Abigail Keenan

35 Heartwarming Quotes Every Sensitive Person Knows To Be True

"She can't help it,' he said. 'She's got the soul of a poet and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog." - Stephen King
Marisa Donnelly
December 22, 2016
“I'm a slave to my emotions, to my likes, to my hatred of boredom, to most of my desires.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side Of Paradise
Tagged: Emotional, Feelings, Strong Emotions, Emotional People, Emo Problems
“Sensitive souls don’t have it easy in this cruel world. They feel like their souls are getting trampled on in so many ways. That’s why you see their eyes light up when they can caress a face or an animal, or breathe in the scent of a flower.”
— Sereno Sky, Lonely Traveller
Tagged: kindness, Introvert, Sensitivity, Life, Beautiful
“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.”
— Andrew Boyd, Daily Afflictions: The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe
Tagged: Compassion, Love, Empathy, Empath, Pain, strength
“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.”
— Will Smith
Tagged: Girl Who Cares Too Much
“To the girls who get called sensitive too often, don’t let the bitter in heart stop you from feeling everything deeply. To feel is to experience life fully.”
— Sarah Ashley, To The Girls Still Searching For Big Love
Tagged: Feelings, Sensitive, Love
“Emotions aren't a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength and passion.”
— Demi Lovato, Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year
Tagged: strength, Finding Strength, Battling Depression, Battling Mental Illness, Mental Illness, emotions, Feeling, Being Emotional
“She can't help it,' he said. 'She's got the soul of a poet and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog.”
— Stephen King, Under the Dome: A Novel
Tagged: Love, Relationships, Poet, Junkyard Dog
“Sensitive people are the most genuine and honest people you will ever meet. There is nothing they won’t tell you about themselves if they trust your kindness. However, the moment you betray them, reject them or devalue them, they become the worse type of person. Unfortunately, they end up hurting themselves in the long run. They don’t want to hurt other people. It is against their very nature. They want to make amends and undo the wrong they did. Their life is a wave of highs and lows. They live with guilt and constant pain over unresolved situations and misunderstandings. They are tortured souls that are not able to live with hatred or being hated. This type of person needs the most love anyone can give them because their soul has been constantly bruised by others. However, despite the tragedy of what they have to go through in life, they remain the most compassionate people worth knowing, and the ones that often become activists for the broken hearted, forgotten and the misunderstood. They are angels with broken wings that only fly when loved.”
— Shannon Alder, Fanpage
Tagged: Sensitive, Life Quotes, Misunderstood
“Don't be afraid to be 'too' Too emotional, too childish, too straight-forward, too whatever. There always will be someone who will love you for who you are, who'll find special enchantment in all your, 'too's' ”
— Unknown, FB Fanpage
Tagged: Relationships, Love, Too Much
“Sometimes I sit alone under the stars and think of the galaxies inside my heart and truly wonder if anyone will ever want to make sense of all that I am.”
— Christopher Poindexter, via Tumblr
Tagged: Alone, Under The Stars, 3am Thoughts, Understanding Your Self, Searching For Answers
“We are a package deal, however. Our trait of sensitivity means we will also be cautious, inward, needing extra time alone. Because people without the trait (the majority) do not understand that, they see us as timid, shy, weak, or that greatest sin of all, unsociable. Fearing these labels, we try to be like others. But that leads to our becoming overaroused and distressed. Then that gets us labeled neurotic or crazy, first by others and then by ourselves.”
— Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person
Tagged: Introversion, Personality, Highly Sensitive People
“Even a moderate and familiar stimulation, like a day at work, can cause a highly sensitive person to need quiet by evening.”
— Elaine N. Aron, Elaine N. Aron: The Highly Sensitive Person : How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You (Paperback); 1997 Edition
Tagged: Highly Sensitive People, Introversion
“Sensitive people are very observant, and are not judgmental in the slightest. Let them make observations. This is how they make sense of the world around them. Sometimes it’s easier for them to let go of what others think of them, and to think of those around them. They may love to read articles about certain groups of people online, and it’s necessary for them. They need answers to their curiosity. Especially since they are so in tune with other peoples emotions.”
— Sophia Borghese, 21 Ways To Take Care Of A Highly Sensitive Person
Tagged: Highly Sensitive People
“If their friends and family realize that that’s just how they are — that they cry easily — and support that form of expression, then ‘crying easily’ will not be seen as something shameful.”
— Ted Zeff, 16 Habits Of Highly Sensitive People
Tagged: Highly Sensitive People
“Highly sensitive people have reactions to criticism that are more intense than less sensitive people. As a result, they may employ certain tactics to avoid said criticism, including people-pleasing (so that there is no longer anything to criticize), criticizing themselves first, and avoiding the source of the criticism altogether.”
— Amanda L. Chan, 16 Habits Of Highly Sensitive People
Tagged: Highly Sensitive People
“No matter who you are, fighting with a loved one is miserable. But sensitive people tend to feel extra anxious when conflict arises — and an internal battle takes place. We feel torn between speaking up for what we believe is right and sitting back so we don’t provoke an angry reaction from the other person. Often we subjugate our own needs because we’d rather ‘go along to get along’ than fight.”
— Jenn Granneman, 12 Things a Highly Sensitive Person Needs
Tagged: Highly Sensitive People
“Sensitive people like a slower pace of life. We like pondering all our options before making a decision and regularly reflecting on our experiences. We hate busy schedules and rushing from one event to the next.”
— Jenn Granneman, 12 Things a Highly Sensitive Person Needs
Tagged: Highly Sensitive People
“I know that there are times when you feel like you’re too much. Times when you wonder whether people would be better off without you in their lives. Times when you wonder whether you would be better off if you were someone different. Someone less intrusive. Less sensitive. Less vocal. Someone more acceptable. More tolerable. Someone easier. I understand that it’s so hard to drown out the voice telling you that there’s something wrong with who you are, but I need you to trust that you aren’t too much. I need you to trust that you deserve to be here. You don’t ever have to shrink or disappear for the sake of anyone else. You’re allowed to be immense and loud and open. You’re allowed to be unpalatable and unapologetic and uneasily defined. You’re allowed to use your voice and speak your truth. And more than anything, you’re allowed to take up space. Not despite who you are, but because of it. Because even though you might not always be able to see it, you have so many wonderful things to contribute to this world. Because you exist and therefore, you matter. Even when you’re struggling. Even when you’re difficult. Even when some people find you to be too much – you’re enough and you matter.”
— Daniell Koepke, Internal Acceptance Movement
Tagged: DK Advice
“Despite what you may have been taught, your sensitivity doesn’t make you weak. It doesn’t make you too emotional, too soft, or in any way too much. It has always been and will always be a strength. The truth is that you can be soft and still be strong. You aren’t a rock, immune to the shift and pull of the world around you. You’re the ocean. Always ebbing and flowing; easily affected by the moon and the weather. But immense and deep. Resilient and powerful. Bounding with life.”
— Daniell Koepke, Internal Acceptance Movement
Tagged: DK Advice
“Highly sensitive people are too often perceived as weaklings or damaged goods. To feel intensely is not a symptom of weakness, it is the trademark of the truly alive and compassionate. It is not the empath who is broken, it is society that has become dysfunctional and emotionally disabled. There is no shame in expressing your authentic feelings. Those who are at times described as being a 'hot mess' or having 'too many issues' are the very fabric of what keeps the dream alive for a more caring, humane world. Never be ashamed to let your tears shine a light in this world.”
— Anthon St. Maarten, Why You Should Love Being Sensitive
Tagged: Empaths, Emotion, Beautiful, Feeling, Sensitivity, Compassion, gentle, Loving, heart, Being, Pain, Care, Tears
“Sensitive people care when the world doesn't because we understand waiting to be rescued and no one shows up. We have rescued ourselves, so many times that we have become self taught in the art of compassion for those forgotten.”
— Shannon L. Alder, Take Better Care of Empaths
Tagged: Empaths, Emotion, Beautiful, Feeling, Sensitivity, Compassion, gentle, Loving
“I’m here to remind you, and myself, that all your feelings are welcome. All your emotions, your ‘too much-ness’, your intensity. All the parts of you that are deep and dark and challenging and hard.

They are welcome. They are beautiful and true. They are healing and powerful. They are the place from which the light is born. They are the reason you can feel so much love and joy.”
— Stephenie Zamora, You Shouldn’t Be Afraid To Feel, Your Feelings Are Welcome
Tagged: Empaths, Emotion, Beautiful, Feeling, Sensitivity, Compassion, gentle, Loving, Well-Being, Energy, Powerful, Healing
“We need to move away from this constant need of coming across as calm, cool and collected. WE WEREN’T BUILT TO BE CALM, COOL, AND COLLECTED. If we were, it wouldn’t feel so fucking exhausting all the time. It would, you know, come naturally to us. You know what comes naturally to human beings though? Being open, being messy, being raw, being unfiltered, having lots of feelings.”
— Ryan O'Connell, You Need To Go After The Things You Want
Tagged: emotions, Feelings, Love
“There are too many people today who instead of feeling hurt are acting out their hurt; instead of acknowledging pain, they’re inflicting pain on others. Rather than risking feeling disappointed, they’re choosing to live disappointed. Emotional stoicism is not badassery. Blustery posturing is not badassery. Swagger is not badassery. Perfection is about the furthest thing in the world from badassery.”
— Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution
Tagged: Pain, hurt, Emotional Distance, Stoicism, Disappointment, Taking Chances
“Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.”
— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Tagged: Imperfection, Fear, Bravery, Worthiness, Self-Love, Self-Acceptance
“Highly sensitive beings suffer more but they also love harder, dream wider and experience deeper horizons and bliss. When you’re sensitive, you’re alive in every sense of this word in this wildly beautiful world. Sensitivity is your strength. Keep soaking in the light and spreading it to others.’”
— Victoria Erickson, Victoria Erickson, Writer
Tagged: Love, Sensitive, human
“There was something about her that is so unique and rare; she's raw and deep, fun and sensitive. She's a rock of strength and purity, but she's a monger of love and passion. Her heart beats because she wants to help others and see them shine. She's here to be the one that you can't forget; she's a woman of passion and it's all she knows.”
— Sylvester McNutt, via Instagram
Tagged: Her, Describing Her, Defining Her, Describing A Woman, My Favorites, The Woman You Marry
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”
— Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You
Tagged: Softness, Soft, Be Soft, humanity, Being human
“Never apologize for being sensitive or emotional. Let this be a sign that you've got a big heart and aren't afraid to let others see it. Showing your emotions is a sign of strength.”
— Brigitte Nicole, Paul Hudson Facebook
Tagged: Vision, Dream, Expect, Good Man
“No matter who it is or how comfortable you are with someone, when anyone yells at you or talks down to you, you immediately erupt in tears.”
— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, 11 Things People Don’t Realize You’re Doing Because You’re A Highly Sensitive Person
Tagged: Sensitive People, Sensitive, Being Sensitive