Sayings about Calmness
Calmness: Steadiness of mind under stress.
In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. ~ English Proverbs
The calmer you go, the further along you will be. ~ Russian Proverbs
The prudent embark when the sea is calm — the rash when it’s stormy. ~ New Zealander Proverbs
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs
After a storm comes a calm. ~ Traditional Proverb
When the sea is calm, every ship has a good captain. ~ Swedish Proverbs
God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage. ~ Bulgarian Proverbs
What is not urgent must be done quickly in order to take care of the urgent things calmly. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Always keep calm in an emergency. ~ Chinese Proverb
Calm water does not mean there are no crocodiles. ~ Indonesian Proverbs
In calm water every ship has a good captain. ~ Traditional Proverb
Quotations about Calmness
The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis. ~ Franklin P. Jones
The secret of happiness is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm, always lucid, always willing “to be joined to the universe without being more conscious of it than an idiot,” to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.~ Cyril Connolly
At the beginning of every act of faith, there is often a seed of fear. For great acts of faith are seldom born out of calm calculation. ~ Max L. Lucado
The temperate person’s pleasures are durable because they are regular; and all their life is calm and serene, because it is innocent. ~ Author Unknown
I’m like a duck: calm above the water, and paddling like hell underneath. ~ Fred Shero
I am a professional. At the circuit I am calm. At home I am very different. ~ Jean Alesi
Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength. ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda
I’m like a duck: calm above the water, and paddling like hell underneath. ~ Fred Shero
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. ~ Thomas Jefferson
There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow. ~ Marcus T. Cicero
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
I don’t feel any pressure. I just try to stay calm, follow my game plan, and try not to get overthrown. ~ Dwight Gooden
Always behave like a duck — keep calm and unruffled on the surface, but paddle like the devil underneath. ~ Jacob M. Braude
The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed. ~ Confucius
Sensual pleasures are like soap bubbles, sparkling, effervescent. The pleasures of intellect are calm, beautiful, sublime, ever enduring and climbing upward to the borders of the unseen world.~ John H. Aughey
Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold and have escaped, not from one master, but from many. ~ Plato
He who is of a 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
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness. ~ Oscar Wilde
They sicken at the calm that know the storm. ~ Dorothy Parker
To have a quiet mind is to possess one’s mind wholly; to have calm spirit is to possess one’s self. ~ Hamilton Wright Mabie
He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero. ~ Johann Kaspar Lavater
If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death. ~ Pythagoras
True freedom lies in the realization and calm acceptance of the fact that there may very well be no perfect answer. ~ Allen Reid McGinnis
Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves. ~ Queen Victoria
Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls. ~ Gabriel Riqueti Mirabeau
Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace. ~ Buddha
As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well. ~ Al Oerter
The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm. ~ Alexander Woollcott
Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for – sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm. ~ Andre Kostelanetz
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. ~ Willa Cather
Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Night’s deepest gloom is but a calm; that soothes the weary mind: The labored days restoring balm; the comfort of mankind. ~ Leigh Hunt
I never felt settled or calm. You can’t really commit to life when you feel that. ~ Angelina Jolie
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe. ~ Abigail Adams
It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed…. Great necessities call out great virtues. ~ Abigail Adams
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy. ~ George Herbert
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious nearby freedom of death.~ Walt Whitman
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought. ~ Thucydides
Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm. ~ Publilius Syrus
I feel I’ve lived so long, and went through so much, that all I want is calm and rest.~ Moshe Dayan
The mind which renounces, once and forever, a futile hope, has its compensations in ever-growing calm. ~ George Robert Gissing
French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic. ~ Bernard Pivot
Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. ~ Channing Pollock
A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves. ~ Sivananda
Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense. ~ Mark Overby