Daniel Goleman Quotes

There is an old-fashioned word for the body of skills that emotional intelligence represents: character.

Daniel Goleman

Quotes to Explore

Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society?

Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
- Why
- Society
- Giving
Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.

Gail Sheehy
- Character
- Will
- Tomorrow
While you are improvising, you need to be prepared, and I like to have a sense of who the character is, what she likes to read, where she grew up, where we went to school, and what she has for breakfast, so that when I go to set, I'm free to explore.

Felicity Jones
- Up
- School
- She
It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.

Yael Stone
What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'

Barry Humphries
- Character
- Funny
- Stage
The research I have been doing - studying how foodstuffs yield energy in living cells - does not lead to the kind of knowledge that can be expected to give immediate practical benefits to mankind. If I have chosen this field of study, it was because I believed in its importance in spite of its theoretical character.

Hans Adolf Krebs