Quotes about Emotions

Happiness is not a feeling, it is a choice. To be happy, one must choose to be happy, not respond to a circumstance that now controls your happiness.

We all have our inner demons.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.

I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again.

Far too many young people coming of age today have no spiritual or emotional roots. They have been deprived of values by an agnostic and contemporary culture.

Anxiety and fear are like baby tigers: The more you feed them, the stronger they grow.

Happiness is a choice, but grief is a certainty.

Is it any wonder that fear and anxiety have become the hallmarks of our age?

Anger and bitterness—whatever the cause—only end up hurting us. Turn that anger over to Christ.

If you have been harboring anger or bitterness or jealousy in your heart toward someone—a parent, an ex-spouse, a boss—hand it over to Christ, and ask Him to help you let it go.

We get angry when others hurt us, both by what they say and what they do. We get angry when we don't get our own way or our plans and dreams are frustrated. Anger may arise in an instant, erupting like a volcano and raining destruction on everyone in sight. Often, anger simmers just below the surface, sometimes for a lifetime. Like a corrosive acid, this kind of anger eats away at our bodies and souls, yet we may not even be aware of its presence.