Top 1200 Quiet Desperation Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

Learn the richness of solitude & quiet. That still small voice is yearning to be heard.

From when I was a kid, I was always very quiet within myself, I was never attention-hungry.

...And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye clear. What we need is here.

I'm usually quite quiet in the day, a little bit anxious, I get my thoughts processed.

I seem quiet. But when I get upset, I talk too loudly. I'm sort of an alarmist.

The harvest of a quiet eye, That broods and sleeps on his own heart.

I'm quiet, and I don't enjoy watching horror flicks, so am I like Zeke? No way.

Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.

Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

I've always been quiet and kind of shy. I'm sociable, but I would probably migrate to a corner.

Do you know what's one mistake we always make? Believing that life's immutable, that once you get on a particular track you have to follow it to the end of the line. But it appears that fate has more imagination than we do. Just when you think you're in a situation you can't escape from, when you've reached the lowest depths of total desperation, everything changes as fast as a gust of wind, everything's overturned; from one second to the next you find you're living a new life.

Love is the kiss in the quiet nest while the leaves are trembling, mirrored in the water.

I'm a quiet guy, but on the pitch, it's different. You have to do everything you can to win and help your teammates.

True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.

You must find your own quiet center of life, and write from that to the world.

I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are.

Lives are changed by a moment's listening to conscience, by a single and quiet inclination of the mind.

We are plain quiet folk, and I have no use for adventures. Nasty, disturbing, and uncomfortable things.

I spend most of my time alone, because I so value and thrive in the quiet. Heaven.

I'd rather just stay quiet and play the game. Winning is hard enough as it is.

I still want to have the reputation of kind of being a quiet hardworking type of guy.

When your opponent fears you, then's the moment when you give the fear its own rein, give it the time to work on him. Let it become terror. The terrified man fights himself. Eventually, he attacks in desperation. That is the most dangerous moment, but the terrified man can be trusted usually to make a fatal mistake. You are being trained here to detect these mistakes and use them.

Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.

I think there's a quiet aggression that you need to have, that presence that you have on the mound, the poise, you know.

Money is a protection, a cloak; it can buy one quiet, and some sort of dignity.

Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.

I am just a quiet reclusive person who has managed to hang around for a while.

Thirst of wealth no quiet knows, But near the death-bed fierce grows.

When I am designing, my aim is to create tension and then gradually proceed into quiet.

Too much quiet left me depressed and consuming condiments for meals.

A church is disaffected when it is persecuted, quiet when it is tolerated, and actively loyal when it is favored and cherished.

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.

I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.

There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain

Fullness is always quiet; agitation will answer for empty vessels only.

Is ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.

Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Your heart has a little empty corner. You won't even know I'm there -- I'll be very quiet.

I always try to stay as quiet as possible about a book until it's finished.

Tears for the mourners who are left behind Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.

...nothing is creepier than a bunch of adults being very quiet.

Beyonce in real life is actually quite quiet and very sweet.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

When a quiet man is moved to passion, it seems the very earth will shake.

Makeup is about balance. When the eye makes a statement, the lips should be quiet.

I'm kind of lame. I prefer quiet evenings at home, hanging out with my family.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.

David [Beckham] should think that talking is silver, but being quiet is golden.

I was quiet in high school and relatively unpopular, so being noticed is not something that I'm used to.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

It's dark already and I'm out here again, talking, telling the story to the quiet night.

The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice.

I'm kind of quiet but when I put my helmet on, it's like you flip a switch. I'm ready to go.

We're trying to get the SEAL community back to where we think it should be - quiet professionalism.

There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.