"…if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication."
- Daniel Goleman
Awareness
"True compassion means not only feeling another’s pain but also being moved to help relieve it."
- Daniel Goleman
Compassion
"Anger is an indication that we are lacking emotional intelligence."
- Daniel Goleman
Empowerment
"A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'"
- Daniel Goleman
Empathy
"Emotions are contagious. We've all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad."
- Daniel Goleman
Empathy
"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus."
- Alexander Graham Bell
Focus
"The successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus."
- Bruce Lee
Focus
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."
- Henry Ford
Focus
"The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles. Let this Tuesday be a day of focus."
Focus
"If you can’t do something, then don’t. Focus on what you can."
- Shiroe
Focus