Quotes About Poise

My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.

Always maintain your composure.

I have confidence and je ne sais quoi. That is unmistakable.

I just feel so much more comfortable and confident every game I play.

The more confidence you have, the more swagger you play with.

Never let 'em see you sweat. Guests feel guilty if they think you've worked too hard to make dinner for them - which of course you have!

Fred Astaire never let you see him sweat, but he sweetened his deceptively casual virtuosity with just enough charm to make it irresistible.

I can see my competitors sweating, and I am cool as a cucumber.

You don't gotta let the girls know you're sweating, honey.

Off the ice, I can be soft, and I can be elegant and sweet.

Well, too bad, Diogenes: I make no apologies for a life that privileged pleasure, poise, and politesse. Had your lantern light fallen on my face that bright March morning I could have told you, honestly, that I have never been dishonest.

What is pertinent is the calmness of that beauty, its sense of restraint.

We may now understand better, too, why my father was so fond of the story of the butler who failed to panic on discovering a tiger under the dining table; it was because he knew instinctively that somewhere in this story lay the kernel of what true 'dignity' is.

Imperturbability means coolness and presence of mind under all circumstances, calmness amid storm, clearness of judgment in moments of grave peril, immobility, impassiveness, or, to use an old and expressive word, phlegm.

Her voice was ever soft,Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.

Free from gross passion or of mirth or anger constant in spirit, not swerving with the blood, garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment, not working with the eye without the ear, and but in purged judgement trusting neither Such and so finely bolted didst thou seem.

We won't lower ourselves to your level, but if it makes you happy to destroy our elegance, then go ahead!

Always walk with style and finesse.

With grace and beauty, feel.

Personal sophistication never goes out of style.

Tact is an ability to live in the midst of ugliness without getting ugly.

You'll only fall if you doubt your balance.

Without that poise and balance and gentle humor and caring sense, nothing happens at all. It's just egotism and vanity and jealousy and possessiveness.

We need to learn to dance more softly.