Quotes About Emotional intelligence

when children loved you, you knew everything, and when they were angry with you, you knew nothing?

And it's a temptation for any intelligent person, and especially for perfectionists such as the ancients and ourselves, to try to murder the primitive, emotive, appetitive self. But that is a mistake.

There were plenty of girls at school prettier than Harriet, and nicer. But none of them were as smart, or as brave. How could he make her love him, make her notice when he wasn't there?

Argument need not be heated; it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears.

You act like you have a saggy diaper that leaks." "Maybe you need to take your Shut-The-Hell-Up pill.

What do you think is the most important thing you learned in the last couple of years?" "That no one can ever win an argument with the woman they love

WHEN YOU ARE IN CONFLICT WITH SOMEONE, THERE IS ONE FACTOR THAT CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAMAGING YOUR RELATIONSHIP AND DEEPENING IT. THAT FACTOR IS ATTITUDE." —William James

IT TAKES A LOT OF LIFE EXPERIENCE TO SEE WHY SOME RELATIONSHIPS LAST AND OTHERS DO NOT. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR A CRISIS TO GET AN IDEA OF A PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP. OUR BEHAVIOR IN LITTLE EVERYDAY INCIDENTS TELLS US A GREAT DEAL." —Eknath Easwaran

Guys are open books; wives can read them without breaking a sweat. They're just little boys who love being bad.

you don't always have to hold your head higher than your heart

But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance or out of confusion and pain.

Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.

Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.

It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others

Whatever anyone says or does is more about them than it is about me...

Gerçekten de insanlar?n birbirine tahammül edebilmesi için belli bir eÄŸitim ÅŸart.

Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.

Chacun, de sa place, quelle que soit sa position sociale, quels que soient ses choix de vie, ses attachements, ses valeurs ou ses fidélités, finit par découvrir un jour avec plus ou moins de brutalité, de stupeur, de résistances, de lucidité ou d'ouverture qu'il est un infirme relationnel, un inadapté dans le partage intime, un handicapé de la communication proche.

I learned to create a little more space between my thoughts and actions—actually between my feelings and reactions. This is extremely important; without it, life can be a real roller coaster ride.

Generally, the smartest people on the planet – those people who think they are really smart – tend to have the most horrible relationships.

La sensibilidad al dolor no tiene nada que ver con entender

Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.

Since emotional intelligence is learned rather than inherited, it can be improved.

Knowing our emotions also means being aware of our silent self-talk statements and automatic thoughts accompanying our emotions and moods.