Don Miguel Ruiz Quotes

I don't cry America. I do not cry. That was a once in a lifetime event. I do not cry, do you understand? I don't cry, okay?

My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later.

Emotion is a good thing, but top level football can be tough, and you have to be in control.

As a top player, you have to keep your emotions in check. You think you can control everything.

I don't display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has, but I've developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings.

Mostly in life people are trying not to have emotions.

I'm not an emotional person. I don't use the emotion train that much. I just use the happy card.

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

If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit.

When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.

Focusing on one mildly disturbing, semi-controllable issue allows the mind to stuff much greater terrors in relatively tidy packages.

One of the reasons I was so unhappy for years was because I never embraced my emotions and I was trying to stay in control.

Emotions are products of our mind, and we can actually train ourselves to choose whether we banish or embrace them.

I feel pressure, but my emotions just don't show that much in my face.

I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of control, and I like to have that kind of control.

The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about how we can better handle our destructive emotions and how to overcome them.

If I'm uncomfortable, you'd never know.

Anger can be a problem, but it has tremendous potential, too. It's just figuring out what to do with it.

I'm going to fight the force of emotions by that of intellect

Part of growing up is learning to live with your emotions; today’s shortcut is to believe whatever your feelings are, they’re justified.

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

I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them, there's no use getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them, what's the use in getting upset?

The more fears that we're exposed to, the more fears that we are handling every single day, asks us to exert more and more control over our lives.

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

I'm good at keeping on top of my emotions and not letting them influence the fight.