Quotes About Emotional intelligence

The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man's intelligence...it is much more easy to have sympathy with suffering than it is to have sympathy with thought.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

Frank Harris has no feelings. It is the secret of his success. Just as the fact that he thinks that other people have none either is the secret of the failure that lies in wait for him somewhere on the way of Life.

If you want to know where a person is coming from, you need to read this material, not tear it up! You got to see what makes him think what he thinks! -Ann Atwater

I cannot control others. I can only control myself and my reactions to others. And when all else fails, I choose kindness. I show compassion. Then, if I have made poor choices, I have at least not damaged my spirit.

Billie knew all. And, terrible though the fact is as an indictment of the male sex, when a woman knows all, there is invariably trouble ahead for some man.

Ä°nsan?n yaÅŸam?n ne olduÄŸunu kavrayan bir varl?k olduÄŸunu söyleyenler yan?l?yor. Anlama yetisi pek bir iÅŸe yaramaz; konuÅŸuyor olmas? aptall???n? yok etmez. Ancak insan kardeÅŸinin ac?s?n? sezip duyumsayamaya gelince, aptall??? hayvanlar?nkini geçer.

single insincere phoneme, piss me off? Why can't I ignore her

But the attention he gave me, his appreciation of what I said, even when I said it badly, was extraordinary. You've no idea what it meant to be listened to like that.

Remember, you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry.

Pero se necesita carácter y dominio de sí mismo para ser comprensivo y capaz de perdonar.

When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.

El individuo que no se interesa por sus semejantes es quien tiene las mayores dificultades en la vida y causa las mayores heridas a los demás. De esos individuos surgen todos los fracasos humanos.

Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness. 'To know all is to forgive all.

Influence requires more intuition than intellect.

PRINCIPLE 8 Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.

If you disagree with them you may be tempted to interrupt. But don't. It is dangerous.

Tomorrow you may want to persuade somebody to do something. Before you speak, pause and ask yourself: 'How can I make this person want to do it?

we tend to mirror the sentiment.

which serves as a good lesson for what can happen when we ignore this principle.

Por medio de la crítica nunca provocamos cambios duraderos, y con frecuencia creamos resentimiento.

always in terms of other people's point of view, and see things from their angle—if you get that one thing out of this book, it may easily prove to be one of the building blocks of your career.

sharp criticisms and rebukes almost invariably end in futility.

If all we had to do was flatter, everybody would catch on and we should all be experts in human relations.