Quotes About Composure

No one snaps our composure quite like someone we love.

Personal Note: I'm trying really hard to keep a straight face at this point)

At the front door, I took thirty seconds to compose myself. I need to learn how to whistle. My roommate at the center had taught me that trick. Parents never suspected their children were unhappy/delusional/high when the kid was whistling. Their minds just couldn't reconcile it. As I slipped inside, I puckered my lips, blowing soundless air. Whistling sucked.

Self confidence is the ability to exercise restraint in the face of disrespect and still show respect in response.

I respect what I do deeply. I don't get nervous to the point of fear.

Don't talk much and save your dignity.

To be calm when you've found something going on

You know, after the film I said to myself, "It's a good thing you were so stupid not to be nervous. If I'd been nervous, it would have ruined the whole thing."

GROUNDED. UNFLAPPABLE. Got it together. A few people among us seem to have learned the secret of life. When others around them are losing their cool, these people remain calm, think clearly, and make good choices. No, they aren't supermen and superwomen, and no, they aren't on drugs. They've learned to tap into God's wisdom.

A person with the best strategy never gets angry.

To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity.

Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.

Self-command is the main elegance.

Rational confidence [is] the just result of knowledge and experience.

Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.

My dad probably gave me the best advice growing up. I think it's really just keeping your cool in situations and learning to balance everything.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.

You have nothing to gain by freaking out.

Show me you have one iota of self-restraint." "I will," I said quickly. "Stay away from her." "Okay." "Keep your hands off her." "I'll try." He scowled at me. "I will," I said. He wiggled his fingers at me. "And it might help public relations with Lori's pop if you put on a shirt and quit walking around here like sex on a stick.

It was almost as if he enjoyed the fact that the more agitated his opponent was, the more serene he became. Belagren's thoughts about Antonov in The Lion of Senet

Miss Hepplewhite looked pained. "Miss Peck," she said at last, "a young lady should never, ever, under any circumstances whatsoever, run. Should you find yourself in a situation where you are at risk, it is always preferable to faint.

A lady should never feel anxious about her behavior. The status is bred in the bone. To show anxiety is to lower oneself. Anxiety is vulgar .

she offered herself to him with that quiet expression which is peculiar to a good-natured courtesan.