Quotes About Composure

Besides, one requires the excitement of being hateful in the eyes of the accused, in order to lash one's self into a state of sufficient vehemence and power. I would not choose to see the man against whom I pleaded smile, as though in mockery of my words. No; my pride is to see the accused pale, agitated, and as though beaten out of all composure by the fire of my eloquence.

I have lost all that bound me to life, death smiles and invites me to rest; I die after my own manner, I die exhausted and broken-spirited, as I fall asleep when I have paced three thousand times round my cell. No sooner had this idea taken possession of him than he became more composed, arranged his couch to the best of his power, ate little, and slept less, and found this existence almost supportable, because he felt he could throw it off at will, like a worn-out garment.

The marquise heard her sentence without showing any sign of fear or weakness. When it was finished, she said to the registrar, "Will you, sir, be so kind as to read it again? I had not expected the tumbril, and I was so much struck by that that I lost the thread of what followed.

she clutched her purse and was completely composed, gracefully accepting people's sympathies, but when they started to shovel the dirt over old dick's coffin she began to weep, and her grief was strong enough to chase the sparrows from the trees.

Don't you see that I cannot be composed, I cannot reconcile myself, because there is no other reality but loneliness for me and before I am dragged back into isolation I will clasp and grasp and claw in fright even at you without consciousness—even I—and I am afraid that I cannot survive if I have to go on into myself.

Just keep your mouth shut and smile. That's always good advice.' Jezal

emotions. Composing herself the same way she did

I wouldn't, a little bit frightened but throughout my life I'd learnt that when you're in the serious situations, you've got to try to stay calm. Because that's the way you get out of them.

I want balance in my life.

Whole life have balance. Everything be better. Understand?

I don't know what my life needs but I know I need some balance.

Great self-respect is as often manifested in forbearance as in resentment.

Don't get your panties in such a twist... and give me back mine.

I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about.

If at first you do succeed — try to hide your astonishment.

The vice minister's wife sits so upright that it seems as if her spine is hewn from oak.

When Derek Abbott was arrested in London, he didn't care. I still remember the day he came in, sitting there with this look on his face like he was the lord of the manor who'd accidentally wandered into the servants' quarters. The police weren't going to get anywhere near him, not in a hundred years!

I'm not going to get into complaining publicly about fouls. Just not going to do that.

Tessa's hilarious. I think it's one of the things that gets overlooked because she's always so pulled together, but she has the best sense of humor.

Actually, I do have a knack of pulling things off with a straight face, guess it runs in my family.

If I make a bogey or three putt I'm on fire inside. But it's not like you're going to play any better slamming your club or getting angry. So you might as well just keep it in. People say I'm pretty calm, but I do make mistakes and I do get angry, but I try and not show it.

The U.S. Open just takes so much discipline. You have got to be a great putter and just kind of let things roll off your back.

I get that every game. High school. At Duke. When I do the introductions, I get a little butterflies. Once I step on the floor, I'm fine.

I don't go flying into tackles and running around 100 mph. That's just not me.