Quotes about Emotions

When I want to really get to know someone, I ask three questions. People's answers to these give me great insight into someone's heart. The questions are: What do you dream about? What do you sing about? What do you cry about?

English heart surgeon Martyn Lloyd-Jones asserted, "Most unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself rather than talking to yourself.

I can control my feelings by controlling my thoughts.

If you're going to connect, people need to know that you understand them.

The key to developing charisma: Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are in making them feel good about you.

Other times leaders have to hold their feelings in check. When I say that leaders should delay their emotions, I'm not suggesting that they deny them or bury them. The bottom line in managing your emotions is that you should put others—not yourself—first in how you handle and process them. Whether you delay or display your emotions should not be for your own gratification.

What do they cry about? To know where people truly want to go, you've got to know what touches their hearts. What do they sing about? In the long run, people need to focus a lot of energy on what gives them joy. What do they dream about? If you can help people discover their dreams and truly believe in them, you can help them become who they were designed to be. Becoming a Person of Influence

A Chinese proverb I came across gives insight: "Assume a cheerfulness you do not feel, and shortly you feel the cheerfulness you assumed." Or as editor and publisher Elbert Hubbard says, "Be pleasant until 10 a.m. and the rest of the day will take care of itself." When you get up in the morning, you need to remind yourself of the decision you've made to have a positive attitude.

It takes quantity as well as quality to develop warm and caring relationships.

If you're in the habit of listening only to the facts and not the person who expresses them, change your focus - and really listen.

If you are willing to change your thinking, you can change your feelings.

Connect emotionally through facial expressions, laughter, and tears.