Hurt Quote by Martha Stout

It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting.

— Jennifer Niven

Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.

— Lillie Langtry

Sympathy relies on a common experience. If you're clumsy, you might have sympathy for others who tend to bump into things. Empathy, on the…

— Joe Gebbia

Sympathy is a shallow stream in the souls of those who have not suffered.

— W. Sangster

Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you…

— Criss Jami

To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain.

— Herman Melville

You can be sad for others but you don't have to take on their pain.

— Leonard Jacobson

I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. You're trying to get…

— Edward Norton

When someone shares their pain with you openly all you need to do is ....to show that you understand their pain, their feelings, their…

— Anonymous

I don't try to kind of go for the overly sympathetic. I don't really like sympathy; I don't like it for myself. Sometimes sympathy…

— Charlize Theron

Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? ...Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part…

— John Steinbeck

I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not…

— A. C. Benson