Emotional Intelligence Quotes

"Anger is not the proper response to anger. When you see someone angry you are seeing their pain. Compassion is the proper response to anger." "Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on." "Instead of asking your child what they learned today, ask them who they helped today." "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others" "People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives" "Control of consciousness determines the quality of life." "I don't go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head." "Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip." "You have to follow your heart and listen to your intuition." "Sometimes you will never know the value of something until it becomes a memory." "I tell my daughter every morning, 'Now, what are the two most important parts of you?' And she says, 'My head and my heart.'" "When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don't get to decide that you didn't" "Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath." "Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves." "The best decisions aren’t made with your mind but with your instinct" "Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy" "Never complain and never explain" "You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." "I went through this realization that acting, at its heart, is the ability to manipulate yourself and have others believe it." "Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy."