Master Your Emotions Quotes
Emotions are excellent servants and terrible masters. The man who rules his reactions thinks clearly under pressure and never lets a hot moment cost him a cold decision. This Mindset path holds history's deepest quotes on emotional control. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.”
“Worry is a misuse of imagination.”
“Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.”
“Ask yourself this question: Will this matter one year from now?”
“If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.”
“Fear and faith have a lot in common. Both of these emotions require that you believe in something that you can’t see.”
“Worry, envy, jealousy, hatred, doubt, and fear are all states of mind that are fatal to action.”
“If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.”
“My anxiety doesn’t come from thinking about the future but from wanting to control it.”
“Worrying is like paying interest on a debt you may never owe.”
“When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.”
“Remember that stress doesn’t come from what’s going on in your life, it comes from your thoughts about what’s going on in your life.”
“Reality is always kinder than the story we tell about it.”
“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it.”
“Never exaggerate; exaggeration is a branch of lying.”
“Anybody can become angry, that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.”
“Calmness is the cradle of power.”
“Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.”
“Thinking about interior peace destroys interior peace. The patient who constantly feels his pulse is not getting any better.”
“When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.”
“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”
“Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.”
“You have a right to your actions, but never to your actions’ fruits.”
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
“When you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.”
“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy.”
“We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, ‘Why did this happen to me?’ unless we ask the same question for every joy that comes our way.”
“Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.”
“Every time you find some humor in a difficult situation, you win.”
“You are as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fears; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.”
“There is little success where there is little laughter.”
“Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.”
“Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It’s up to you to choose which you will be.”
“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.”
“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
“People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck. But happiness is the result of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it. You have to participate relentlessly.”
“Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success.”
“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
“You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.”
“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”
“Happiness is a direction, not a place.”
“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be.”
“Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.”
“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”
“A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune. Young people should know that it can be cultivated; that the mind, like the body can be moved from the shade into sunshine.”
“Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.”
“Rule Number 6: Don’t take yourself so seriously.”
“The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.”
