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Calmness Quotes

  • Aug 15, 2021
  • 2 min read

Updated: Mar 18, 2022

In calmness lies true pleasure.

Victor Hugo


Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

St. Francis de Sales


The true strength of a man is in calmness.

Leo Tolstoy


For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.

Lily Tomlin


Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

Chinese Proverb


One of the best lessons you can learn is to master how to remain calm.

Catherine Pulsifer


To increase speed you must increase the amount of rest, peace, and calmness that you can maintain. That is the secret to playing fast.

Pepe Romero


Stress is always a signal that we’re using our thinking in an unhealthy way.



You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Maya Angelou


The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

William James


You cannot perceive beauty, but with a serene mind.

Thoreau


Calmness is the cradle of power.

Josiah Gilbert Holland


There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.

Ralph H Blum


Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 41:10


The less we worry about end results, the better they’re likely to be.



For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

2 Timothy 1:7


God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Reinhold Niebuhr


God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it’s me.


Worry is blind, and cannot discern the future; but Jesus sees the end from the beginning. In every difficulty He has His way prepared to bring relief.

Ellen G White

Ships don’t sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weigh you down.



Outer order = inner calm.



In all your temporal concerns, in all your cares and anxieties, wait upon the Lord.

Ellen G White


Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.

Brian Tracy


Clear, serene and still.



Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.

Glenn Turner


Be still and know that I am God.

Psalms 46:10


Nothing gives one person so great advantage over another, as to remain cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Thomas Jefferson


Endeavour to be cool and steady upon all occasions: the advantages of such a steady calmness are innumerable.

Chesterfield


The pursuit of things should be with calmness and tranquility.

Cicero


Let tiny drops of stillness fall gently through your day.

Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann

2025

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