35 Quotes About Walking a Mile in my Shoes

It can be difficult to understand the perspective of another. Stepping outside of our own comfort zone and familiarity will help us get more acquainted with the life of another. These quotes about walking a mile in my shoes is a great reminder of where we stand.

“A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.”

“Believing that navel-gazing in and of itself can transform itself into something that means something for society. I mean, we are communicative creatures.”

“Every time you go into a movie, you go into the point of view of who it is about.”

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”

“From an acting point of view you need to look at what you’re bringing in.”

“From the dog’s point of view, his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog.”

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

“I don’t know how to write jokes from the point of view of a six-foot-two guy. So, I’ll always talk about it, but I just don’t want it to be the absolute focus of all of my act.”

“I just rode cross-country and the thing I noticed is just how afraid everyone is, and how nervous and scared and angry people are. From my point of view, I don’t
think it’s all necessarily justified, but I think that’s easy for me to say.”

“I now realize that I was very fortunate to have grown up in many different places, surrounded by all kinds of people, all kinds of points of view.”

“I think from an artist’s point of view, everything in art, in fact everything in the world is available as material.”

“I think that once you’re able to sort of get in line with who and how you relate to the world, you’ll become closer to this index that I’m referring to.”

“I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.”

“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.”

“Incidentally, the creationists that I’ve encountered diligently deny that our Earth’s climate is being altered by people. This point of view and teaching is in absolutely no one’s best interest. Here’s hoping we can work together and preserve the Earth, for us – us humans.”

“It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.”

“It’s hard to make it one piece of advice. For me, what’s most important is you kind of choose your point of view.”

“I’ve always really loved stories told from the point of view of children.”

“Let’s forget about themes and mood boards. Let’s start from a different point of view. You have to leave for two months all of a sudden. What would you put in your suitcase?”

“Music may not make you a genius, or rich, or even a better person. But it helps train you to think differently, to process different points of view — and most important, to take pleasure in listening.”

“Nothing’s beautiful from every point of view.”

“Sometimes presenting the most ignorant point of view can be the best way to satirize the issue and highlight that ignorance.”

“The ideology of neoliberalism, with its privatization, its deregulation, its emphasis on consumption, its elimination of basically apparatuses that can provide alternative points of view, has been so powerful and so normalized.”

“The way I look at stories is often from far outside, like a god’s point of view, and also very, very subjective.”

“There is no need for the Russian state to hold such large stakes and we do intend to put our plans into practice. It is not about whether we want it or not, it is about this being practical or not and the best timing.”

“There’s a rumbling with young artists and young filmmakers that are dying to get different points of view, different stories, out there.”

“There’s an increase in serious weight disorders from cellphone use. And people who don’t sleep have serious other consequences for their health that can be associated with it.”

“Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in another’s place.”

“We have no outside point of view. We are nature too.”

“When I came out of the Depression, I came out of it with a different point of view as to what constituted success. And that was even just even personal success.”

“When I returned to short stories, I’d started working on what is still central to much of what I try to do: putting myself in the place of the alien rather than describing it from an outside point of view.”

“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”

“You know, whatever it takes. It’s very important obviously from an economic point of view because of the need for innovation, for progress, to improve the standard of living of people. But I also think it’s a critical issue in geopolitics too.”

“You never really know a man until you understand things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

Understanding the struggle of another requires spending some time walking in their own footsteps and experiencing what they experience regularly.