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# Empathy comes from experience. People who have...
> Empathy comes from experience. People who have known hunger, poverty, or hardship themselves can offer help with a depth of understanding that sympathy alone cannot match.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Gratitude, Giving, and the Dignity of People Without Shelter - Workbook|Gratitude, Giving, and the Dignity of People Without Shelter]]
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“Empathy comes from experience. People who have known hunger, poverty, or hardship themselves can offer help with a depth of understanding that sympathy alone cannot match.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-empathy-comes-experience-alone-cannot-match
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