Quotes About Poise

The Christian faith makes it possible for us nobly to accept that which cannot be changed, and to meet disappointments and sorrow with an inner poise, and to absorb the most intense pain without abandoning our sense of hope.

I wondered if she was truly Rahtan. Yes, she was skilled, but she didn't exactly possess brawn—even if she had managed to overtake me and slam me up against the wall. But juggling? Riddles? Her age. Her poise and demeanor was that of a cynical tested soldier, but her appearance—she was young, younger than me, I was certain. Her black hair fell in thick, long waves, and her hands were delicate, her fingers more suited for a piano than a sword.

Cruel, but composed and bland,Dumb, inscrutable and grand,So Tiberius might have sat,Had Tiberius been a cat.

Our present state of self-confidence and poise is the result of what we have "experienced" rather than what we have learned intellectually.

Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

Our present state of self-confidence and poise is the result of what we have experienced rather than what we have learned intellectually.

Even if you enter the dirty water, stay neat like a white swan!

Be classy, if you must say anything at all. I think silence is very classy.

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but paddling like the dickens underneath.

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath

You are an old soul, fortunately housed in very lovely wrapping.

My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders.

It wasn't until later that I realized Paul's quietness was a result of his confidence. He didn't need to shout to be heard.

Tout est question d'équilibre (Everything is a matter of balance):

Tout est question d'équilibre

If I've gotta go down, I'm gonna go down in style.

Therese lifted her shoulders, losing that zen poise as nasty reality intruded on her nice, clean, middle-class understanding.

Her back was straight, she moved with enormous, fragile dignity.

Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.

Stillness and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. Vulgar persons can't sit still, or at least must always work their limbs and features.

She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say "when."

At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.

She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say "when".

There is nothing that is quite so reassuring in an awkward situation as knowing that one is well turned-out, and while I hope I am not so fainthearted as to require such stratagems, I am not so foolish as to overlook their value.