“"Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy."”
"Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished."
- Dean Koontz
Love
"The snow did not even whisper its way to earth, but seemed to salt the night with silence."
- Dean Koontz
Awareness
""Perseverance is impossible if we don’t permit ourselves to hope.""
- Dean Koontz
Hope
"Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life—and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next."
- Dean Koontz
Relationships
"Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have faith to see it."
- Dean Koontz
Faith
"If you don’t share someone’s pain, you can never understand them."
- Nagato
Empathy
"Empathy is being concerned about the human being, not just their output."
- Simon Sinek
Empathy
"Great leaders are willing to be vulnerable and transparent."
- Liz Wiseman
Empathy
"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had."
- Romans 15:5
Empathy
"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
- Maya Angelou
Empathy