Quotes About Poise

For the first time I saw her lose a little poise. Her head retracted a fraction in a movement that was not quite a flinch, and her eyes dilated in a way that told me she'd just received a little helping of adrenaline.

In those minutes of gazing at the boiling cistern of waves and watching the albatrosses addressing the storm with great seriousness, I could fix only on what I admired most often in other human beings, their enduring grace and poise.

She has simply never quite learned to walk or hold herself comfortably, which makes her come off as an attractive wallflower.

Sometimes the district captain swung his cane slightly; it hinted at an exuberance that knows where to stop.

Courage is grace under pressure.

Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.

I think I'm very calm in adversity, always remaining calm, and I don't panic. I think that's the main thing.

My mom was my main influence growing up, and Phylicia Rashad reminded me a lot of my mother, just the way she handled certain things, she was... not soft-spoken but smooth-spoken. Just very calm, cool, collected about things.

Every woman is after a kind of classy image.

I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray.

Lauren Bacall stands

The "master" would always be the one who could wait without anxiety;

You need to have the ability to gracefully navigate the world.

He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.

she has the ability to remain cool under pressure. Whereas a woman who is "too nice" gives and gives until she is depleted, the woman with presence of mind knows when to pull back.

The most attractive quality of all is dignity.

beautiful one. Emily was

Elegance is not everything.

Alexandra was tall and blond, with a balcony you could do Shakespeare from.

Her hair was done, her lips touched up. A look of competence, decision.

Average human nature is very coarse, and its ideals must necessarily be average. The world never loved perfect poise. What the world does love is commonly absence of poise, for it has to be amused.

When you know you are of worth, you don't have to raise your voice, you don't have to become rude, you don't have to become vulgar; you just are. And you are like the sky is, as the air is, the same way water is wet. It doesn't have to protest.

She radiated confidence, and poise, and a brightness that was hard to ignore. Josh felt like the luckiest guy in the world when he entered her orbit. By then, she was already popular on Instagram. She had several hundred thousand followers and was making a name for herself online.

Today, I will strive for balance.