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Calm Quotes

On the discipline of staying calm, in work and in mind.

Calm appears here as a practiced state rather than an accident — admiration for a pharmacist's steady manner, a musician's effort to keep perspective under pressure, and a writer's need for solitude to think clearly. See Calming quotes for related reflections.

The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully.

Quotes by Rebecca Solnit

It's not that bad things never happen. But there's a pattern in which most people are calm, resourceful, altruistic, and they improvise emergency systems that work really well - whether it's getting the babies out of a collapsed hospital or...

Quotes by Rebecca Solnit

Sitting by the chimney corner as we grow old, the commonest things around us take on live meanings and hint at the difference between these driving times and the calm, slow moving days when we were young.

Quotes by Rebecca Harding Davis

Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.

Quotes by Rami Malek

It costs me a lot to stay calm during a game.

Quotes by Ralph Hasenhuttl

As a manager, I have to keep calm.

Quotes by Rafael Benitez

The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.

Quotes by Rafael Nadal

I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot...

Quotes by Rafael Nadal

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

Quotes by Queen Victoria

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Quotes by Publilius Syrus

Calm can solve all issues.

Quotes by Pope Shenouda III

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

Cool under pressure can be misinterpreted. I'm fired up, but in my mind, I'm calm. Here comes the next play, hurry up, let's go.

Quotes by Philip Rivers

With darts it's just one against one, it's blow for blow. The only thing I could compare it to is boxing. It's dead exciting. You're reacting to each other, the adrenaline's pumping. You don't feel calm at all. But it's...

Quotes by Phil Taylor

I think the U.S. Open just doesn't suit my personality. I'm more of a calm person. There, it's noisy all day, cars are everywhere, and it takes so long to get to the site. I know that those things shouldn't...

Quotes by Petra Kvitova

I feel like saying we need to all calm down a little. Let's take the time to breathe. I have no intention of allowing myself be distracted.

Quotes by Pauline Marois

We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference.

Quotes by Paul Elmer More

To be a director, you need to be reliable, on time, confident, calm, all of those things you see demonstrated in the military.

Quotes by Patty Jenkins

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

Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda

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

Quotes by Ovid

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "calm" quotes cover?
It ranges from admiring a calm pharmacist, to using faith to stay focused while playing, needing solitude to work, and a vivid description of St. Louis's calm rivers.
Does a quote describe a calm pharmacist?
Yes: "I wanted to be a pharmacist. I liked the way our local pharmacist was always dressed in a nice white coat; he looked very calm."
Does a quote connect faith to staying calm?
Yes: "I'm a Christian guy, and when it comes to my priorities, it's the utmost." The same quote adds that it helps "just to calm myself down, to keep my perspective when I'm playing."
Is there a quote about needing solitude to work?
Yes: "I live in solitude. I have need of solitude to do the next day's work." The same quote concludes, "I must have complete calm."
Does a quote paint a scenic picture involving calm rivers?
Yes: "St. Louis sprawls where mighty rivers meet - as broad as Philadelphia, but three stories high instead of two, with wider streets and dirtier atmosphere, over the dull-brown of wide, calm rivers." See the Peace collection for more.

A vivid description of a wide, calm river closes the theme, tying calm to landscape as much as temperament — explore Calmness and Calmly quotes.