Quotes About Composure

I decided Im going to live-or at least try to live- the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.

Poise is perfect balance, an equanimity of body and mind, complete composure whatever the social scene. Elegant dress, immaculate grooming, and perfect deportment all contribute to the attainment of self-confidence.' -

You girls, said Miss Brodie, must learn to cultivate an expression of composure. It is one of the best assets of a woman, an expression of composure, come foul, come fair. Regard the Mona Lisa over yonder!

Mona Lisa in her prime smiled in steady composure even though she had just come from the dentist and her lower jaw was swollen.

El cursillo aconsejaba a la mujer trabajadora que quisiera mantener la compostura repetir dos veces al día las siguientes frases: La compostura es el equilibrio perfecto, una ecuanimidad del cuerpo y la mente, una serenidad perfecta en cualquier entorno social. Vestimenta elegante, limpieza inmaculada y modales perfectos contribuyen a lograr la seguridad en una misma.

Before you can achieve success in the higher and broader sense you must gain such thorough control over yourself that you will be a person of poise.

Finally, in a slow, deliberate manner, and with a calm and authoritarian composure of a preacher who knows the meekness of his flock, he drew the microphone to his lips and began his homily.

A lady kept up appearances and never lost her dignity—even when her world had just shattered around her in the stall of the women's bathroom.

Momma always said that a true lady never lets someone know when he's riled her; otherwise, she's giving away her power and her crown. My

Momma always said that a true lady never lets someone know when he's riled her; otherwise, she's giving away her power and her crown. My

A veil hangs between the two opposites, a mere slip of a thing that is transparent to warn us or comfort us. You hate now but look through this veil and see the possibility of love; you're sad now but look through to the other side and see happiness. Absolute composure to a complete mess - it happens so quickly, all in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly, he had a mental image of Xylda so vivid that it almost brought tears to his eyes: this whole rush of past experiences, brought back by that one inhalation. He knew he said something to Creek before he turned to walk back to the car, but he couldn't recall what it was a minute later. He had to sit in the car for a while before he left to run his errands. He pulled out his list of errands from his pocket and pretended to be studying it until he was calm and composed

I play my best football when I'm calm mentally.

I've never messed around with any fans. I've never yelled at anybody.

As a finisher, there are few players as composed as Messi. When you can score as many different kinds of goal as he can, you have every reason to be confident.

When you feel strain, keep your mouth shut if you can.

When you see people who are really good at game shows, the one common attribute is a cool head under pressure: an ability to perform as well in the studio, surrounded by lights and noise, as you do on your couch.

They knew they were good, and they dared the enemy to give them a chance to prove it. No longer did their unspoken fears whisper about the dark decks as they stood toward battle. No longer did they lick their lips nervously and fret for the first gun to fire and set them free from anxiety. They were seasoned fighting men with an awareness of their own strength and mission, and they faced combat with confidence and composure, marked neither by fear nor theatrical heroics.

Acting with discipline requires you to know your true nature and, having come to know it, to bring it under control.

Irene realized she was on the point of shouting. Worse, of being ungrammatical. She took a deep breath.

I do," he remembers the matronly lady saying. "You haven't missed much. She's such a greedy cunt." Wilson says he had a hard time keeping himself from spitting the soup out on the table. When he recovered, he said in his most courtly manner, "Baroness, I think you and I are going to have a lovely evening.

I could do this. I just had to stay cool. Zen. No punching in the face. Punching would not be Zen.

The spiritual aspect of valor is evidenced by composure—calm presence of mind. Tranquility is courage in repose.

In the heat of battle he remains cool; in the midst of catastrophes he keeps level his mind.