Quotes About Emotional intelligence

I'm saying pay attention to when it makes sense to say something," Vann said. "And pay attention to when it makes sense to hold it in for the moment. I get that you're used to saying what you think to anyone, anytime. That comes from being an entitled rich kid.

If you can't write a comment that isn't ultimately a segue into topics you feel are important, ask yourself why everything has to be about you.

His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.

He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a feeling for pleasure.

Some men are friends with the whole world in their hearts, and there are others that hate themselves and spread their hatred around like butter on hot bread.

Woman can change better'n man, Ma said soothingly. Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head.

Woman can change better'n a man, Ma said soothingly. Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head.

Catherine was clever, but even a clever woman misses some of the strange corridors in a man.

Good," he said. "A group. Mary and you and the two kids. Subject: men—their weakness and stupidity and how to use them.

Resolving your emotional necessities is the first step to avoiding a marriage to a jerk. It is also an indispensable step to avoid becoming the jerk in your marriage

how I conveyed information was often as important as the information itself.

We see that thoughts, when brought into and held in awareness in this way, readily lose their power to dominate and dictate our responses to life, no matter what their content and emotional charge. They then become workable rather than imprisoning. And thus, we become a bit freer in the knowing and the recognizing of them as events in the field of awareness.

A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

My father was all brain and little heart.

Be fearful when there is greed and be greedy when there is fear.

if we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger,pain, and fear. compassion is a great medicine.

If your reaction to your partner's fear-or any other form of distress- is disdain or irritation, you do not want oneness or even friendship with your partner at that moment.

Acts that proceed from your calm center are always more effective than acts that proceed from fear, guilt, or anger.

The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.

I fear that we are beginning to design ourselves to suit digital models of us, and I worry about a leaching of empathy and humanity in that process.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Emotions help keep us on the right track by making sure that we are led by more than the mental/ intellectual faculties of thought, perception, reason, memory.

Before you talk, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.