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Quotes About Poise

It's fucking hard to be classy
~ Janet Evanovich
She was as lovely sleeping as she was dripping in sensuality at the fundraiser
~ Kailin Gow, The Protege
Six feet three in her stocking feet, L'Wren Scott was every inch a great lady.
~ Hamish Bowles
Other men puffed, snorted, and splashed. George passed through the ocean with the silent dignity of a torpedo. Other men swallowed water, here a mouthful, there a pint, anon, maybe, a quart or so, and returned to the shore like foundering derelicts. George's mouth had all the exclusiveness of a fashionable club. His breast stroke was a thing to see and wonder at. When he did the crawl, strong men gasped. When he swam on his back, you felt that that was the only possible method of progression.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
cats on hot bricks could take hints from me
~ P.G. Wodehouse
When it comes to the smooth stuff, old girl, you're the oyster's eye-tooth!
~ P.G. Wodehouse
Apply the experiences of peace and poise received during concentration and meditation to your daily life. Maintain your equilibrium amidst trying circumstances, and stand unshaken by others' violent emotions or by adverse events. Body
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
We should pattern our life by a triangular guide: calmness and sweetness are the two sides; the base is happiness. Every day, one should remind himself: I am a prince of peace, sitting on the throne of poise, directing my kingdom of activity. Whether one acts quickly or slowly, in solitude or in the busy marts of men, his center should be peaceful, poised
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
Always walk around like you have on an invisible tiara.
~ Paris Hilton
Imagine me maintaining anybody's equilibrium.
~ Patricia Gaffney
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
~ Michael Caine
Balance is the key of life.
~ Hajra Usman
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
~ Audrey Hepburn
Everything, even the dirt, was poised.
~ China Mieville
If you're a girl, aplomb is one thing you really need: you can use it to make that rapist, that editor, back down. Aplomb: confidence and poise. She does not explain, analyze, plead, confess or fuss. She narrates; her transfiction is like O'Hara's poetry: I did this and I did that. This is what gives it its poise. She is so nonchalant, so reticent in the narration of her own life, that I think she may be some kind of saint.
~ Chris Kraus
The biggest takeaway from them is that you can act with presence even when you don't feel 100 percent sure of yourself.
~ Helene Lerner
The world never loved perfect poise. What the world does love is commonly absence of poise, for it has to be amused.
~ Henry Adams
Anna was entering the drawing room. Holding herself extremely straight as always, with her quick, firm and light step, which distinguished her from other society women,
~ Leo Tolstoy
If I had to define 'sexy' now, as Disney as it sounds, I would have to say it's about complete and utter confidence.
~ Solange Knowles
her waist goes in , her hips come out, her long black hair is coiled into a smooth bun on the top of her round head. She is very restful to the tired eye.
~ Jean Rhys
Success brings poise, especially avoirdupois. Success comes before work only in the dictionary.
~ William Cranch Bond
My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders.
~ Miguel Indurain
Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
~ William Hazlitt
Balance is overrated.
~ Thomas Leonard