Logo - Feel The Words

Grounding Quotes

What keeps us steady when everything else moves.

This grounding quotes collection explores the practices and ideas that keep people steady, from repertory theatre training young performers to yoga building focus over time. See our Balance quotes for a related theme.

I am only this successful because I'm so good at grounding myself.

Quotes by Adam Peaty

If you want to act, do school plays. If they're not there, create them, and the same with local repertory. They are the grounding for a lot of people. Make it happen.

Quotes by William Kircher

The problem of good as it faces the atheist is this: Nature, which is the nuts-and-bolts reality for the atheist, has no values and thus can offer no grounding for good and evil. Values on the atheist view are subjective...

Quotes by William A. Dembski

A theoretical grounding in agronomy must, therefore, include knowledge of biological laws.

Quotes by Trofim Lysenko

Balance Quotes

One way of grounding the magic is by putting in lots of stuff about street lamps, carriages, and how difficult it is to get good servants.

Quotes by Susanna Clarke

No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude.

Quotes by Rupert Murdoch

Science fiction is about things that plausibly might happen. Grounding my work in the real world helps make that clear.

Quotes by Robert J. Sawyer

Writing can be a tough gig. Whenever you do something in which you put yourself out there - if that becomes the focus of your life, you miss the point of living. You've really got to get the grounding of...

Quotes by R. A. Salvatore

For me, my preference for comedy is grounding it in the psychology of the character, and not just kind of making faces. Even when it's a crazy character, grounded comedy resonates more with people because it doesn't look like you're...

Quotes by Matt McGorry

Connection Quotes

I had a very thorough grounding in music; I'd grown up around songs. My parents listened to a lot of music. My dad was majorly into jazz, which was absolutely a big influence on me, even if it was more...

Quotes by Laura Mvula

Yoga changed my life. I go between 4 and 6 times a week. It's incredibly grounding and an intense level of focus.

Quotes by Katharine Towne

I feel that doing theater does give you a good grounding to work on camera. The audience is the lens.

Quotes by Julian Ovenden

When people are performing in a musical, everybody is intuitively drawn to the right pitch. You don't want to be too broad that people can't relate to it, so it has to have some grounding in the real world.

Quotes by Josh Gordon

Energy and environmental regulation, transportation, and broadband policy all benefit when legislators have a basic grounding in the technical concepts behind business models, products, and innovation.

Quotes by John Sununu

Emotion Quotes

We have to start grounding our policies in facts and recognize that a strong economy is critical for funding progressive priorities.

Quotes by John Delaney

The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.

Quotes by Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

Some of my songs are about the feeling you belong somewhere else. But there's also something grounding about coming from a small town.

Quotes by James Bay

If you wake up in the morning, and you're feeling tired, I feel like if you get on your yoga mat and even practice for, like, 10 or 15 minutes, it's really great for just grounding you, centering you, and...

Quotes by Gretchen Bleiler

When you come from a big family, you see that, growing up, you're learning how to share. Your sisters have got your back; you're not alone in this - 'We all support you!' Your family provides that; it gives you...

Quotes by Gisele Bundchen

Peace Quotes

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.

Quotes by Georg Solti

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "grounding" mean across these quotes?
It ranges from practical training, like local theatre giving performers real experience, to a more abstract academic base that a field of study needs to stand on.
Is grounding only discussed as a physical practice?
No, one quote treats it as a philosophical question, asking whether nature alone can supply any real basis for morality at all.
Does yoga come up in this topic?
Yes, one quote credits regular yoga practice with being both grounding and a way to sharpen focus, tying the word to a specific routine.
How does academic knowledge relate to grounding here?
One quote insists that a real theoretical grounding in a subject requires understanding its underlying biological laws first.
What's a good next topic after Grounding?
Our Peace quotes pair naturally, since a grounded mindset is often described as a path toward greater calm.

Whether it's a theoretical foundation in a field of study or a physical practice that clears the mind, grounding shows up differently for each voice here. Explore our Connection and Peace quotes too.