452 Quotes About Emotional-intelligence

If you want to positively influence others, begin by influencing how they experience you.

It's important to define who you really are. Not for others, for yourself.

Having healthy boundaries not only requires being able to say “no”, but also being willing and able to enforce that “no” when necessary.

One friend can make the difference - even when all others turn their backs (and even when that friendship is not all that solid).

Everyone needs time for woolgathering, resting, for avoiding the sound of another human voice or just for paying attention to the counsel of one's inner thoughts and feelings. Everyone needs to remain in touch with the quiet parts of their thoughts that do not easily find their way into consciousness amid the noisy stresses of daily life.

Women are born in their own flesh and emotions and are celebrated for knowing it. Men are born in the void and are taught from a very early age to disregard the wisdom of the sensations coursing through their bodies.

Dogs are supposed to be one of the most emotionally intelligent animals next to humans. Even more emotionally intelligent than chimps, despite the greater difference in DNA. Man’s best friend, they call them. Makes sense.

Systems and rules are guidelines, leadership is lifeline.

Music is the school and the hospital of the emotions.