Quotes About Quiet

Where I will find peace other than in oblivion?

Sounds of life and movement, people getting ready and people giving up, the sound of hope and the sound of hanging on, and behind them all, the quiet, deadly ticking of a thousand hungry clocks.

Promise me you'll look after yourself … stay out of trouble …' 'I always do, Mrs Weasley,' said Harry. 'I like a quiet life, you know me.

Janet Erskine Stuart

Yet there are some resting-places, / Life's untroubled interludes; / Times when neither past nor future / On the soul's deep calm intrudes.

My friends and I had fun together, but I was more reserved, not at all the life of the party. I would just be the quiet one in the room.

Find some time to seclude yourself from the fuss of life and be face to face with yourself and God

If we can't have world peace, I'll settle for a quiet room.

I ate and read my book, this particular kind of fantasy novel that I secretly loved. It was my favorite thing to do– eat and read. The world just shut up for a while.

Sometimes you gotta take a break from all the noise to appreciate the beauty of silence.

One of the most powerful lessons silence teaches us is to ponder

One of the most powerful lessons silence teach us is to ponder

Breathing seemed harder in the cemetery, and selfish, somehow...

Here is a girl who is pretty in a quiet way. I bet she's had a very sad life.

Calm of mind, all passion spent.

No war, or battle's soundWas heard the world around.The idle spear and shield were high up hung.

Sin does not only still abide in us, but is still acting, still laboring to bring forth the deeds of the flesh. When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone; but as sin is never less quiet than when it seems to be the most quiet, and its waters are for the most part deep when they are still, so ought our contrivances against it be vigorous at all times and in all conditions, even where there is least suspicion.

I love when it snows it slows everything down.

If there's one place drunks love, Sylvie, it's a public library. Nice and quiet when you're nursing a hangover. You can sleep the day away without anyone bothering you except maybe some nag of a librarian.

They that govern most make the least noise.

Finally Lucinda grew used to her silence, and began not only to accept it, but treasure it. She too grew quiet. For the first time she heard the music of her heart.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

A perfect day is: Nobody calls with a problem they can handle themselves.

When he had thought of death before, he had thought of it either as a literary event or as the slow, quiet attrition of time against imperfect flesh.