Sympathy

Sympathy is the perception, understanding, and reaction to the distress or need of another human being. Sympathy quotes are quotes that reflect the tender touch that is sometimes needed when dealing with life’s delicate moments. Below are some of the greatest sympathy quotes on the web.

"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
"Although I’m Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version!"
― David Chalmers
"Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior."
― Henry Ossawa Tanner
"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
"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
"If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point."
― Dirk Benedict
"Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good."
― Harriet Beecher Stowe
"There is no grief like the grief that does not speak."
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"I have a theory because I was being beaten up a lot by people outside of school, it was almost like if I could make myself sick enough they’d take sympathy on me."
― Daniel Johns
"I’m in total sympathy with Dick Smith’s sentiments; I only wish there were grounds for saying we Australians would never tolerate such appalling treatment of refugees being carried out in our name."
― Hugh Mackay

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