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Quotes About Calmness

The magic moment is a slight quieting, a lull in being busy, a slight staring off, and a hint of calmness.
~ Unknown
Not knowing doesn't mandate anxiety; rather, it instills confidence, and confidence is crucial to good performance.
~ John Ortberg Jr.
Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
~ John Steinbeck
Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as the capacity of your mind to be calm and stable. Without calmness, the mirror of mindfulness will have an agitated and choppy surface and will not be able to reflect things with any accuracy.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
we are simply inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
If you believe in love, do you manifest it or just talk a lot? If you believe in compassion, in non-harming, in kindness, in wisdom, in generosity, in calmness, in solitude, in non-doing, in being even-handed and clear, do you manifest these qualities in your daily life? This is the level of intentionality which is required to keep your meditation practice vital
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
When we spend some time each day in non-doing, resting in awareness, observing the flow of the breath and the activity of our mind and body without getting caught up in that activity, we are cultivating calmness and mindfulness hand in hand.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
For mindfulness is the knowing quality of awareness, the core property of mind itself. It is strengthened by sustaining, and it is self-sustaining. Mindfulness is the field of knowing. When that field is stabilized by calmness and one-pointedness, the arising of the knowing itself is sustained, and the quality of the knowing strengthened.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
My father used to say to me, 'Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you'll be able to figure your way out of it.'
~ Rudy Giuliani
The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
~ B.K.S. Iyengar
From the passions arise worry, and from worry arises fear. Away with the passions, and no fear, no worry.
~ Gautama Buddha
All belief that does not make us more happy, more free, more loving, more active, more calm, is, I fear, a mistaken and superstitious belief.
~ Johann Kaspar Lavater
I breathed and breathed and did feel some calmness enter in, though it was, as always, shot with a sense of loss. Loss and fear.
~ Sebastian Faulks, Engleby
The minute I feel nervousness or anxiety or fear, I go, 'No, no, that's not a thought that I need to have right now. Everything's great, everything's good, you're going to be fine'.
~ Jennifer Lopez
If you can keep your head when all about are losing theirs it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.
~ Jean Kerr
There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
You can always find a way forward if theres no turning back, don't get stuck somewhere in between. Train yourself to remain calm under all circumstances. Only in tranquillity can we find the way out.
~ Unknown
I really need to gain patience, tired of being annoyed all the time.
~ Unknown
People in your life may be acting a bit crazy now, but don't let it get under your skin. Just because others are off in the deep end doesn't mean you have to join them there. Stay in safe waters and do your thing.
~ Unknown
Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and how nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it is by getting irritated.
~ Marcus Aurelius
I am at peace with myself.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Knowing your true self will help you work more effectively to reach your goals. It will lead you down the road to success. It will bring you a calmness that will improve your attitude and your relationships with others.
~ Ritu Ghatourey
serenidad es la capacidad de mantener centrada tu atención, en medio de la dificultad, en aquello que para ti es una prioridad.
~ Unknown
Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.
~ Mario Puzo