49 Quotes About Sensitivity

Being sensitive can influence the way people respond to you and how you interact with the world. These quotes about sensitivity will encourage you to be more mindful of others.

“A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people’s toes.”

“A sensible person is one who has a sensitive nature towards all living creatures and this is his or her best personality features towards the positive outlook in life.”

“A sensitive soul sees the world through the lens of love.”

“Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that’s capable of transporting you.”

“All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art.”

“Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit.”

“Always try to be more sensitive about people’s feelings. Because there are times that a tear means happiness and a smile means hurt.”

“Anybody who wears their feelings on their sleeve and has a harder, crusty shell – like I do – is definitely protecting an inner sensitivity.”

“As a sensitive person around other people, you feel their desires, you feel their angers, and you feel their frustrations. You begin to believe that these desires, angers, and frustrations are yours.”

“As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.”

“Be sensitive and try to understand other people’s pain. Sometimes that’s all they need to heal.”

“Beautiful people do not just happen.”

“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.”

“Before you say something, stop and think how you’d feel if someone said it to you.”

“Being overly sensitive to rejection can become a destructive virus.”

“But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one’s interests.”

“Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.”

“Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.”

“Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.”

“For a highly sensitive person, a drizzle feels like a monsoon.”

“I’m opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it’s plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity.”

“It is all a question of sensitiveness. Brute force and overbearing may make a terrific effect. But in the end, that which lives by delicate sensitiveness.”

“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.”

“Never apologize for being sensitive or emotional. It’s a sign that you have a big heart, and that you aren’t afraid to let others see it. Showing your emotions is a sign of strength.”

“Our own death wish is our only real tragedy.”

“People need to learn that their actions do affect other people. So be careful what you say and do, it’s not always just about you.”

“People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.”

“People who are much too sensitive to demand of cripples that they run races ask of the poor that they get up and act just like everyone else in the society.”

“Rather than fearfully shutting down your sensitivity, dive in deeper into all possible feeling. As you expand, keep only those who are not afraid of oceans.”

“Sensitive people either love deeply or they regret deeply. There really is no middle ground because they live in passionate extremes.”

“Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is the one they would like to show to the world. Every so often what lies behind the facade is rare and more wonderful than the subject knows or dares to believe.”

“Sensitive people never like the fatigue of justifying their instincts.”

“Sensitive people should be treasured. They love deeply and think deeply about life. They are loyal, honest, and true. The simple things sometimes mean the most to them. They don’t need to change or harden. Their purity makes them who they are.”

“Sensitive people suffer more, but they love more and dream more.”

“Sensitive souls draw in the negativity of others because they are so open.”

“Sensitive to symptoms could enhance security.”

“Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don’t meet.”

“Some people are going to reject you, simply because you shine too bright for them. And that’s okay. Keep shining.”

“The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity, balance, contrast, and a sensitivity to the material out of which it is made.”

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.”

“Too often a story is examined through biased eyes, without a sensitivity for everyone who forged it. It’s seen from the point of view of the great white savior, and rarely is the perspective of the slave a part.”

“We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.”

“What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy.”

“When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don’t get to decide that you didn’t.”

“Women are sensitive, they over think every little thing and they care way more than they should, but that’s what makes their love so strong.”

“Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity.”

“Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.”

“You cannot make everyone think and feel as deeply as you do. This is your tragedy, because you understand them but they do not understand you.”

“Your beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you.”

Being a highly sensitive person can mean that you have a high emotional intelligence, making you a more empathetic leader.