Joseph Smith Jr. Quotes

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Love and compassion don't at all have to make us weak, or lead us to losing discernment and vision. We just have to learn how to find them. And see, in truth, what they bring us.

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

Personally, I think humility is a prerequisite to being a truly empathic person.

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

My grandfather was an amazing man. You talk about character and integrity, everyone who knew him, whether they agreed with him or not, said, 'George Romney is a good man, and he sticks to his principles: a man of honesty and hard work, integrity.'

I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core.

She has no imagination and that means no compassion.

I know I'm a good person.

When you have a fresh point of view that comes from the right side of the heart, it's just so valuable. You can take it or not take it, but just that perspective can give you a lot of strength or make you reflect on a lot of things.

I am a person who always tries not to be easily influenced by position or achievement. I thank God for the fact that I can share more kindness and a good quality of life through the popularity. Not for the popularity itself.

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

Many people look at me and think they know me but they don't at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others.

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.

I'm so tough and so bad, I can be humble and lift another guy up.

Humility is important.

Being sensitive means caring for your own feelings as well as those of others.

If you aren't humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But true empathy is rooted in humility and the understanding that there are many people with as much to contribute in life as you.

As one can see when the eyes are open, so one can understand when the heart is open.

I hope you will be yourself, human, even a little sentimental, possessed of a sense of humor and a sense of humility. . . . There are arrogant people in this world and, what is worse, arrogant judges.

Empathy requires knowing that you know nothing.