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Humans: such a brilliant model of emotional self-awareness. -- Charles Stross
Human beings are 'emotional amoral egoists,' driven above all by emotional self-interest. All of our thoughts, beliefs and motivations are neurochemically mediated, some predetermined for survival, others alterable. -- Nayef Al-Rodhan
I think [music and acting], they are connected, all that stuff. It's your emotional self, is pretty much how you do it, I think, from whatever place you do it, whether you're acting or you're singing. -- Dolly Parton
....goal directed self-imposed delay of gratification is perhaps the essence of emotional self-regulation: the ability to deny impulse in the service of a goal, whether it be building a business, solving an algebraic equation, or pursuing the Stanley Cup. -- Daniel Goleman
There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse. It is the root of all emotional self-control, since all emotions, by their very nature, lead to one or another impulse to act. The root meaning of the word emotion, remember, is "to move. -- Daniel Goleman
I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence. -- Brian Greene
Self-acknowledgment boosts your emotional and spiritual immunity, giving you the strength you need to release the past and rise above fear, doubt or resignation. -- Debbie Ford
I'm much softer than people think. I don't present to the world an emotional face. I'm pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved. -- Christopher Lee
Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop the emotional musculature that will allow them to show self-restraint. -- Jeffrey Kluger
The inbox is always open in my brain, and anyone can get in any time and access me. Turning it off is taking back control. I decide who gets in. It's about emotional privacy, having a self. -- Jill Soloway
At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet. -- Kristi Yamaguchi
Judging by informal observation, most young Americans burn up their spare time buffing their emotional IQ and self-esteem with social media and non-stop texting. That's great for eye-thumb coordination, but what about the satisfaction of actually making something? -- Seth Shostak
I really explored self-awareness and emotions through 'Green Lantern.' It might sound goofy, but I do believe that emotions have power. We're all driven by something, and most of that is emotional reaction. For me, it was about recognizing my self-awareness. -- Geoff Johns
We all put obstacles in our own path toward personal style, myself included. If we understood why we constructed these practical and emotional obstacles, we might move beyond it to healthier, happier perceptions of ourselves and, ideally, a better sense of self-esteem. -- Stacy London
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
Self-indulgence is something to watch, but anything that helps you understand situations that are difficult to understand is good. If you're having some sort of emotional trauma, you need to find a person to talk to about it who says, 'This is quite normal; it's fine.' -- Lulu
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have to know where the lens is, what the shot is, and where you're moving. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is actually happening. -- Julianne Moore
The paradox of modernism is, writers make the decision to work with the continuous present, and to work with... stream of consciousness, as it's called, for emotional reasons, and the main emotional reason is verisimilitude. I mean, this is what surprises people: Life is not in the simple past. -- Will Self
Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort -- Daniel Goleman
Once you create a self-justifying storyline, your emotional entrapment within it quadruples. -- Pema Chodron
If rejection destroys your self-esteem, you're letting others hold you as an emotional hostage. -- Brian Tracy
Your self-esteem and emotional strength relies solely onhow you think and how you see things around you. -- Derric Yuh Ndim
Melting our attachment to self is the most powerful medication for bringing mental and emotional imbalances in check. -- Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
To me, poetry is about survival first of all. Survival of the individual self, survival of the emotional life. -- Gregory Orr
Emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: being able to shake off a bad mood. -- Daniel Goleman
Love is the only wound that feels good and is both self-inflicted and caused by others. I should sell emotional Band-Aids. -- Jarod Kintz
Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it. -- Stephen Covey
I don't know if there is any specific way to handle emotional pain. Loved ones, music, and self-medicating seem to help me. -- Mpho Koaho
One of the goals of a spiritual practice is self-awareness, and one of the best tools of self-awareness is simple emotional vulnerability. -- Moby
When we rise above our temptations and resist them, we exercise self-control. And that's when we experience true freedom and emotional health. -- David J. Lieberman
If you have high self-esteem, you might still know times of emotional suffering, but less often and with faster recovery-your resilience is greater. -- Nathaniel Branden
Lack of self-worth is the fundamental source of all emotional pain. A feeling of insecurity, unworthiness and lack of valueis the core experience of powerlessness. -- Gary Zukav
money usually represents so much more than dollars and cents. It is tied up with our deepest emotional needs: for love, power, security, independence, control, self-worth. -- Olivia Mellan
A soulmate is the one person whose love is powerful enough to motivate you to meet your soul, to do the emotional work of self-discovery, of awakening. -- Kenny Loggins
Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of self; that's why it survives -- Anna Quindlen
The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine tendency to lower women's self-respect. -- Karen Horney

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