Quotes About Emotions

Grief has a way of bringing out the sweetness in life.

In intimate conversation I am as supportive and positive as the next man, but gatherings of happy people make me miserable. I long to share in the collective joy, but instead I am racked with anxiety.

Countertransference is described as the therapist's reaction to the patient's transference. Like transference, countertransference is a reflection of earlier events and unresolved conflicts in the therapist's own life that are now "projected" onto the therapy situation.

'The Killing' has a really great combination of qualities: Even though it's very sad and deals with mourning and grief, it's still exciting. It's about real people and it doesn't shy from the painful points of life.

He's one of my best friends in the world, and from my plant it's OK for a boy and a girl to be good friends without being in an intimate relationship. [—Erykah Badu]

Be careful with whom you associate, especially when you feel emotionally vulnerable, because negative people can steal the dream right out of your heart.

When you allow what someone says or does to upset you, you're allowing that person to control you.

I'm not going to get upset. I'm not going to let people steal my joy.

Don't let other people dump their "garbage" on you. Keep your metal lid on tight. Don't ever let anybody steal your joy." -Joel Osteen.

When negative thoughts come, the key is to never verbalize them.

Difficult people are all around. There will be someone that can steal your joy, offend you, leave you out, say something untrue. The key is to handle it correctly. Don't take the bait. Don't dwell on the negative comments. This is how you live happy.

Too many people drag through the day with long faces. Some don't smile for months. Then they'll come up with those same sour faces after a service and say to me, "I've got the joy of the Lord." I'll think: You should notify your face!

That coat of discouragement doesn't look good on you. That coat of self-pity is out of style. That coat of bitterness over who left you and what you didn't get doesn't fit you anymore.

You need to take back control of your happiness. Quit putting it in someone else's hands. Make up your mind that no matter what people do, no matter what they say, how they treat you, they're not going to steal your joy.

When you allow what someone says or does to upset you, you're allowing them to control you.

Rule your feelings; don't let them rule you. When you get your mind going in the right direction, filled with thoughts of hope, faith, and victory, you'll drive away the discouragement, the discontentment.

un reciente estudio que descubrió que la felicidad aumenta un diez por ciento los viernes. ¿A qué se debe eso? Las personas se emocionan por la proximidad del fin de semana, así que deciden ser más felices. Toman la decisión los viernes de disfrutar más de su vida. Te desafío a que permitas que cada día sea viernes.

A true friend is one with whom you can be playful and serious at the same time. The Bible teaches that God has appointed "a time to weep, and a time to laugh

What happens too often when we criticize someone is that we accompany it with strong, negative feelings. We criticize without ever mentioning how many other things we appreciate about our spouse.

You must remember what I have said to many students who told me or wrote to me that they're discouraged because they don't feel spiritual. My answer has always been: "And you never will." If you meet people who say they feel spiritual, don't believe them; they're lying to you. There is no such thing as feeling spiritual, any more than there is such a thing as feeling moral.

On a grander scale, when a society segregates itself, the consequences affect the economy, the emotions, and the ecology. That's one reason why it's easy for pro-lifers to eat factory-raised animals that disrespect everything sacred about creation. And that is why it's easy for rabid environmentalists to hate chainsaws even though they snuggle into a mattress supported by a black walnut bedstead.

The tavalai were always hard to hate. Some managed it, but those were always the people with too much emotion and not enough brains. Officers like that are dangerous, they got their people killed. I didn't want to be like them.

Memories are like everything else. They're a trap.

Sometime when two people love each other, it's really unfortunate.