Xosha Roquemore Quotes

Next time you're tempted to be upset, frustrated, offended, remind yourself, it's a part of that ten percent of things in life that you can't control - but you can control how you respond.

I've got a lot better at dropping emotions if something goes wrong, or right.

Well, you can’t control what they do, but you can control how you respond to it…whether you allow it to drive you crazy, or occupy all of your thoughts, or whether you note what they’re doing, consider it, and make a conscious decision as to how much you’ll let it affect you

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Nobody can make you angry without your consent, nobody can disappoint you without your consent, you have to give people consent to do these things.

I'm an emotional person. Sometimes I can't help it.

We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.

Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

I tend to not wallow too much in sentiment if I can avoid it.

There's times where I get emotionally hijacked, then I'll try and force something and do something.

I think that idea that sort of our emotional self and our emotional life is a faucet that you turn on and off, and that we are in control of it entirely, that's a really appealing idea for a lot of people. But there are certainly the times where it's appealing to me, but it never quite works the way I hoped it would.

I don't think I get that upset over things.

How do I control my emotions? How do I stop getting angry so often, or how do I stop being sad? And I think there's a really important distinction to understand is that you can't completely control your emotions. What you control is your reaction to your own emotions. And a lot of people don't ever make that separation for what goes on with them.

I listen to my emotions. That's why I react once I get provoked sometimes.

I don't react and think off emotions - that gets you in a bad situation.

Diego Costa doesn't show any emotion. I am more emotional. So I have learned to control my emotions.

The problem is not what other people think, do or say; it is your reaction.

Strong feelings are fine; it's the overreactions that mess us up.

Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.

You can't help what you feel, but you can help how you behave

It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

There's no "should" or "should not" when it comes to having feelings. They're part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control. When we can believe that, we may find it easier to make constructive choices about what to do with those feelings.

When you allow what someone says or does to upset you, you're allowing them to control you.

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

I tend to take things personally. But I can only take so much, and then I jump back. I have strong survival skills.