A Quote by George Washington

Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave.

George Washington

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George Washington
American - President
February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799

Were my smile not submerged in my countenance, / I should suspend it over her grave.

Else Lasker-Schuler

Amid the worry of a self- condemnatory soliloquy, his demeanour seemed grave, perhaps cold, both to me and his mother. And yet there was no bad feeling, no malice, no rancour, no littleness in his countenance, beautiful with a man's best beauty, even in its depression. When I placed his chair at the table, which I hastened to do, anticipating the servant, and when I handed him his tea, which I did with trembling care, he said: "Thank you, Lucy," in as kindly a tone of his full pleasant voice as ever my ear welcomed.

Charlotte Bronte

It takes a warrior's courage to acknowledge that your point of view matters, that your truth matters, that your gifts matter, and that your presence on this earth matters. You don’t have to earn this right; it’s yours as part of your birthright.

Debbie Ford

Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.

John Wilkins

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

Cato the Elder

I am a courtier grave and serious Who is about to kiss your hand: Try to combine a pose imperious With a demeanour nobly bland.

W. S. Gilbert

Happy who in his verse can gently steer, From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

The Christian is not superficial in any sense, but is fundamentally serious and fundamentally happy. You see, the joy of the Christian is a holy joy; the happiness of the Christian is a serious happiness. ... it is a solemn joy, it is a holy joy, it is a serious happiness; so that, though he is grave and sober-minded and serious, he is never cold and prohibitive.

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the most pleasant people, as a writer I just think about the humorous aspects of these things - that's what keeps me going when I'm writing a story.

Ann Beattie

One thing I struggled with early in my career was the delicate balance between my performance and my identity. When things on the field went well, I was cheerful and felt important. When things went poorly, my countenance and self-concept plummeted, and I was not pleasant to be around.

Benjamin Watson

Dude, what matters is if you're happy. What matters is your future. What matters is that we get out of here in one piece. What matters is finding the truth of our own lives, not caring about what other people think is the truth of us.

A.S. King

Is there anything so grave and serious as an ass?

Michel de Montaigne

I always put these pert jackanapeses out of countenance by looking extremely grave when they expect that I should laugh at their pleasantries; and by saying Well, and so?--as if they had not done, and that the sting were still to come. This disconcerts them, as they have no resources in themselves, and have but one set of jokes to live upon.

Lord Chesterfield

Your story matters, who you are matters, tonight matters, none of it is an accident. You were born for the blue skies.

Jon Foreman

What matters is voting for where you live: Who's your mayor, who's your police chief, who represents you, your city council, your judges. That matters that you vote.

Joe Walsh

Love, a pleasant folly; ambition, a serious stupidity.

Nicolas Chamfort

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