Quotes about Emotions

I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.

He learned by experience that one train of thought left him sad, the other joyful. This was his first reasoning on spiritual matters.

Love made you vulnerable--any kind of love.

Was this really happening? She was singing a Springsteen song with Ridge Jackson. Their gazes locked as they "sang" into the forks. A smile curved her lips, and giggles bubbled up until she couldn't sing at all.

If only my heart were stone.

And the reason the thoughts kept coming back to me was that I kept turning their sin over in my mind. And so I discovered another of God's principles: We can trust God not only for our emotions but also for our thoughts. As I asked Him to renew my mind, He also took away my thoughts.

Do you know what hurts so much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when that happens. We can kill the love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of use dies, too. Or, Corrie, we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.

Happiness is not dependent on happenings, but on relationships in the happenings.

Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings…it's something we make inside ourselves.

Once we acknowledge that God is the main character, only then can we even begin to get to that place where we're no longer tempted to let our emotions drive us.

Not only did he unleash his emotions through rivers of tears, but for several days he denied his body food so he could pray and seek the God of heaven.

Feelings are much like waves. We can't stop them from coming, but we can choose which one to surf.