Daniel Goleman Quotes

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

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

I try to let my highs not be too high and my lows not be too low. And I do that just because I try to control my emotions.

A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.

The word 'yoga' means skill - skill to live your life, to manage your mind, to deal with your emotions, to be with people, to be in love and not let that love turn into hatred.

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

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.

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.

Negative emotions will challenge your grit every step of the way. While it's impossible not to feel your emotions, it's completely under your power to manage them effectively and to keep yourself in a position of control. When you let your emotions overtake your ability to think clearly, it's easy to lose your resolve.

The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.

Mostly in life people are trying not to have emotions.

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 have really focused on mindfulness. That helps me make better choices both physically, psychologically, and emotionally.

Anger can be a good thing. It's a mechanism that your brain uses to get you out of situations that are bad for you. But in terms of leading a peaceful life, it is not very productive.

I am an emotional person.

Now I've come to a place where I believe that anger doesn't really make me a better actor.

I don't get emotional.

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

The power I would like is to be able to turn off negative emotions and bad moods with the flick of a switch.

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

I am a very emotional guy.

I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.

Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!

Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.

Psychology, unlike chemistry, unlike algebra, unlike literature, is an owner's manual for your own mind. It's a guide to life. What could be more important than grounding young people in the scientific information that they need to live happy, healthy, productive lives? To have good relationships?