Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.
Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all.
I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to bruta...
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
Obviously, Jay-Z is one of the greatest entertainers of the world today. Not only is he a remarkable rhetorical genius, he's also a man of deep sympathy and empathy for those who are lost and vulnerable, but especially under-educated youth of all cul...
Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
There's something very beautiful and compelling about someone who has ambition and someone who knows what they want, but it can get a little frustrating at times, so I understand that. I have sympathy for that.
The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
Having a baby is a disaster for your career. I don't think there's any sympathy.
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are 'production units,' and accorded all the sympathy that term suggests.
Grieve and mourn for yourself not once or twice, but again and again.
It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world.
Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.
If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
From the end spring new beginnings.
I didn't feel any remorse or sympathy if I injured a rival. I went over the top a few times but I never broke anyone's leg.
To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable.