Quotes About Emotional intelligence

Connors always had the ability to turn his anger on and off, which amazed me. I was a one-way street—mad, madder, and maddest. There must have been thousands of times, in tense situations, when a joke was on the tip of my tongue, and instead of saying something funny, I'd just let loose.

Being an effective person-centred counsellor is not so much a matter of possessing skills and knowledge, but of having a particular set of deeply-held values and beliefs and then being able to express these qualities in interactions with other people.

I've been smart my whole life, Angus says. And I guess I was angry that I couldn't find a way to heal myself.

We know so little about what goes on in another person's head.

To love makes one less clever.

it was easier to be angry than to examine why

Don't worry," I repiled, "I usually don't argue with the voices.

Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.

There are some people who don't realize what it is they are doing to others until they are paid back in their own coin. But those are not the worst. The worst are those whose unkindness is calculated.

Emotional intelligence is learning how to decipher and channel the brilliance of your heart." 

where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves.

Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her? You shouldn't have done that. I'm sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.

Ah yet, when all is thought and said, The heart still overrules the head.

Hatred is an affair of the heart contempt that of the head.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: "Se requiere mucha inteligencia para disfrazar de artificio las propias emociones" (Arturo Pérez-Reverte)

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.

Sábio é o ser humano que tem coragem de ir diante do espelho da alma para reconhecer seus erros e fracassos e utilizá-los para plantar as mais belas sementes no terreno da sua inteligência.

Si piensas, entenderás que la culpa, los errores, las decepciones y las desgracias son privilegios de una vida consciente. ¡La muerte no tiene esos privilegios!

Muitos malham nas academias, o que é bom, mas a grande maioria esquece de "treinar" seu Eu, de praticar suas habilidades intelectuais emocionais para ser livre e feliz. Suportam grandes pesos físicos, mas não suportam as menores lágrimas, crises e dificuldades.

Às vezes me sinto um louco falando para pessoas falsamente saudáveis – confessou Marco Polo. – Uma voz solitária gritando que, se treinamos dirigir carros, empresas, operar computadores, deveríamos treinar dirigir a emoção e gerenciar nossos pensamentos para sermos minimamente autores de nossa história. Mas simplesmente nenhuma escola ensina isso. Deixe sua mente irresponsavelmente solta que o risco de se acidentar e adoecer será grave.

The last six years afforded me much time and food for thought. I came to the conclusion that the human race is not divided into two opposing camps of good and evil. It is made up of those who are capable of learning and those who are incapable of doing so.

Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense.

It takes no deep insight to see that the source of both our well-being and our maladies lies within our own hearts and minds. To change our experience of life we must inevitably change our hearts and minds, or rather our heart/minds.

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.