Quotes About Emotional intelligence

When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly.112 They are like this because they can't tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own—not of the same blood or birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me.

Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say "so what." That's one of my favorite things to say. —ANDY WARHOL

Beware of turning into the enemy you most fear. All it takes is to lash out violently at someone who has done you some grievous harm, proclaiming that only your pain matters in this world. More than against that person's body, you will then, at that moment, be committing a crime against your own imagination.

There are, then, these three means of effecting persuasion. The man who is to be in command of them must, it is clear, be able (1) to reason logically, (2) to understand human character and goodness in their various forms, and (3) to understand the emotions--that is, to name them and describe them, to know their causes and the way in which they are excited.

Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.

after five minutes of getting a tongue lashing from her I had to cut Marisa off and remind her who was paying her salary and she was starting to hurt my feelings. "You don't have any feelings," Marisa said.

Althought it's important not to let the little irritations consume you, it's also important not to ignore them. Backing down when others are unfairly running over you, or giving up with a sigh, can ultimately cause more distress than the hassle did in the first place. So I make sure to deal with them.

The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.

We speed past the questions that would help us get to know another person's story and instead immediately look to the places of greatest difference and disagreement.

On reflection, I realized that I am the angry one, the ill-tempered one, the miser, and the liar. My job is to conquer me. My tool for doing so is to show warm-heartedness to others, especially when they are not showing it to me. Your opportunity when treated with contempt is to change at least one heart—yours.

Everyone has friends or people they know, while they aren't definitively sociopaths, they have sociopathic qualities.

You learn very quickly where you feel fulfilled and where you don't.

I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage.

People seem to take as much offence as they possibly can these days - it's almost a new type of greed, a new kind of road rage.

Every man who has a sister, mother, wife, girlfriend or even a random female in their life who they've spent more than three minutes with knows that telling a woman they've gained weight is just never going to go down well.

Because I think I am pretty left-brained - more than I gave myself credit for - I think I've managed to really dissect emotions. At least my own. And I've been able to understand what they do, how they do it, and when.

I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along.

If anybody will ask about my ex, or exes, I will just smile. I'll never say anything negative because I think that's what being a gentleman is.

I was of the type who gets bullied rather than the one who does the bullying, which I'm glad about. I'd rather be that than a bully.

A good listener goes a long way.

I feel that more women should turn directors as they are more sensitive and emotional than men - that's a crucial factor in being a good director.

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

And if a friend does you wrong, then say: I forgive you what you have done to me; that you have done it to YOURSELF, however--how could I forgive that!

Growth in wisdom can be measured precisely by decline in bile.