Quotes About Calm

And no matter how eager you are for it, you cannot make the moon set nor rise any faster

If you decide to join up with me, I want it to be because you're making a rational choice, not because you've been pushed by passion or despair.

The time during which a woman can look for admiration is short, it will soon be past; and if my life has not been a great one, it will at least have been calm, tranquil, free from shocks. Nature has favored our sex in giving us a choice between love and motherhood. I have made mine. My children shall be my gods, and this spot of earth my Eldorado.

Vouloir nous brûle et pouvoir nous détruit; mais savoir laisse notre faible organisation dans un perpétuel état de calme.

Bonnie is so 'calm,' you see. The opposite of me. She speaks in one of those soft . . . low . . . melodious voices that make you want to punch a wall.

Doing this always calmed her. It was like imagining the protective walls of an impenetrable fortress. She

was nervous, when she didn't

The angrier Madeline got, the more freakishly calm Ed became, until he reached a point where he sounded like a hostage negotiator dealing with a lunatic and a ticking bomb.

Slow was certainly... slow... but also it was quite... lovely.

Monkey brain refers to the way your mind swings from thought to thought, like a monkey swinging from branch to branch.

Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.

Again and again the Church of Christ has been all but engulfed, as men might have deemed, in the billows; again and again the storm has been calmed by the Master, Who had seemed for awhile to sleep.

For fast-acting relief from stress, try slowing down.

Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.

Anger's not a good emotion.

Me, I always thought the international art world was for the elegant and elite. Classy, calm, sedate, cultured, I'm tellin' you, there are more lowlifes in this business than all the Hannibal Lecter wanna-bes in the world.

Like Gibraltar, he is solid and steady and nothing disturbs his tranquility.

nothing? She seemed as nervous

When confidence becomes a muscle memory, panic is replaced by peak performance.

Stay calm when things are hard or not going right with you. You will get through it when you persevere instead of quitting. Quitting leads to much less happiness in life than perseverance and hope. Salva Dut Rochester, New York 2010

And may our sanctuary always give us peace.

I'm easy like Sunday morning.

When girls come into my office in a panic...and I can tell that they they're just a wreck, I get out my glitter jar and I do this." She picked up the jar and shook it fiercely the way one shakes a snow globe. The placid water immediately became a sparkling purple tempest. "And then I say to the girl, 'Right now, this is what it's like in your brain. So first, let's settle your glitter.

Try this at home. The next time your daughter tells you that she's feeling really nervous about a test for which she has yet to study, cheerily reply, "Good! I'm glad you're worried. That's the ideal reaction, because right now you know you're not ready. As soon as you start studying, your nerves will calm down.