Quotes About Calm

The critical idea here is that when we are vulnerable, we benefit most from feeling a connection with a calm person who is confident of what to do and is able to convey a sense of safety and compassion. Your child will feel safe if he knows that you are strong enough to withstand (contain) his shock without becoming overwhelmed yourself.

I found the idea of being a librarian very appealing--working in a place where people had to whisper and only speak when necessary. If only the world were like that!

I thought the best thing to do would be nothing, and in that way things couldn't get any worse.

The veneer of civilization is thin, the rule of law is fragile, and the precondition of both is economic and political calm.

You rest now. Rest for longer than you are used to resting. Make a stillness around you, a field of peace. Your best work, the best time of your life will grow out of this peace.

There was something satisfying in a cessation of paddling on smooth water. It was like watching a flock of ducks all stop beating at once and sail over a bank of trees on extended wings.

What wind there was died to a breath they could barely feel.

And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”

Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”

You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.

You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.

You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.

So I will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.

Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”

“Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”

At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.

Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.

“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.

And when they had climbed back into the boat, the wind died down.