Quotes About Composure

Intelligence forbids tears.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

When being bullied or heckled, refuse to show the emotion the bully wants. Gain the audience's sympathy by trying to look calm and above it all.

The foremost quality of a commander is to keep a cool head, to receive accurate impressions of what is happening, and never fret or be amazed or intoxicated by good news or bad. The

Patience is a virtue, Virtue is a grace; Both put together Make a very pretty face

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.

In fact, it was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work …

there was dignity to be found in stoicism

No, no, you needn't slap me; I am not at all hysterical.

even now, after years of study in the art of holding my tongue, some stray fragment of what I feel does occasionally come out, and then I am at once pulled up and brought to my senses by the well-known cold stare of utter incomprehension, or the look of indulgent superiority that awaits any exposure of a feeling not in the least understood.

We ought to be making North some now," he said with the utmost restraint.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

I'm composed when it comes to compost.

You need to stay calm the day of the contest. Not let the weather bother me and just relax.

Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.

I need poise. I'm just so clumsy that it would kind of save me a lot.

I feel like I play with good poise and I know when to take my shot - and when I do, I have a lot of confidence.

Poise is a word that seems to have slipped out of the lexicon. There's no emoji for it.

When times are good, a CEO should remain poised and composed. When times are difficult, a CEO should remain poised and composed.

My whole thing was I wanted to stay poised in different situations and scenarios.

You get steely nerves playing poker.

I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.

Perhaps misguidedly, I always admire the people who are so polished.

A person in my position has to restrain himself.