--- title: "4 Sympathy Quotes By D. H. Lawrence" description: "4 Sympathy quotes by D. H. Lawrence. Plus more from D. H. Lawrence and more Sympathy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/d-h-lawrence-426_courage_shall-i-tell-you-what-you-have-that-othe_106527.png" --- > [Shall I tell you what you have that other men don't?… It's the courage of your own tenderness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/shall-i-tell-you-what-you-have-that-other-men-don-t-it-s-the-courage/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/d-h-lawrence-426_courage_shall-i-tell-you-what-you-have-that-othe_106527.png) > [For even satire is a form of sympathy. It is the way our sympathy flows and recoils that really determines our lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/for-even-satire-is-a-form-of-sympathy-it-is-the-way-our-sympathy/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/d-h-lawrence-426_awareness_for-even-satire-is-a-form-of-sympathy-it_723939.png) > [“For even satire is a form of sympathy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/for-even-satire-is-a-form-of-sympathy/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/919/d-h-lawrence-426_form_for-even-satire-is-a-form-of-sympathy-15_1545378.png) > [In the end, for congenial sympathy, for poetry, for work, for original feeling and expression, for perfect companionship with one's friends--give me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/in-the-end-for-congenial-sympathy-for-poetry-for-work-for-original/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/d-h-lawrence-426_companionship_in-the-end-for-congenial-sympathy-for-po_1918126.png) ## Other authors on Sympathy - [Olivia Sudjic 100 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/olivia-sudjic/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/oscar-wilde/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-eliot-37652.jpg) George Eliot 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/george-eliot/) - [Richelle E. Goodrich 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/richelle-e-goodrich/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hugo-munsterberg-42651.jpg) Margaret Jones 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/margaret-jones/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-william-wordsworth-96037.jpg) William Wordsworth 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/william-wordsworth/) - [Michael Bassey Johnson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/michael-bassey-johnson/) ## More by D. H. Lawrence > [Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me! A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/not-i-not-i-but-the-wind-that-blows-through-me-a-fine-wind-is-blowing/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [and Venus among the fishes skips and is a she-dolphin she is the gay, delighted porpoise sporting with love and the sea she is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/and-venus-among-the-fishes-skips-and-is-a-she-dolphin-she-is-the-gay/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [If I had my way, I would build a lethal chamber as big as the Crystal Palace, with a military band playing softly, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/if-i-had-my-way-i-would-build-a-lethal-chamber-as-big-as-the-crystal/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [Now it is autumn and the falling fruit and the long journey towards oblivion. The apples falling like great drops of dew to bruise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/now-it-is-autumn-and-the-falling-fruit-and-the-long-journey-towards/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/we-have-to-hate-our-immediate-predecessors-to-get-free-of-their/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [Reach me a gentian, give me a torch! Let me guide myself with the blue, forked torch of a flower down the darker and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/reach-me-a-gentian-give-me-a-torch-let-me-guide-myself-with-the-blue/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [The war is dreadful. It is the business of the artist to follow it home to the heart of the individual fighters - not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/the-war-is-dreadful-it-is-the-business-of-the-artist-to-follow-it/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [The nearer a conception comes towards finality, the nearer does the dynamic relation, out of which this concept has arisen, draw to a close.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/the-nearer-a-conception-comes-towards-finality-the-nearer-does-the/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [It is our business to go as we are impelled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/it-is-our-business-to-go-as-we-are-impelled/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/ours-is-essentially-a-tragic-age-so-we-refuse-to-take-it-tragically/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [If only we could live two lives: the first in which to make one's mistakes, and the second in which to profit by them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/if-only-we-could-live-two-lives-the-first-in-which-to-make-one-s/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [They say geniuses mostly have great mothers. They mostly have sad fates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/they-say-geniuses-mostly-have-great-mothers-they-mostly-have-sad-fates/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/when-one-jumps-over-the-edge-one-is-bound-to-land-somewhere/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [The living moment is everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/the-living-moment-is-everything/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) > [If a woman's got nothing but her fair fame to feed on, why, it's thin tack, and a donkey would die of it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/if-a-woman-s-got-nothing-but-her-fair-fame-to-feed-on-why-it-s-thin/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathy/d-h-lawrence/#itemlist", "name": "4 Sympathy Quotes By D. H. Lawrence", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Shall I tell you what you have that other men don't?… It's the courage of your own tenderness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "D. H. 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