Calm Quotes

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After a storm comes a calm.
Matthew Henry

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
Thomas Jefferson

Men, Liberty, Sea

Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
Martin Luther

Music, God, Art

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
Saint Francis de Sales

Peace, Everything, Whole

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
Henry David Thoreau

Best, Before, Language

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
Plato

Age, Nature, Happy

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.
Christina Rossetti

Friend, Down, Weather

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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Best, Pursuit, Tranquil

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.
Nelson Mandela

Love, Political, After

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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
Paramahansa Yogananda

Yourself, Find, Easy

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.
LL Cool J

Strong, Adversity, Step

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.
Jose Marti

Love, Nature, Women

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Important, Self, Done

I have so much chaos in my life, it's become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they're wrong.
Tom Welling

Life, Work, Deep

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
Carl Jung

Sense, Leave, Security

I never felt settled or calm. You can't really commit to life when you feel that.
Angelina Jolie

Life, Felt, Commit

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
Michael Caine

Duck, Surface, Dickens

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.
Shawn Johnson

Time, Focus, Reality

Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.
Mason Cooley

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Good, Temper, Fortune

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.
Thomas Fuller

Made, Forgotten, Storms

But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.
Emma Thompson

Death, Hurt, Crisis

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.
Kate Adie

Freedom, Care, Down

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
Willa Cather

Best, Storm, Learn

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.
Sara Teasdale

Life, Truth, Wise

Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.
David Mallet

Patience, Humility, Honor

I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
Alfred Hitchcock

Best, Everything, Around

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
Queen Victoria

Great, Quiet, Events

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
Ovid

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Publilius Syrus

Sea, Anyone, Hold

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