Quotes about Emotional intelligence
You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.
- Mario Puzo
Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.
- Wayne Dyer
Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.
- Maya Angelou
Either you're going to be depressed when your wish is not realized or foolishly pleased with yourself if it is, overjoyed for the wrong reasons.
- Marcus Aurelius
The best answer to anger is silence.
- Marcus Aurelius
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.
- Cicero
The act of forgiveness takes place in our own mind. It really has nothing to do with the other person.
- Louise Hay
It's not enough to exercise spiritual gifts; one must exercise them with a measure of emotional intelligence, or they can actually do more emotional harm than good.
- Mark Batterson
I don't like to do anything that's mean spirited just because I don't find it funny. I'd rather be the jackass than makes fun of somebody else. It just seems too cheap and easy.
- Melissa McCarthy
The goal is to be the observer of your thoughts and not let your thoughts control you.
- Deepak Chopra
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
- Oscar Wilde
Raise your thoughts, not your fists.
- Matshona Dhliwayo