"Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials."
- Meryl Streep
Awareness
"Giving voice to characters that have no other voice—that’s the great worth of what we do."
- Meryl Streep
Compassion
"Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head."
- Meryl Streep
Self-awareness
"Don't waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living."
- Meryl Streep
Happiness
"The formula of happiness and success is just being actually yourself in the most vivid way you possibly can."
- Meryl Streep
Happiness
"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