--- title: "10 Walk In Someone Else's Shoes Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Walk In Someone Else's Shoes quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Walk In Someone Else's Shoes sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/phyllis-reynolds-naylor-14751_feels_it-s-what-they-say-to-do-when-you-re-dep_1409026.jpg" --- > [It's what they say to do when you're depressed, you know. Walk in someone else's shoes for a while, and your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/it-s-what-they-say-to-do-when-you-re-depressed-you-know-walk-in/) [Phyllis Reynolds Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-reynolds-naylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/phyllis-reynolds-naylor-14751_feels_it-s-what-they-say-to-do-when-you-re-dep_1409026.jpg) > [The crux is this: you can't be sincerely empathic towards and angry at someone at the same moment. In other words, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-goulston/the-crux-is-this-you-can-t-be-sincerely-empathic-towards-and-angry-at/) [Mark Goulston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-goulston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/mark-goulston-4177_angry_the-crux-is-this-you-can-t-be-sincerely_112442.png) > [Don't try to walk in someone else's shoes - literally and figuratively. Wear what you feel confident in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kunal-khemu/don-t-try-to-walk-in-someone-else-s-shoes-literally-and-figuratively/) [Kunal Khemu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kunal-khemu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/kunal-khemu-7040_feel_don-t-try-to-walk-in-someone-else-s-shoe_1598152.jpg) > [“The best organizations and the ones that survive economic tsunamis are those with emphatic cultures and managers who are able to step…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dev-patnaik/the-best-organizations-and-the-ones-that-survive-economic-tsunamis/) Dev Patnaik [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/dev-patnaik-68440_economics_the-best-organizations-and-the-ones-that_2091442.jpg) > [I often advocate that we look at many sides of an issue, walk in someone else's shoes, and identify and reject false…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamala-harris/i-often-advocate-that-we-look-at-many-sides-of-an-issue-walk-in/) [Kamala Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamala-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/kamala-harris-2523_advocate_i-often-advocate-that-we-look-at-many-si_527540.jpg) > [One of the pleasures of being an actor is quite simply taking a walk in someone else's shoes. And when I look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/one-of-the-pleasures-of-being-an-actor-is-quite-simply-taking-a-walk/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/willem-dafoe-4486_actor_one-of-the-pleasures-of-being-an-actor-i_2956877.jpg) > [That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-webber/that-s-the-fun-thing-about-making-movies-is-that-you-get-to-do-stuff/) [Mark Webber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-webber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/mark-webber-19094_believe_that-s-the-fun-thing-about-making-movies_358651.png) > [If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/if-i-m-an-advocate-for-anything-it-s-to-move-as-far-as-you-can-as/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/anthony-bourdain-649_advocate_if-i-m-an-advocate-for-anything-it-s-to_126484.jpg) > [“But we don't read about you because we're bored, or just to amuse ourselves. We read about you to be with you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-riley/but-we-don-t-read-about-you-because-we-re-bored-or-just-to-amuse/) [James Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-riley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/james-riley-22022_another-life_but-we-don-t-read-about-you-because-we-r_1645677.jpg) > [The ability to walk in someone else's shoes, or in my case, play down in someone else's cleats is one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-welter/the-ability-to-walk-in-someone-else-s-shoes-or-in-my-case-play-down/) [Jennifer Welter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-welter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/jennifer-welter-41787_ability_the-ability-to-walk-in-someone-else-s-sh_2385095.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/walk-in-someone-elses-shoes/#itemlist", "name": "Walk In Someone Else's Shoes Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's what they say to do when you're depressed, you know. 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