Emotional Intelligence Quotes

Emotions and feelings… hmm, I used to have those, when I was a kid.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

Emotional intelligence is when you finally realize it’s not all about you.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary emotion.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to make emotions work for you, instead of against you.

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.

Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.

Emotional intelligence is not about being nice all the time. It's about being honest.

Self-regulating your emotions can be beneficial to your present and future self.

When awareness is brought to an emotion, power is brought to your life.

The study of modern mindfulness meditation and emotional intelligence is deeply rooted in the ancient Vipassana meditation techniques.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional impulses.

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to sense, understand, and effectively apply emotions to facilitate high levels of collaboration and productivity.

Anger is a sentry, stalking the edges of our boundaries and standing ready to defend them.

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand. Prejudice, fear, and ignorance walk hand in hand.

Every time we allow someone to move us with anger, we teach them to be angry.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Unleash in the right time and place before you explode at the wrong time and place.

If we can’t laugh at ourselves, do we have the right to laugh at others?

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Emotional intelligence has a significant impact on happiness.

Leadership is all about emotional intelligence. Management is taught, while leadership is experienced.

Emotional intelligence is a very important skill set, not just to be happier but also to succeed professionally.

To increase your effectiveness, make your emotions subordinate to your commitments.

It isn’t stress that makes us fall – it’s how we respond to stressful events.

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

Emotions are a critical source of information for learning.