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The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.
Oprah Winfrey
Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.
Alfred Adler
Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.
Mohsin Hamid
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.
Meryl Streep
Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.
Max Carver
Empathy is the antidote to shame. The two most powerful words when we're in struggle: me too.
Brené Brown
Empathy is the ability to step outside of your own bubble and into the bubbles of other people.
C. JoyBell C.
Empathy is the key that unlocks the door to understanding and connection.
Unknown
Empathy is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person.
Heinz Kohut
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Mark Twain
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
Hannah Arendt
Forgiveness is the final form of love.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
Marianne Williamson
Forgiveness is not an emotion, it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right and good and true.
Joyce Meyer
Forgiveness is not something we do for other people. We do it for ourselves to get well and move on.
Desmond Tutu
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
George MacDonald
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
Michael Jordan
Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
Henry Ford
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas Edison
Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.
Roy T. Bennett
The only way to do good work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.
Steve Jobs
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
Wendy Mass
The only true failure lies in giving up.
Unknown
Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.
Aisha Tyler
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
Pema Chödrön
We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.
Steve Maraboli
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Henry Ford
We are all broken, that's how the light gets in.
Ernest Hemingway
We all deserve second chances, but not for the same mistakes.
Unknown
Compassion is the basis of all morality.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success.
Rick Pitino
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
Charles Caleb Colton
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
C.S. Lewis
The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.
Mignon McLaughlin
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Saint Augustine
Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
Confucius
Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
G.K. Chesterton
Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.
Vanna Bonta
Humility is the courage to be honest with ourselves and others about our strengths, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities.
Brené Brown
Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also being open to the bounty and beauty.
Stephen Russell
Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.
Thomas Merton
Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'
Ashton Kutcher
Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome.
Brené Brown
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.
Brené Brown
Compassion is the basis of morality.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Grace is not a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.
Jackie Windspear
Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
Friedrich Schiller
Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.
William Hazlitt
Grace is the face that love wears when it meets imperfection.
Joseph R. Cooke
Grace is the ability to give something that is not deserved.
Karlene Millwood
Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off.
Max Lucado
Grace is the power to change anything at any time.
Suzanne Woods Fisher
Grace is the very opposite of merit... Grace is not only undeserved favor, but it is favor, shown to the one who has deserved the very opposite.
Harry Ironside
Grace is not a license to sin, but a liberty that frees us from sin.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The most important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.
Pierre de Coubertin
The only true test of compassion is not what we say in times of comfort and convenience but how we behave in times of challenge and controversy.
John C. Maxwell
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
Khalil Gibran
Compassion is not just feeling with someone, but seeking to change the situation. Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action!
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.
Khalil Gibran
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson
The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
Barbara Kingsolver
Hope is a powerful force. It can make us feel more alive, more engaged, and more resilient in the face of adversity.
Shawn Achor
We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
Joseph Campbell
Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.
Joyce Meyer
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint Augustine
Patience is the key to success.
Bill Gates
Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.
Joyce Meyer
Patience is not passive waiting. Patience is active acceptance of the process required to attain your goals and dreams.
Ray A. Davis
Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.
David G. Allen
Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
Guy Kawasaki
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
Barbara Johnson
Patience is the mark of true love. If you truly love someone, you will be more patient with that person.
Thich Nhat Hanh
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
Jack Kornfield
Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.
Christopher Germer
It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.
Tyler Perry
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals.
Pema Chödrön
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.
Steve Jobs
The only true failure is when you stop trying.
Denis Waitley
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