Top 1200 Domestic Tranquility Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by rulers. The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of the republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally ... enable the people to resist and triumph over them.

There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.

To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character.

Here the people seem to possess the secret of tranquility and to live lives of more than surface contentment.

Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

beauty is like piety--you cannot run and read it; tranquility and constancy, with, now-a-days, an easy chair, are needed.

The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust - are in the audience.

Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.

The soul of politeness is not a question of rules but of tranquility, humility, and simplicity. And in the taking of tea it finds perhaps its most perfect expression.

Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.

Republicans traditionally say, 'oh, we'll cut domestic spending, but we won't touch the military.' The liberals - the ones who are good - will say, 'oh, we'll cut the military, but we won't cut domestic spending.'

Internationally, I love going to Switzerland. I went there many times for shooting and loved the Alps, the tranquility, cleanliness, the greenery and the warmth of the people there.

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

The world will never be in any manner of order or tranquility until men are firmly convinced that conscience, honor and credit are all in one interest

The 7 factors of enlightenment: mindfullness, investigation of mental objects, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration and equanimity.

The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.

As evacuation eases the body, so occasional ejectment of passion seems to appease the agonies of the soul, and dispose to tranquility the agitations of the heart.

It is the just doom of laziness and gluttony to be inactive without ease and drowsy without tranquility.

The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.

I was no hero. The dearest wishes of my heart were for safety and tranquility. The world was a perilous place, wrong for the likes of me.

Zidane's success comes from transmitting calm and never changing that no matter what is happening. That serenity and tranquility conveys confidence and security. He talks little but when he does, it matters.

Nobody believes that domestic violence kills and nobody believes it is detrimental to children. This world has got to wake up. To me, if there is domestic violence, if the children see it or hear it, that to me is detrimental. Batterers should not have rights to children.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.

Climate of Egypt in winter is the reign of spring upon earth, & summer in the air, and tranquility in the heat.

Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. . . . Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient. . . . Ignore the inconsequential!

Being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which psychoanalysis is powerless to bestow.

A persistent breeze lifted the thin curtains, fluttering a few moments of tranquility into the turbulent day.

I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of all the rights reserved to the States, and the consolidation in itself of all powers, foreign and domestic; and that, too, by constructions which, if legitimate, leave no limits to their power... It is but too evident that the three ruling branches of [the Federal government] are in combination to strip their colleagues, the State authorities, of the powers reserved by them, and to exercise themselves all functions foreign and domestic.

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

The United States enjoy a scene of prosperity and tranquility under the new government that could hardly have been hoped for.

There is a sense of tranquility that I think people can get from being in an organized group, where a singular leader handles the responsibilities of individual thinking.

Well, it's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility.

A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility

Roger, Tranquility. Be advised there are lots of smiling faces in this room and all over the world. Over.

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by rulers. It is against sound policy for a free people to keep up large military establishments and standing armies in time of peace, both from the enormous expenses, with which they are attended, and the facile means, which they afford to ambitious and unprincipled rulers, to subvert the government, or trample upon the rights of the people.

Achieve order within yourself...an inward tranquility which knows no disturbance at any moment...in the daily life of the home and the office.

I may make light of being a domestic terrorist, but if they can brand me a domestic terrorist and confiscate all my materials, and then expand into confiscating other people's materials, and then go after Gibson Guitars and so many other different people... they can go after you, they can go after everybody, we could all be "terrorists." That's really the big concern.

When others see you at peace, they’re reminded of the value of tranquility - that is, you inspire them to be at peace.

Although I haven't experienced violence in a relationship, I know that two women every week in England and Wales are killed by their partner or ex-partner, and that unless we act now, many more women will die because of domestic violence. We must speak out now against all forms of domestic violence, not only physical abuse but also the emotional, sexual and financial abuse which means that many women are afraid to be at home with their partner.

Prayer is speaking to God. Meditation is listening to God. Trust tranquility.

I have teken refuge in the doctrine that advises one not to seek tranquility in certainty but in permanently suspended judgement.

The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.

The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn't care too much.

The government of the United States of America has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims.

Gardening is a labour full of tranquility and satisfaction; natural and instructive, and as such contributes to the most serious contemplation, experience, health and longevity.

The soul is never perfectly secure from the influence of passion; the occasional tranquility she seems to enjoy, is rather relaxation than imperturbable triumph.

Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire.

It seems an insult to the night to speak of purpose and intent, when this common moment is so brimming full of blessed design tranquility. All things follow their course.

I have now the gloomy prospect of retiring from office loaded with serious debts, which will materially affect the tranquility of my retirement.

Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.

I quite like to sing, actually - just belting out numbers with my guitar. I find that it's a form of tranquility.

Be like a tree in pursuit of your cause. Stand firm, grip hard, thrust upward. Bend to the winds of heaven. And learn tranquility.

He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

Patience and tranquility of mind contribute more to cure our distempers as the whole art of medicine

Always guarding one's real, precious self in a cocoon of tranquility within a thousand masks. Life itself had become a secret affair.

I find in the domestic duck that the bones of the wing weigh less and the bones of the leg more, in proportion to the whole skeleton, than do the same bones in the wild duck; and this change may be safely attributed to the domestic duck flying much less, and walking more, than its wild parents.

If you care anything about your personal security, you should first of all pray for order and tranquility throughout the four quarters of the land.