Quietness Quotes

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Thoreau

In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will carry you evenly through your day’s business.

William Penn

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

Euripides

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

Psalms 107:29-30

Having a quiet mind is not a question of choice – if we are to go on at all, we must have a quiet mind. All too many Christians break down, not because of circumstances, but because of a weary, fretting spirit too rushed to dwell in peace.

Amy Carmichael

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

We give thanks for the blessing of winter. Season to cherish the heart. To make warmth and quiet for the heart. To make soups and broths for the heart. To cook for the heart and read for the heart. To curl up softly and nestle with the heart. To sleep deeply and gently at one with the heart. To dream with the heart. To spend time with the heart. A long, long time of peace with the heart. We give thanks for the blessing of winter; season to cherish the heart.

Michael Leunig

We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

Proverbs 1:33

Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence.

Spanish Proverb

Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.

Iain Duncan Smith

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

Proverbs 17:1

Quiet minds are generally the most happy.

Dr C Burney

The really substantial happy people in the world are always calm and quiet.

J R Boyd

Let every man live quietly at home, peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

Schiller

Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

Acts 19:36

True quietness of heart is got by resisting our passions, not by obeying them.

G S Camp

Quietness and peace flourish where reason and justice govern; and true joy reigneth where modesty directeth.

J D Baldwin

The child of God should live above the world, moving through it, as some quiet star moves through the blue sky, clear, and serene and still.

Hetty Bowman

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

Lamentations 3:26

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Ecclesiastes 9:17

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

Isaiah 14:7

For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.

Isaiah 30:15

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

Isaiah 32:17-18

Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

Isaiah 33:20

Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

Jeremiah 30:10

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

1 Timothy 2:1-2

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

1 Peter 3:4