Quotes about Emotion

It's fear that makes an act courageous.

This point is often overlooked: Fear of God is a liberating emotion, freeing one from a disabling fear of evil, powerful people. This needs to be emphasized because many people see fear of God as onerous rather than liberating.

Or to put it another way, fun is during, happiness is during and after.

Human beings tend to much more quickly forget the good others have done for them than the bad others have done to them. That's human nature.

I can remember what I ate in the most important moments in my life.

Every once in a while, I find something that I'm interested in just because of the singing, like the Goo Goo Dolls.

Martin Luther claimed that he "never did anything well until his wrath was excited, and then he could do anything well.

Can this be right? An angry leader? Indeed, Jesus had this quality, and when we use it rightly, we follow Him.

God does not suffer out of deficiency of being, like created beings. But he does suffer from his love, which is the overflowing superabundance of his being. And in this sense he can suffer.

Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, 'I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.' That is why dogs make such a hit. They are so glad to see us that they almost jump out of their skins. So, naturally, we are glad to see them.

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.