2,778 Quotes About Emotions

Everyone has an innate capacity to bounce back from setbacks, reconnect with their passion for work, do their best and thrive no matter how dire external circumstances may seem.

In the labyrinthOf your wordsI'm trying to spotThe truthOf your emotions

I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying.

We live at the edge of positivity and keep drifting into the negative world the moment we stumble or encounter a little challenge. We have to train our emotions to accept the challenges of life and stop blaming those who didn’t introduce us to the positive aspects.

Normal, natural emotions are now seen as good or bad. And being positive has become a new form of moral correctness. People with cancer are automatically told to just stay positive. Women, to stop being so angry. And the list goes on. It's a tyranny. It's a tyranny of positivity. And it's cruel. Unkind. And ineffective. And we do it to ourselves, and we do it to others.

Blocking our feelings and pretending they aren’t there doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

I mistakenly believed that I was my emotions.

Life isn’t about being strong or pretending we are strong to impress others. It takes courage to be authentic with our feelings and acknowledge that real strength comes from recognizing our moments of weakness.

Telling a person who is depressed to have positive thoughts is the same as telling a sick person not to be sick. It doesn’t work.