Top 21 Emotionally Intelligent Quotes
#1. At the end of the day it's really easy to be a great leader when things are going well. The real test, whether or not you believe in being an emotionally intelligent leader, is when things go wrong.
Kevin Allen
#2. You can't move up in the staircase of leadership unless you are emotionally intelligent.
Amit Ray
#3. It is our responsibility to learn to become emotionally intelligent. These are skills, they're not easy, nature didn't give them to us - we have to learn them.
Paul Ekman
#4. Empathic, emotionally intelligent work environments have a good track record of increasing creativity, improving problem solving and raising productivity.
Daniel Goleman
#5. Healthy and non-shaming mirroring is an important part of the process. We can gain this from a highly emotionally intelligent and effective peer group that has our best interests at heart.
Christopher Dines
#6. The emotionally intelligent person is skilled in four areas: identifying emotions, using emotions, understanding emotions, and regulating emotions.
John Mayer
#7. People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.
Daniel Goleman
#8. If we are ever going to develop an ability to hear from God and be led by His Spirit, we have to start making our own decisions and trust the wisdom God has deposited in our own heart.
Joyce Meyer
#9. Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'."
(on Lillian Hellman)
Mary McCarthy
#10. If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.
Franz Boas
#11. Formal education opens the world to you; contemplation and reflection open yourself to you.
Debasish Mridha
#13. At length the Lady Galadriel released them from her eyes, and she smiled. 'Do not let your hearts be troubled,' she said. 'Tonight you shall sleep in peace.' Then they sighed and felt suddenly weary, as those who have been questioned long and deeply, though no words had been spoken openly.
J.R.R. Tolkien
#14. Once something is well-written, then everything else is gravy.
Billy Campbell
#15. That baby has got to learn things
including remaining erect & on deck & all,
her study of herself must include no wings.
She's sturdy, beautiful, & she will do, unless
the universal homage turns her head
as it might well do mine,
hypnotized by the Little Baby ...
John Berryman
#16. Military glory
that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood
that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy ...
Abraham Lincoln
#17. The higher the IQ the lower the EQ. The more intelligent you are, the lower your ability is to communicate emotionally with people.
Roberto Orci
#18. I am drawn to roles that are strong, intelligent, and a little edgy. With Complications, I navigate my character Samantha Ellison through some really emotionally challenging times.
Beth Riesgraf
#19. I wanted to work in the arts. My dream come true would be to be an architectural historian and work with the royal palaces and all the fabulous art collections. But I'm not committed enough.
Jaye Davidson
#20. Would-be terrorists cannot so much as board a plane without a thorough screening, yet we give them nearly unfettered access to very dangerous weapons.
George Takei
#21. Clear language engenders clear thought, and clear thought is the most important benefit of education.
Richard Mitchell
