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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.

Even with the bad news, I felt calm. I never shed a tear when I called my wife and said, 'Amber, my test is positive. I have Ebola.'

Quotes by Kent Brantly

My face frowns by default, so when I'm most calm is when I appear the least approachable.

Quotes by Ken Leung

The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort, and so we will experience true happiness. But if our mind is not peaceful,...

Quotes by Kelsang Gyatso

Religious work is one of the best ways to keep from facing your reality if you are Christian, if you are using it to calm the pain, because that it what all addictions are, attempts to cover the pain of...

Quotes by Keith Miller

It's such an advantage to be able to hit short irons low on command. When it's windy, you'll hit more greens. But low shots are a great strategy in calm conditions, too: The less time the ball hangs in the...

Quotes by Keegan Bradley

I'm just calm under fire. I'm not intimidating at all.

Quotes by Keenen Ivory Wayans

It's times of relative calm and ease that I start to wind myself up.

Quotes by Katy Tur

I babysat kids in a ShopRite, which is a grocery store. They had a babysitting center so that parents could bring their children while they shopped. It was awful. I also was not very good at keeping the kids calm.

Quotes by Kate Micucci

I was thinking of the parallel between the ocean, the life and the music. The ocean is everything. It's calm, but brave - it's life.

Quotes by Karol G

I've always had a duck personality. Calm above water, feet going crazy below.

Quotes by K. Flay

What was special about Leonard Cohen's work was its calm mystery.

Quotes by Julia Holter

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

Quotes by Jules Renard

I grew up in the suburbs, a calm suburb, without tension, with working-class and middle-class people mixed together.

Quotes by JR

Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we...

Quotes by Josefa Iloilo

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.

Quotes by Jose Marti

There will always be criticism, but I remained calm and relaxed.

Quotes by Jorginho

The overwhelming majority of Americans want decent and civil political dialogue, and candidates for office and elected leaders must continue to call for calm and unity, even when there are intense differences of opinion.

Quotes by Jon Ossoff

Learning how to be calm and centered in any situation is a skill for life, whatever you do.

Quotes by Jon Hopkins

Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.

Quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, days in whose light everything seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God.

Quotes by John Muir

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.