Quotes About Poise

What a delight to have such a handsome couple before me, Miss Swan, Mr. McNeal. You must both

Martial arts is just practice. Being a geisha requires complete control.

There is a fun, flippant side to me, of course. But I would much rather be known as the Ice Queen.

You gave me a look as if to say, 'I know exactly what I'm doing.

The 50s are the age of elegance. That's kind of my intention when I get dressed: casual elegance.

Affirm: I am now immune to all hurts and frustrations. The Power within is perfect peace and perfect poise.

Nothing succeeds like address.

The transformed man loves when others hate. He is just when others are prejudiced. He is understanding when others misunderstand, and he is poised when others are frantic.

This practice allegedly overcame a variety of evils: standing in front of his fellows encouraged good posture and gave a child poise; delivering a short talk made him word-conscious; learning his current event strengthened his memory; being singled out made him more than ever anxious to return to the Group.

Silence gives the proper grace to women.

He came over to her with the lounging grace of a panther, and leaned against the mantelpiece.

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.

I just feel like I've been in a lot of high-pressure situations, and I think I'm able to stay poised in those situations.

She would only make me take my seat if I didn't act calm and Swiss about it all.

Confident people are prepared people.

and fit, and he carried himself with a confident poise that inspired trust and respect. He gestured at one of the two seats in front of his glass-and-chrome desk and waited until I sat to settle into his Aeron chair. Against the backdrop of sky and skyscrapers, Mark looked accomplished and powerful.

When I walk out, I am a great event. I do not have to think, or even rehearse. What happens in me will happen without attention. The pheasant stands on the hill; He is arranging his brown feathers. I cannot help smiling at what it is I know. Leaves and petals attend me. I am ready.

The lady of situations.

There were people who were like this, the ones who could not be ruffled or else didn't show it, who possessed great internal reservoirs of calm.

She was not a 'femme de fashion', but she was always elegant, said Laurent; always poised and well dressed.

She was as lovely sleeping as she was dripping in sensuality at the fundraiser

Be classy, not flashy. - Kailin Gow

In all circumstances serenity of mind should be maintained, and conversation should be conducted as never to mar the harmony of the surroundings. The cut and color of the dress, the poise of the body, and the manner of walking could all be made expressions of artistic personality. These were matters not to be lightly ignored, for until one has made himself beautiful he has no right to approach beauty.

I've always wanted to work with Sean Connery - there's something about his style, and his calm, cool demeanor that I find intriguing.