Quotes About Emotions

I was angry all the time about the future I didn't want with people I didn't like. But I didn't know what I wanted - so what else was there to do?

Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships.

Anyone can become angry—that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, this is not easy.

In the beginning, doing other than yelling when you are angry will be extremely difficult. But each time you succeed, the new pathway is strengthened. Eventually the urge to yell is so small that it's easy to ignore

all emotions are derivations of five core feelings: happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and shame.

Good decisions require far more than factual knowledge. They are made using self-knowledge and emotional mastery when they're needed most.

The biggest challenge to developing self-awareness is objectivity. It's hard to develop perspective on your emotions and tendencies when every day feels like a new mountain to climb.

Emotions serve an important purpose—they clue you into things that you'll never understand if you don't take the time to ask yourself why.

People high in self-awareness are remarkably clear in their understanding of what they do well, what motivates and satisfies them, and which people and situations push their buttons.

Closing your eyes and thinking of emotionally arousing events is simply training for the real thing—spotting the physical signs of your emotions on the fly.

Even when you can't do or say anything to change a difficult situation, you always have a say in your perspective of what's happening, which ultimately influences your feelings about it.

Stay aware of your good moods and the foolish decisions these moods can lead to, and you'll be able to enjoy feeling good without any regrets.

Hard times of any kind—financial, familial, or job-related—create more intense and often prolonged negative emotions that ultimately result in stress. In addition to the physical costs of stress, such as weight gain and heart disease, stress also taxes our mental resources.

Social awareness is your ability to accurately pick up on emotions in other people and understand what is really going on with them.

I know what it feels like to miss everything about him--the way he smells, the way his mouth curls up when he laughs, his voice.

The young woman stood on the deck of the log cabin, looking into the tear-filled eyes of the man she loved. The normal mixture of mischievous charm and boyish confidence was gone. In its place lay emptiness and defeat. All because of her.

There are a thousand beautiful things behind that look. A marvelous sort of ache that only a few people know about. Some miraculous sort of sorrow she's managed to walk away from.

The Psalms put us in touch with our deepest emotions.

the Psalms speak to all seasons of our souls.

if we follow the example of the psalmist The Psalms are an honest expression of emotions.

Oh dear,"cried Rhonda just then, for Mr. Benedict, awash in strong emotion, has gone to sleep.with a sudden loud snore he toppled forward into the attentive arms of Rhonda and Number Two, who eased him to the floor. "What's wrong with him?" Constance asked. "He has narcolepsy," said Kate. "He steals a lot?" "That's kleptomania," Sticky said. "Mr. Benedict sleeps a lot.

Maybe we should acquire a taste for bittersweet, " said Reynie with a grin. Then everything would feel wonderful.

Constance shrieked. The other children jumped. Milligan sighed.

He had known that emotions could change a person's perception of facts, but he had never imagined them capable of such slyness. It was important to keep an eye on them--to remain alert to their secret workings.