Maria Cornejo Quotes

I'm only going to be the way I'd want someone to react to me.

Maybe one of you can enlighten me, but I just don't understand why it is so hard to be kind to one another?

I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.

If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.

Governments move armies, but only individuals can move hearts.

The more empathy you have and the more connected you are to society, the better off you'll be.

Education teaches us compassion and kindness, connection to others.

If someone is misrepresenting my playing career, I try to correct them. If they say something mean about me I'll let them know it hurts my feelings. But I've noticed that the best thing for me is to show love back to them and show positivity and by doing that you gain a fan.

Finding your soul begins by discovering our ability to listen! Alternatively, by sharing a smile, a laugh and just by being human to everyone - from friends, colleagues, family, and especially strangers, including those who are not from the same station in life as you.

We need to teach our children empathy and care and love and communication and social responsibility in preparation for adulthood.

Empathy is the bridge to understand those who you may be lucky to one day lead, and it is - in my opinion - the most under-appreciated human skill in business.

If I could do anything about the way people behave towards each other, I would, but since I can't, I'll stick to animals.

I'm good with telling people what I think, too, but I don't know why people are so content to treat each other poorly.

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'

I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating as a junkyard scrap between shirtless adversaries, it'd sure be healthier.

It's important to determine not just the quality of your mind but the fullness of your heart.

Love people, not things; use things, not people.

I think it would be a far greater world if people were kinder and more respectful to each other.

Some public officials are blessed - you can't acquire this, but you are blessed with the gift of empathy, being able to empathize with those who are suffering.

I want to try to make difficult people somehow relatable.

I've learned not to be such a show-off and to have a bit more empathy with humanity. Or at least to fake that.

Remember to be sensitive to the feelings of people around you.

Being a family member is hard no matter where you are. It's hard to be a kid. It's hard to be a parent. It's hard to be a brother or sister. It takes patience and kindness and forbearance.

The artistic side of a person is never narcissist; it's always empathic. It's always kind and compassionate.

We could be much more empathic as a society.