Quotes About Self-possession

To be sincere, I've never been mad about what anyone thinks.

Gideon was a force of nature, his magnetic self-possession so powerful it put everyone around him in his shadow. I saw flashes of it every day and was awed by it, but not nearly as much as I was by the charming, wryly amusing lover I had entirely to myself in our private moments together.

The progress of her aging seemed to occur in fits and starts, not so much a matter of physical growth as a deepening self-possession, as if she were coming into ownership of her life.

This isn't your prison. This is mine.

La plus grande chose du monde, c'est de savoir être à soi.

A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.

They had terrorized this poor, defenseless beauty. He would make them rue it. As for Kate, after all she had been through, she had impressed him with her self-possession, to say nothing of her fiery spirit. She had stood there ready to battle him like some spunky little terrier barking at a wolf, aye, and throwing the greater predator into temporary confusion with her unexpected show of ferocity. Though petite of build, she was large in courage, a little lady of intrepid spirit

She gathered herself up- rather like collecting her skirts before mounting a carriage

They say that men who have seen the world, thereby become quite at ease in manner, quite self-possessed in company.

When I'm finished playing, I want people to say, 'He handled this well, he kept his cool.'

She wasn't petty, she has never been petty, has never had enough self-possession, or possessed enough self, to afford pettiness, because petty is a way people are who have something to spare.

It's in giving yourself that you possess yourself

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to yourself .

We love the plays, the great characters, the fabulous speeches, the witty repartee even in times of duress. I hope never to be mortally stabbed, but if I am, I'd sure like to have the self-possession, when asked if it's bad, to answer, No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve, as Mercutio does in Romeo and Juliet. I mean, to be dying and clever at the same time, how can you not love that?

I hope never to be mortally stabbed, but if I am, I'd sure like to have the self-possession, when asked if it's bad, to answer, 'No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve,' as Mercutio does in Romeo and Juliet.

He who is controlled by objects Loses possession of his inner self: If he no longer values himself, How can he value others? If he no longer values others, He is abandoned. He has nothing left!

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it.

All of life is a symphony of successive losses. You lose your youth, your parents, your loves, your friends, your comforts, your health, and finally your life. To deny loss is to lose it all anyway and to lose, in addition, your self-possession and peace of mind.

but all life is a symphony of successive losses. You lose your youth, your parents, your loves, your friends, your comforts, your health, and finally your life. To deny loss is to lose it all anyway and to lose, in addition, your self-possession and your peace of mind

Only you are yours.

I won't let you have it. I won't give you this moment. I won't let you fill up this valuable organ...I own it. I won't do it. I can't think, I won't think about it.

But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel their own pain--and as awful as that is, it's also wonderful.

Phryne always existed as a still, self-possessed point in a maelstrom. Usually she had created the maelstrom herself.

A true lady never lets someone know when he's riled her; otherwise she's giving away her power and her crown.