Quotes about sympathy
sympathy condolences feet
He who steps on stones is glad to feel the smallest spray of moss beneath his feet. Anna Katharine Green
sympathy men giving
There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who gives utterance to the most natural and vehement outburst of sorrow. Those who hear the bitter cry are as much impressed as if they listened to an entire poem, and when th sufferer is sincere they are right in regarding his outburst as sublime. Alexandre Dumas
sympathy children soul
Wisdom must go with Sympathy, else the emotions will become maudlin and pity may be wasted on a poodle instead of a child-on a field-mouse instead of a human soul. Elbert Hubbard
sympathy gossip inspire
The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor, and transform trivialities by some original grace or sympathy or humor or affection. Elizabeth Drew
sympathy children humanity
... the hey-day of a woman's life is on the shady side of fifty, when the vital forces heretofore expended in other ways are garnered in the brain, when their thoughts and sentiments flow out in broader channels, when philanthropy takes the place of family selfishness, and when from the depths of poverty and suffering the wail of humanity grows as pathetic to their ears as once was the cry of their own children. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
sympathy philosophy responsibility
Everyone in the full enjoyment of all the blessings of his life, in his normal condition, feels some individual responsibility forthe poverty of others. When the sympathies are not blunted by any false philosophy, one feels reproached by one's own abundance.
sympathy sorrow matter
Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow. Dirk Benedict
sympathy courage waiting
If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.
sympathy california rely-upon
California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to make it so. May we not rely upon your sympathy and assistance? Denis Kearney
sympathy condolences facts
Though sympathy alone can't alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable. Bram Stoker
sympathy blood flesh
Pity and need Make all flesh kin. There in no caste in blood. Edwin Arnold
sympathy strong world
Pity makes the world soft to the weak and noble to the strong.
sympathy agony perfect
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with the passing of time. Abraham Lincoln
sympathy courage cancer
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow. Dan Rather
sympathy war people
Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago. Eamon de Valera
sympathy heart righteousness
To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the nature of righteousness Confucius
sympathy land dying
In the land of the dying, sentences go unfinished, you know how they're going to end. Daniel Wallace
sympathy boys giving
All you're supposed to do is every once in a while give the boys a little tea and sympathy. Robert Anderson
sympathy goodbye lonely
Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love. George Eliot
sympathy true-friend giving
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul. Martin Luther King, Jr.
sympathy giving soul
True sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
sympathy profound desire
To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. Ivan Turgenev
sympathy heart islands
It seemed to me that all things were possible on the island, all tyrannies and cruelties, though in small; and if, in despite of what was possible, we lived at peace with another, surely this was proof that certain laws unknown to us held sway, or else that we had been following the promptings of our hearts all this time, and our hearts had not betrayed us. J. M. Coetzee
sympathy fall blessing
When we appropriate money from the public funds to pay for vaccinating a horde of negroes, we do not do it because we have any sympathy for them or because we crave their blessings, but simply because we don't want them to be falling ill of smallpox H. L. Mencken
sympathy rogues fool
In any combat between a rogue and a fool the sympathy of mankind is always with the rogue.
sympathy women two
When you sympathize with a married woman you either make two enemies or gain one wife and one friend.
sympathy condolences grief
Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground. Oscar Wilde
sympathy people care
The people that I care about are the people out there on the street. I can identify with them. Princess Diana
sympathy kindness world
It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world. Nellie Bly
sympathy men brave
A man may be buoyed up by the efflation of his wild desires to brave any imaginable peril; but he cannot calmly see one he loves braving the same peril; simply because he cannot feel within turn that which prompts another. He sees the danger, and feels not the power that is to overcome it. George Henry Lewes
sympathy criticism goes-on
Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin. Harold Bloom
sympathy felt
He watched and wept and prayed and felt for all Oliver Goldsmith
sympathy pain bears
There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain. Honore de Balzac