Quotes about Sensitivity
my heart felt like a soft, damaged place in my chest, like a bruise on a peach.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Principle of making what is important to the other person as important to you as the other person is to you.
— Stephen Covey
I'm sure there are people who, even suddenly understanding the true situation, would have felt no more than a twinge of regret or vague guilt as they continued to sit in embarrassed silence beside the grieving, confused man. On the other hand, I am equally certain there are people who would have been far more sensitive in the first place, who may have recognized that a deeper problem existed and reached out to understand and help before I did.
— Stephen Covey
To deal only with the superficial trivia without seeing deeper, more tender issues is to trample on the sacred ground of another's heart.
— Stephen Covey
If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.
— Victor Hugo
Be fully in the moment,open yourself to the powerful energies dancing around you.
— Ernest Hemingway
We live in an emotionally fragile culture. We are in touch with every hurt past, present, and perceived. We are the walking wounded, and we want everyone to know.
— Kevin DeYoung
I was an emotional wreck even as a young child, fearful and tearful.
— Beth Moore
What a mystery this is, desire. The love sickness, the sensitivity, the obsession, the flutter of the heart, the ebb and flow of the blood. There is no drug and no alcohol to equal it.
— Anais Nin
Take the blinders from your vision take the padding from your ears and confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen my tears.
— Maya Angelou
Take a month and show some kindness for the folks who thought that blindness was an illness that affected eyes alone.
— Maya Angelou
Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.
— Beth Moore