Emotional Intelligence Quotes
Top 20 Emotional Intelligence Quotes
No 1 (Best quote!)
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his
skin and walk around in it.
(Atticus Finch in the 1960 novel To Kill a
Mockingbird).
- Harper Lee (1926- ), American writer pictured right above.
No 2
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
- Blaise Pascal (1623–62),
French scientist and philosopher, pictured right.
No 3
A soft answer turneth away wrath
(from the Bible)
- Book of Proverbs 15:1
No 4
Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone.
(John 8:7 in the Bible)
- Jesus (c6 BC-c33 AD), founder of
Christianity
No 5
Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion.
- Daniel Goleman, pictured right, in Social Intelligence
(2006)
No 6
It is not by what is in this life but by what appears, that you are judged,
(from the 1886 novel The Mayor of
Casterbridge)
- Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), pictured right, English writer.
No 7
Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence.
(Mr Jaggers in the 1860 novel Great
Expectations)
- Charles Dickens (1812-70),
pictured right, English writer.
No 8
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.
(Darcy in the 1813 novel Pride and
Prejudice)
- Jane
Austen (1775-1817), pictured right, English writer.
No 9
We see the world not as it is but as we are.
- Stephen Covey, pictured right, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective
People (1989)
No 10
The capacity for managing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing
emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships.
(definition of emotional intelligence)
- Daniel Goleman, pictured right above, Working with Emotional
Intelligence (1998)
No 11
Respect yourself and others will respect you.
- Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese
philosopher, pictured right
Confucius also says:
Grieve not that men do not know you, grieve that you do not know men.
No 12
When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
- Lao Tzu (c604-c531 BC), Chinese
philosopher, pictured right
No 13
The better part of valour is discretion,
(Falstaff in Henry IV Part
1).
- William
Shakespeare (1564-1616), pictured right, English playwright
No 14
Academic intelligence offers virtually no preparation for the turmoil - or opportunity - life’s vicissitudes
bring.
- Daniel Goleman, pictured right, Emotional Intelligence (1996)
No 15
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
- Blaise
Pascal (1623-62), French mathematician, physicist and philosopher, pictured right
No 16
Good action...cannot exist without a combination of intellect and character.
- Aristotle (384-322 BC),
Greek philosopher, pictured right
No 17
To be is to be perceived.
- George
Berkeley (1685-1753), Anglo-Irish philosopher, pictured right
No 18
He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.
- Lao Tzu (c604-c531 BC), Chinese
philosopher, pictured right
No 19
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
- Voltaire (1694-1778), French writer
and philosopher, pictured right
No 20
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
- Mother Teresa (1910-97), Albanian
nun, pictured right
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