George H. W. Bush Quotes

Try honest to see things from the other person's point of view.

Our opinions are less important than the spirit and temper with which they possess us, and even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in a broad, intelligent, and spacious way.

It is a funny thing how hard it is to see the other fellow's point of view.

Understanding the other person's viewpoint is the beginning of polical wisdom,

In life and in politics, it's helpful to try to perceive the other person through the most generous lens.

People are starting to understand the other side's perspective and that's where empathy can sort of begin - once you quit judging other people but just understand where they're coming from.

While people judge others from their own moral standpoint, the wise person looks also at the point of view of another.

May the ability to see many points view keep us gentle.

I try to consider people's perspectives and not just my own.

Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and trying not to judge.

Next time you're about to judge someone, attempt to understand them instead.

Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity to identify, to plunge ourselves in a story where we see the world from the bottom up or through another's eyes or heart.

The man who can put himself in the place of other men, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for him.

I've been ripped for being too sensitive, but I do think people need to walk in another person's shoes before they accuse them of being too sensitive.

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

I think there is a tendency for people to get rigid and caught up in their beliefs of what is right and wrong, and they lose sight of humanity. Being human has to come first before right or wrong.

Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in another's place.

You just need to put yourself in someone else's shoes and then see how they feel and then you will understand why they are reacting or why they are behaving the way that they are behaving. We need to be fair.

I have a good relationship with the world. But I don't know what the trick is to maintaining it.

… people can't imagine someone else's point of view.

Try and understand--there are views other than yours.

My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.

As far as my mindset changing, I see myself having more empathy in my older age.

I think I'm always trying to see the other's point of view, dealing in a very heart-to-heart way.

There's a power in empathy.