one thing, writers are generally much kinder, more empathetic, more generous people on the page than they are in person.
Hanya Yanagihara
Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy – in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it’s not government’s role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.
Gary Bauer
Growing older has helped me become empathetic to other people and their reasons for making choices. I used to think there was a definitive right and wrong and that only I knew what they were and so I should be dictator of the world.
Sara Pascoe
I mean, at the simplest level, my entire background was in marketing, which largely is about understanding a customer, being able to be intuitive, being able to be empathetic.
Marc Randolph
I probably became more understanding and empathetic abo

I probably became more understanding and empathetic about ‘The Bachelor,’ and why people are on it, than I was the first 10 years of the show when I was married, because I really do understand how hard it is out there, how hard it is to meet somebody that you really have a connection with.
Chris Harrison
And after my mother’s death I became more open to and empathetic about other people’s struggles and losses.
Meghan O’Rourke
When we used to go to the car-wash where people would wipe the windows, my dad would go out and help them and then tip them as well, so I learned my empathy from my dad, and my mum is very empathetic too, but in a very stern way; she will always check my ego.
Charlie Puth
Public television works hard to engage young learners and build the skills needed for a jump-start on life. We need our youngest to be curious, resilient and empathetic, and prepared for the jobs of the future.
Stanley A. McChrystal
I think, before Obama, there was a glass ceiling. That’s a big change. As a president, I think he was the best. I felt like I could trust his judgment, and he’d take a measured, empathetic approach. I don’t see there ever being another Barack Obama.
Jordan Peele
Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
Biz Stone
Everyone that’s ever seen ‘Pose’ who isn’t trans or doesn’t have any connection to the LGBTQ community has been given the opportunity to create empathetic relationships to the characters that they would not have otherwise been able to. That’s super essential in helping counter homophobia and transphobia.
Indya Moore
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
One of the criticisms I’ve faced over the years is that I’m not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I’m empathetic, it means I’m weak. I totally rebel against that. I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate and strong.
Jacinda Ardern
Because I’m highly empathetic, it’s easy for me to put myself in the character’s shoes. It’s, you know, finding the truth of the moment.
Rooney Mara
Toshiro Mifune was such an elegant hero, and there’s something really empathetic about him.
Duncan Jones
When you have kids, for me, it really changed me. I was always empathetic to other children, but now I’m so much more sensitive to children that aren’t my own.
Sam Trammell
I feel like I’m kind of a bit of a sponge in a way. Like, if people around me are going through things, I find it very hard not to be empathetic.
Win Butler
I never go into a scene – ever, ever, ever – thinking, I have to make myself more empathetic toward the audience. Once you start doing that, you get into really dangerous territory. I think you start to become kind of untrue to the character.
Dean Winters
I’m a happy person. Sometimes, I have to make a conscious effort to stay happy. See, my predispositions are – as opposed to what you see – I’m actually quite a sensitive person, very empathetic, very emotional… Very impulsive.
Ranveer Singh
Neapolitans are extremely empathetic, whereas the typical northern attitude is more about not showing or sharing your feelings.
Toni Servillo
Make intercessory prayer a priority in your life and the life of your family. It will cause you to be more empathetic, less self-obsessed, and increasingly more like Christ.
Monica Johnson
Most people have the ability to turn their empathy engine back on, but there’s such a seductive burn to not being empathetic.
W. Kamau Bell
I’ll admit that I’m self-centered – all of us are – but I can also be external and giving and listening and empathetic and all that sort of stuff.
Pete Holmes
I usually don’t find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them … And let the audience decide whether they’re empathetic or scared or compelled to cheer me on.
Doug Hutchison