Quotes About Quiet

Great griefs are mute.

The noise level subsided, as if people were distracted with

Into that charm and the gloom and the deep silence Oth moved gravely; and a solemness came on his face as he entered the wood; for to go on quiet feet through the wood was the work of his life, and he came to it as men come to their heart's desire.

You always say that, said Evan, but then you go on your trips and vacations and then you settle back into things and then you're quiet for a while and then you say you're fine, you're busy, and then after a while you say you're going crazy again, and you start all over.

When he slept he did so dreamlessly, like a bug.

exhilarating silence.

The clocks were striking midnight and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed, smoothing a coverlid here, settling a pillow there, and pausing to look long and tenderly at each unconscious face, to kiss each with lips that mutely blessed, and to pray the fervent prayers which only mothers utter.

There are many Beth's in the world, who and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully, that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.

The house was still as death, and nothing but the wailing of the wind broke the deep hush.

It does seem pleasant to be quiet, and not have company manners on all the time. Home is a nice place, though it isn't splendid.

Hay en el mundo muchas Beth, tímidas y tranquilas, metidas en su rincón hasta que se las necesita, viviendo para los demás tan alegremente que nadie se da cuenta de los sacrificios que realizan, hasta que el pequeño grillo del hogar cesa de cantar y la dulce y luminosa presencia se desvanece, dejando tras de sí silencio y sombra.

There are many Beth's in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in the corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.

Everyone scattered like leaves before a gust of wind, and the quiet, happy household was broken up as suddenly as if the paper had been an evil spell.

Even the swift needle charmed him, the little brooch which rose and fell with her quiet breath, the plain work she did, and the tidy way she gathered her bits of thread into a tiny bag.

They stood inside their own quiet like a pocket.

stop exercise in every form.

If anything, he craved seclusion.

John wanted to be quiet and inconspicuous and blend into the crowd.

I observed that he spoke very little indeed, and always in a low and quiet voice.

For more than five years, I'd made little progress with my efforts at quiet diplomacy—for one thing, the Soviet leaders kept dying on me.

El silencio puede ser ensordecedor y la ausencia invasora.

promised his love to keep her quiet—that he had never

The air was full of all the night noises that, taken together, make one big silence

A secret of growth is to never lose sight of the quiet place within you, the silent harbor of the Lord's presence. Enjoy your memories from days of old, but prize nothing more than the Lord and the value He places on each day.