Emotional Intelligence Quotes

• You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

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• It is very important to understand that emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence, it is not the triumph of heart over head - it is the unique intersection of both.

  David Caruso

  Wisdom, Heart, Unique

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• We are dangerous when we are not conscious of our responsibility for how we behave, think, and feel.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Responsibility, Emotional, Thinking

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• There are six elements of gravitas critical to leadership: grace under fire, decisiveness, emotional intelligence and the ability to read a room, integrity and authenticity (people don't like fakes), a vision that inspires others, and a stellar reputation.

  Sylvia Ann Hewlett

  Integrity, Emotional, Fire

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• Emotional intelligence, more than any other factor, more than I.Q. or expertise, accounts for 85% to 90% of success at work... I.Q. is a threshold competence. You need it, but it doesn't make you a star. Emotional intelligence can.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Stars, Emotional, Needs

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• But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor of who will be most successful, because it is how we handle ourselves in our relationships that determines how well we do once we are in a given job.

  Daniel Goleman

  Jobs, Successful, Emotional

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• Today, financial capital is no longer the key asset. It is human capital. Success is no longer about economic competence as the main leverage. It is about emotional intelligence. It is no longer about controls. It is about collaboration. It is no longer about hierarchies. It is about leading through networks. It is no longer about aligning people through structures and spreadsheets. It is about aligning them through meaning and purpose. It is no longer about developing followers. It is about developing leaders.

  Darren Hardy

  Motivational, Emotional, Keys

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• We define emotional intelligence as the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions.

  Peter Salovey

  Leadership, Emotional, Thinking

  Peter Salovey, Marc A. Brackett, John D. Mayer (2004). “Emotional Intelligence: Key Readings on the Mayer and Salovey Model”, p.1961, National Professional Resources Inc./Dude Publishing

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• The strength of character and emotional intelligence to face your failures and learn from them are at the core of success.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

  Twitter post from Mar 22, 2017

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• If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.

  Daniel Goleman

  Smart, Emotional, Self

  "The Weeping, the Window, the Way: Will Suffering Make You Bitter Or Better?". Book by John O. Dozier, 2010.

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• Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.

  Audre Lorde

  Knowledge, Emotional, Feelings

  Audre Lorde, Joan Wylie Hall (2004). “Conversations with Audre Lorde”, p.91, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Emotional intelligence grows through perception. Look around at your present situation and observe it through the level of feeling.

  Deepak Chopra

  Emotional, Feelings, Perception

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Jul 02, 2012

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• Love the heart that hurts you, but never hurt the heart that loves you.

  Vipin Sharma

  Love, Sympathy, Hurt

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• What matters is hard work, and emotional intelligence.

  Millard Drexler

  Hard Work, Emotional, What Matters

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• Emotional intelligence begins to develop in the earliest years. All the small exchanges children have with their parents, teachers, and with each other carry emotional messages.

  Daniel Goleman

  Teacher, Children, Emotional

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• Emotional intelligence is what humans are good at and that's not a sideshow. That's the cutting edge of human intelligence.

  Ray Kurzweil

  Cutting, Emotional, Sideshows

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• Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.

  Guy Finley

  Patience, Peace, Fear

  FaceBook post by Guy Finley from Jul 27, 2013

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• In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels

  Daniel Goleman

  Inspirational, Real, Thinking

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.38, Bantam

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• Even though a high IQ is no guarantee of prosperity, prestige,
  or happiness in life, our schools and our culture fixate on
  academic abilities, ignoring the emotional intelligence that also
  matters immensely for our personal destiny.

  Daniel Goleman

  School, Destiny, Emotional

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.72, Bantam

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• Surround yourself with amazingly intelligent men and women. The people I work with not only are smarter than I am, possessing both intellectual and emotional intelligence, but also share my determination to succeed. I will not make an important decision without them.

  George Steinbrenner

  Determination, Intelligent, Men

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• Emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: being able to shake off a bad mood.

  Daniel Goleman

  Perseverance, Block, Emotional

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.100, Bantam

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• The biggest qualification to be a good police officer is to have a high degree of emotional intelligence.

  Peter James

  Emotional, Police, Degrees

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

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• He who spends time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future.

  Francisco de Quevedo

  Regret, Positivity, Past

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• Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.

  Daniel Goleman

  Emotional, Skills, Empathy

  "Sociability: It's all in your mind". Interview with Sharon Jayson, usatoday30.usatoday.com. September 24, 2006.

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• Cognitive skills such as big-picture thinking and long-term vision were particularly important. But when I calculated the ratio of technical skills, IQ, and emotional intelligence as ingredients of excellent performance, emotional intelligence proved to be twice as important as the others for jobs at all levels.

  Daniel Goleman

  Jobs, Emotional, Thinking

  Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, Annie McKee (2015). “HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence (with featured article "What Makes a Leader?" by Daniel Goleman)(HBR's 10 Must Reads)”, p.3, Harvard Business Review Press

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