Lily Collins Quotes

Do not suffer a sudden impression to overbear your judgment.

Anger does not solve problems - anger only makes things worse. I go by the old saying, 'Don't make important decisions when you're angry.'

We should not, however, proceed with the adventure simply because we are wound up and cannot stop.

I still think carefully about what I'm going to say. I use me heart and head technique, in which the heart says, 'get stuck in, Dennis!', and the head says, 'just a minute... ' But I probably don't use this as often as some others.

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

A lot of people do impulsive things. They just go with their moves. I used to do that. Once I was able to control my mind, I was able to control my actions.

I can be pretty reactive, and I've learned over time to be less reactive: to stop and think before I make decisions.

My intellect has always been more responsible than my emotions for how I respond to the world.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous or in love.

... fluctuating emotions ... [lead] us to excesses of both intervention and abdication.

When a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune: so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.

When you get angry, your options narrow.

Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy.

In anything you do, if you don't let your emotion take over you, you can make the better decisions.

My Mom and Dad always told me to not act on emotion, act on what is real. When you're mad don't do something wrong because you're mad.

I don't try to make any decision of the impulse of my heart. I think things through and go from there.

You can't control yourself in a game while people are screaming at you, teammates, referees trying to get in the middle. So you end up doing things without thinking.

Give them your brains, girl, never your guts.

Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgment and common sense are essential.

While our pulse beats and we feel emotion, let us put off the business. Things will truly seem different to us when we have quieted and cooled down. It is passion that is in command at first, it is passion that speaks, it is not we ourselves.

Give not reins to your inflamed passions: take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly.

Temper your future actions.