Top 100 Quotes About Negative Emotions
#1. Maybe the reason people avoid you is because the emotions your brain sends out when you click are kind of... negative emotions?
Maybe you're clicking unhappiness at people, and they're sending it back in echoes.
Leah Thomas
#2. The real work was the identification of those aspects of yourself that led to what he called "the negative emotions" - anger, envy, bitterness, greed, cynicism, hatred and the like - things that poured hurt into an already overfull world.
Roland Merullo
#3. One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.
Dalai Lama
#4. Negative emotions, such as the feelings of hatred, meanness, low self-esteem and confidence, and pessimism, create an unpleasant person and a bleak destiny.
Auliq Ice
#5. If you have a great deal of knowledge, but you're governed by negative emotions, then you tend to use your knowledge in negative ways. Therefore, while you are learning, don't forget the importance of warmheartedness.
Dalai Lama
#6. The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.
P.D. Ouspensky
#7. The greatest enemies of success and happiness are negative emotions of all kinds.
Brian Tracy
#8. All elements of reality provide positive or negative emotions, according to the connection we develop with them, directly or indirectly.
Daniel Marques
#9. Negative emotions often make things even more memorable than positive ones because recalling things that are threatening - and avoiding those situations in the future if possible - is often critical to survival.
Bruce D. Perry
#10. Not only do happy people endure pain better and take more health and safety precautions when threatened, but positive emotions undo negative emotions.
Martin Seligman
#11. When you feel destructive, negative emotions like hate and anger arise within you towards the person opposing you; cultivate the opposite state of mind.
Sharon Gannon
#12. Sometimes even feeling bad feels good. Negative emotions can feel so familiar (especially if they mimic our past) as to actually be comforting. Awareness is realizing that our life could always be better. Growth is doing what it takes to make it better ...
Danielle LaPorte
#13. People who tend to [suppress their negative emotions] regularly," concludes Grob, "might start to see the world in a more negative light.
Susan Cain
#14. A beautiful country is a dream-like illusion. It is senseless to cling to it. Unless the inner forces of negative emotions are conquered, strife with outer enemies will never end.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
#15. Do not fight your negative emotions. Observe and befriend them.
Haemin Sunim
#16. You know, sometimes just giving yourself permission to feel any emotion without judgment or censorship can lessen the intensity of those negative emotions.
Augusten Burroughs
#17. People with higher ratios of positive to negative emotions are more likely to flourish in life.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
#18. Don't react while you are upset because at that time your reaction will be based on negative emotions; but intuitive and positive thoughts flow when you are calm.
Hina Hashmi
#19. Negative emotions are like unwelcome guests. Just because they show up on our doorstep doesn't mean they have a right to stay.
Deepak Chopra
#20. Amazingly, neuroscientists have even found that people who use Botox, which prevents them from making angry faces, seem to be less anger-prone than those who don't, because the very act of frowning triggers the amygdala to process negative emotions.
Susan Cain
#21. Negative emotions, like depression or anxiety, have been shown to affect our immune system. Stress impedes wound healing.
Chris Prentiss
#22. More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it's bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.
Simon Sinek
#23. Non-judgmental justice is a perception that allows you to see everything in life, but does not engage your negative emotions.
Gary Zukav
#24. Yes, cowardice gives you pain, fear gives you pain, anger gives you pain; these are negative emotions. But peace can be attained only by accepting and absorbing the painful, not by rejecting it.
Osho
#25. Before I started studying martial arts, I had temper problems. I could definitely fly off the handle. Being raised in the south in 1956 definitely gave me some memories to latch onto for negative emotions.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
#26. It is to be recognized that the negative emotions and the guilt that comes with it is not a part of the Consciousness, it only belongs to the mind!
Frank M. Wanderer
#27. Whereas cognitive constraints on negative emotions can reduce distress, freeing positive emotions from such constraints can enhance religious experience.
Gerald L. Clore
#28. Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.
Sai Baba
#29. Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they're big, flashing signs that something needs to change.
Gretchen Rubin
#30. So the first step in seeking happiness is learning. We first have to learn how negative emotions and behaviors are harmful to us and how positive emotions are helpful.
Dalai Lama
#31. The three most harmful negative emotions are anger, guilt, and fear. And anger is number one. It is also the strongest and most dangerous of all passions.
Joyce Meyer
#32. A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.
Mahatma Gandhi
#33. People treating their minds like bin, by keeping negative emotions for example jealousy and hatred, cannot experience happiness and peace.
Hina Hashmi
#34. It is not possible to build on negative emotions. Genuine literature will come only when we replace hatred for man with love for man.
Yevgeny Zamyatin
#35. fear...is THE underlying emotion behind anger, anxiety, sadness, jealousy, judgement, and other such negative emotions, all of which are energetic blocks to our awareness and ongoing awakening.
Peter Santos
#36. Fear is the cause of every problem. It's the root of all prejudices and the negative emotions of anger, jealousy, and possessiveness. If you had no fear, you could be perfectly happy living in this world.
Michael A. Singer
#37. The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed.
Sonja Lyubomirsky
#38. 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.
Joel Osteen
#39. When we hold our thoughts up against God's standards of what is true and what is real, we can recognize and, with His help, learn to release many of our negative emotions, damaging thoughts, and destructive attitudes.
Elizabeth George
#40. Cleansing. An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter." "He's right, I feel great
Brandon Mull
#41. How nice it would be to breeze through life and just brush things off. I never read reviews because I hate to lose more than I like to win; I experience negative emotions far greater than positive ones.
Catherine Tate
#42. My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.
Dalai Lama
#44. The very act of accepting responsibility short-circuits and cancels out any negative emotions you may be experiencing.
Brian Tracy
#45. Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.
Napoleon Hill
#46. THE SEVEN MAJOR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS (To be avoided) The emotion of FEAR The emotion of JEALOUSY The emotion of HATRED The emotion of REVENGE The emotion of GREED The emotion of SUPERSTITION The emotion of ANGER
Napoleon Hill
#47. We often think we express negative emotions, not because we cannot help it, but because we should express them.
P.D. Ouspensky
#48. Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, hostility, worry, and irritation. It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted; it is present oriented.
Sonja Lyubomirsky
#49. There's danger in glorifying negative emotions as fuel for art.
Tavi Gevinson
#50. I hate you," I muttered. "Ach, now, don't be like that. Ghosts are drawn to negative emotions, you see.
Brandon Sanderson
#51. You are positive, creative and happy to the degree to which you eliminate negative emotions from your life.
Brian Tracy
#52. The superior weapon of choice to fight ineffective, unwarranted distrust and fear, is a commitment to believing in others, coupled with a charitable heart; it is then that logic and intellect can be most successfully employed to deal with such negative emotions.
Connie Kerbs
#53. I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear - the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.
Arthur L. Williams Jr.
#54. By staying active & learning to control negative emotions and thoughts, you can live out the rest of your life on a good note.
Jude Bijou
#55. So-called negative emotion is an indicator of fighting against the current or struggling against your Flow. Certain aspects of our lives are filled with negative emotions that tell us that this area of our life is not flowing.
Summer McStravick
#56. We all produce excuses and negative emotions involuntarily. Guess what? That's never going to change.
Anonymous
#57. Hatred, revenge, bitterness - these are negative emotions. The person harbouring those emotions suffers more.
Ahmed Kathrada
#58. The beautiful thing about music is that even so-called negative emotions like anger, sadness, frustration, when they come through the filter of music, they all become beautiful.
Hiromi
#59. When I drank, I'd be happy for 10 minutes. When I got high, I'd feel a sense of nothingness for about an hour. But in the end, my negative emotions always came rushing back.
Farrah Abraham
#60. Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.
Andrew J. Bernstein
#61. It is impossible to bring more into your life if you are feeling ungrateful about what you have. Why? Because the thoughts and feelings you emit as you feel ungrateful are all negative emotions.
Rhonda Byrne
#62. Robin Simon, a sociology professor at Florida State University and researcher on parenting and happiness, told The Daily Beast in 20083 that parents experience lower levels of emotional well-being, less frequent positive emotions and more frequent negative emotions than their childless peers.
Jessica Valenti
#63. I don't feel negative emotions. I feel calm, composed and ready. And as it goes on I get better at it. By the time the fight is on, I don't feel any emotions at all.
Conor McGregor
#64. The insecurities from your past are not the truth in your life either. As we look at our doubts and develop confident hearts, it's going to be important to recognize negative emotions from our past that keep us from living confidently in our present and future.
Renee Swope
#65. Go through life with your eyes wide open and do not react to failures with a burst of negative emotions
Sunday Adelaja
#66. Gratitude works its magic by serving as an antidote to negative emotions. It's like white blood cells for the soul, protecting us from cynicism, entitlement, anger, and resignation.
Arianna Huffington
#67. Every time you tell your old story, you reactivate the negative emotions/vibes as a whole new experience in your body.
Catherine Garrett
#68. Nothing will change if you blame. Rather it will aggravate negative emotions within you. Don't waste your time blaming.
Maddy Malhotra
#69. An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter.
Brandon Mull
#70. If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.
Matthew D. Miller
#71. Nothing will change if you worry. Rather it may aggravate negative emotions within you. Don't waste your time worrying.
Maddy Malhotra
#72. Music is something that takes you to a world which is very different from the world of hatred,jealousy, and all those negative emotions
A.R. Rahman
#73. Dealing with our negative emotions is a crucial preparatory step to taking effective action. You have to grapple with the hard stuff, with the hard realities of the world. This builds your confidence that you can handle those intense situations when they arise.
Tim DeChristopher
#75. Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.
Matthieu Ricard
#76. Satvajaya can decondition the mind so we can see things fresh, like with the eyes of a child. Satvajaya techniques rid us of negative emotions, thought patterns, and prejudices that may weigh us down like undigested food.
David Frawley
#77. Demons would often try to make me feel some negative emotion, like hatred or contempt. Because the only way I could become vulnerable to them, is if I indulged in some negative emotion, in their presence. In the realm of hatred and anger, and other negative emotions, demons are the masters.
Alexei Maxim Russell
#78. Stoicism, understood properly, is a cure for a disease. The disease in question is the anxiety, grief, fear, and various other negative emotions that plague humans and prevent them from experiencing a joyful existence.
William B. Irvine
#79. Any extended period of negative emotions can lead to you giving in to despair and accepting your fate. If you remain alone for a long time, you will decide loneliness is a fact of life and pass up opportunities to hang out with people. The loss of control in any situation can lead to this state.
David McRaney
#80. You need to be careful who you're around if you want to stay healthy, but you also need to make sure that you are tamping down and dealing with your own emotional distress and negative emotions as well.
John Franz
#81. The greatest problem of human life is fear. It is fear that robs us of
happiness. It is fear that causes us to settle for far less than we are
capable of. It is fear that is the root cause of negative emotions,
unhappiness and problems in human relationships.
Brian Tracy
#82. Right underneath your thoughts and negative emotions exists an ocean of love. You have but to quiet the mind to experience it.
Barbara Ann Kipfer
#83. Foods high in bad fats, sugar and chemicals are directly linked to many negative emotions, whereas whole, natural foods rich in nutrients - foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes - contribute to greater energy and positive emotions.
Marilu Henner
#84. The spiritual path has no negative emotions and we are spiritual beings having human experience. The experiences need courage to complete the cleansing process. It defines the design that conforms to the external definitions of what we are.
Robert Jordan
#85. One of our duties on this planet is to dissolve the negative emotions associated with negative memories while we motivate ourselves and other people.
Hina Hashmi
#86. A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
Vernon Howard
#87. Balance The Stress Factor The Beauty of Mental Space Emotional Intelligence Take A Breath Negative Emotions Time and Priorities Boundaries A Culture of Wellness
Sharon Salzberg
#88. Emotions are lovely. Even if they fall to the negative for a time. The sun will rise again another day. The sadness perhaps never forgotten, but a new day enjoyed in another way. A way that could not have been but for the sadness's existence.
Anne Mallory
#89. Chronic negative thinking and the emotions it invokes is, like many destructive behaviors, a form of addiction ... it may not be very pleasant, but it's familiar.
Lauren Mackler
#90. Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.
Carlos Slim
#91. Negative emotional states are a breeding ground for mistakes.
Sam Owen
#92. People who experience negative or stressful emotions on an ongoing basis are less healthy and live shorter lives.
Tony Robbins
#93. Platitudes are poor substitutes for emotions, this negative space hollowed out and without words. I know the shape of you and it has no name. I know the sound of you and the smell of you and the touch and sight and taste of you. But language departed the same day you did, leaving my mouth empty.
Tania De Rozario
#94. Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.
Dalai Lama
#95. individuals who experience positive emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio with negative ones "become much more resilient to adversity and effortlessly achieve what they once could only imagine.
Kani Ilangovan
#96. Best way to get away from negative feelings and emotions is to involve ourselves without getting involved. It comes by practice and is beneficial for our health; be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual.
Mahesh Babu
#97. Negative thoughts and emotions are what obstruct our most basic aspiration - to be happy and to avoid suffering. When we act under their influence, we become oblivious to the impact our actions have on others: they are thus the cause of our destructive behavior both toward others and to ourselves.
Dalai Lama XIV
#98. A lot is being done to cure physical self-harm, and yet it's a by-product of mental self-harm!
Maddy Malhotra
#99. Correctly identifying a negative emotion takes the brain out of fight-or-flight mode and into problem-solving mode, out of tension, anger and confusion and into ease, calm and clarity.
Sam Owen
#100. Positive simply means unifying energies, while negative simply means separating energies. It's not about what's good or bad, right or wrong. It's about
embracing what feels good and brings us closer to peace.
Alaric Hutchinson
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