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Calmly Quotes

The discipline of staying steady on purpose.

A commander who says he's disappointed calmly can be more devastating than shouting, proof that Able composure often lands harder than anger.

I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!

Quotes by Abraham Polonsky

Whatever you want, you have the power to attain it. The man or woman who calmly and matter-of-factly accepts this pronouncement at face value will soon find himself working magical accomplishments far beyond that which he previously dreamed possible.

Quotes by Vernon Howard

If you come from a military culture, and you go into see the general or the commander, and he talks to you very calmly and says, 'I'm very disappointed in you,' that's devastating.

Quotes by Tammy Duckworth

We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.

Quotes by Tahar Ben Jelloun

Able Quotes

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a...

Quotes by Stanley Kubrick

I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?

Quotes by Sammy Sosa

This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance.

Quotes by Philip K. Dick

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else.

Quotes by Peggy Noonan

My dear, with your love I can calmly face my impending trial, having no regrets about the choices I've made and optimistically awaiting tomorrow.

Quotes by Liu Xiaobo

Accepts Quotes

After we have calmly stood by and allowed monopolies to grow fat, we should not be asked to make them bloated.

Quotes by John Griffin Carlisle

The example afforded before the Great War by Germany - which, if only it had exercised forbearance for another five or ten years, would by now be unrivaled in Europe - suggests that the task facing us now is to...

Quotes by Isoroku Yamamoto

There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented. The common man, I think, is the great protection against war.

Quotes by Ernest Bevin

Ministers should be Bible students. They should thoroughly furnish themselves with the evidences of our faith and hope, and then, with full control of the voice and their feelings, present these evidences in such a manner that the people can...

Quotes by Ellen G. White

If you're really satisfied with your position on something, you just say, 'Hey;' you just very calmly present something.

Quotes by Clint Eastwood

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do these 'calmly' quotes have in common?
Each treats calm as a deliberate, disciplined choice rather than a natural state, whether that's a commander delivering disappointment quietly, a chess player resisting the urge to rush, or a call for dialogue over violence.
Why do people search for quotes with 'calmly' in them?
People look for these when writing about composure under pressure, the idea that speaking or acting calmly often carries more weight than reacting with anger or panic.
One quote says a commander's calm disappointment is more 'devastating' than shouting, what's the idea there?
It suggests that restrained, calm criticism can land harder than an angry outburst, because it signals real disappointment rather than a temporary loss of temper.
Do any of these quotes connect calm to conflict resolution?
Yes, one calls for speaking out 'calmly and forcefully,' explicitly rejecting violence and aggression in favor of steady, deliberate dialogue between opposing sides.
Is calm shown as easy in these quotes?
No, the chess quote in particular frames calm as a constant fight against instinct, needing to sit and think clearly even when your hand trembles to act, an Able-minded discipline more than a natural gift.

Chess teaches the same lesson: sit calmly, think it through, resist the trembling urge to move fast, a discipline linked here to real dialogue After conflict.