Gloria Estefan Quotes

The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful.

Players would empty their souls to me; you cannot fathom the stories I've heard, everything from the good to the bad. I tried whatever I could to work things out.

I majored in psychology, and I still love listening to people's problems.

I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes.

If you're going to counsel people - and that's all my ministry is, it's a counseling ministry more than anything else - people have to believe that they can trust you and that they can listen to you, that you're going to try to help them and not just politically try to convert them to your views.

There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever.

If someone needs help, I can offer advice. I'm not always right and people don't always listen.

I am oftentimes the ear for some people that I know and love. Which I like being. I don't know if I'd like being a marriage counselor, though, because that's too deep for me.

I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.

I can speak a little German, a little Spanish, and I was a psych major, so I'm good at listening to people's problems.

I have respect for therapists in general, because they hear so many stories. It's a lot to hold and take in.

I've always had it inside - this ability to read people, how to get into someone else's head and help them with their problems. And I love when people trust me with their feelings and I can get into any kind of dialogue with them about their inner stuff. I think it's the thing I enjoy most besides modeling.

A lot of my friends ask me for advice.

If I wasn't a singer, I think I'd be studying to be a psychologist.

I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.

With all the things I've been through, the No. 1 thing that I've learned is that we're supposed to help people through this world.

Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.

A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.

Home is not where you live, but where they understand you.

For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people.

I just love creating an environment where people can open up and say what's on their mind and in their heart.

I love, I love human beings, studying them.

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.

Hopefully this movie will help people understand that if a child is never given the tools to know how to love others and love and respect themselves, this is what happens.

I love support groups, people talking about their feelings.