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Emotional Control Quotes

Albert Camus Quote on The Invincible Summer Inside

    “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”

    Albert Camus, via Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 5)

    Beyond the Quote (65/365)

    Our world can be cold, harsh, and barren—there’s no doubt about that.  Yet, even in the depth of winter when things feel like they’re at their worst there’s still one place that the outside world can’t touch—our inside world.  The people around us might be despicable, we might be in an incredibly harsh and barren situation, and we might even be without a clear way out, but unless we let it, our inner world is ours only for the making.  This is not to say that the outside world won’t have an influence over our inside world—because it certainly can—but the absolute most it can have is an influence. It has no direct access or authoritative power over our inner world.  And what a profound revelation that is.

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    Scilla Elworthy Quote on Controlling Anger (Rather Than Letting It Control You)

      “Anger is like gasoline.  If you spray it around and somebody lights a match you’ve got an inferno.  [But] if we can put our anger inside an engine, it can drive us forward.”

      Scilla Elworthy

      Beyond the Quote (Day 9)

      I got really angry tonight.  In an effort to save your time (and save myself from getting worked up again) I’ll spare you the details.  Long story short I’m experiencing really frustrating car issues and really frustrating customer service.

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        “If you cannot feel your emotions, if you are cut off from them, you will eventually experience them on a purely physical level, as a physical problem or symptom.” ~ Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (Page 25)

          “A leader must be calm but not robotic.  It is normal—and necessary—to show emotion.  The team must understand that their leader cares about them and their well-being.  But, a leader must control his or her emotions.  If not, how can they expect to control anything else?  Leaders who lose their temper also lose respect.  But, at the same time, to never show any sense of anger, sadness, or frustration would make that leader appear void of any emotion at all—a robot.  People do not follow robots.” ~ Jocko Willink, Extreme Ownership (Page 275)

            “Similar to using an opponent’s energy to gain an advantage, leaning on your calloused mind in the heat of battle can shift your thinking as well.  Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in so you can power through obstacles.” ~ David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me

              “Normal, natural emotions are now seen as good or bad. And being positive has become a new form of moral correctness. People with cancer are automatically told to just stay positive. Women, to stop being so angry. And the list goes on. It’s a tyranny. It’s a tyranny of positivity. And it’s cruel. Unkind. And ineffective. And we do it to ourselves, and we do it to others.” ~ Susan David, Ph.D, Mindful

                “In our culture we tend to equate thinking and intellectual powers with success and achievement.  In many ways, however, it is an emotional quality that separates those who master a field from the many who simply work at a job.  Our levels of desire, patience, persistence, and confidence end up playing a much larger role in success than sheer reasoning powers.  Feeling motivated and energized, we can overcome almost anything.  Feeling bored and restless, our minds shut off and we become increasingly passive.” ~ Robert Greene, Mastery