Top 121 Quietness Quotes & Sayings

The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.

The very attention given to finding out if the mind can be completely quiet is quietness.

The true lasting quietness... comes from a complete consecration to the Divine

By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind.

Counseling has to do with intuition, with work on oneself, with the quietness of one's mind and the openness of one's heart.

This inner peace of mind occurs on three levels of understanding. Physical quietness seems the easiest to achieve, although there are levels and levels of this too, as attested by the ability of Hindu mystics to live buried alive for many days. Mental quietness, in which one has no wandering thoughts at all, seems more difficult, but can be achieved. But value quietness, in which one has no wandering desires at all but simply performs the acts of his life without desire, that seems the hardest.

I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.

Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.

The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.

Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.

Coming before God in quietness & waiting upon Him in silence often can accomplish more than days of feverish activity.

With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever.

Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and their customs, it intensifies tenfold one's appreciation of the good at home, and, above all, of the quietness and purity of English domestic life.

I want to be a cheerleader for women who have never even considered running for office or being involved in a campaign, but who in the quietness of their hearts might think, 'Why not me?'

Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise.

Growing older, I love only quietness: who need be concerned with the things of this world? Looking back, what better plan than this: returning to the grove.

A white flower grows in the quietness. Let your tongue become that flower.

Lurch's quietness is a result of personal dignity. He appreciates things of quality. His greatest joy is playing Bach on the harpsichord, and he recognizes the music as the result of 'a great human effort to express.

Green calm below, blue quietness above.

It's not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be - and so people here can coexist and live together.

Men say they are of the same religion, for quietness' sake; but if the matter were well examined, you would scarce find three anywhere of the same religion on all points.

Joy draws its nourishment from quietness and from the unfathomable.

In quietness the soul expands.

God gives quietness at last.

In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked. Yet a child's need for quietness is the same today as it has always been--it may even be greater--for quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.

In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.

I dream of an art of balance, of quietness, something analogous to a good armchair.

I need both to feel good: the energy of the city and the quietness of the country.

Motivational Quotes on: Honesty, Success, Kind There was a tremendous modesty in the man as he spoke, a quietness and dignity. There was a simplicity and honesty and unselfconsciousness, and a tremendous peace.

True inward quietness ... is not vacancy, but stability - the steadfastness of a single purpose.

Modesty is great, and quietness is nice, but sometimes it's much more fun to be decadent.

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

The fact of our salvation being not something, but Someone, produces quietness of spirit and an unshakable confidence.

Only in quietness do we possess our own minds and discover the resources of the Inner Life.

Often times God wants us to sit before Him in quietness. He doesn't want us to do all the talking. As Is. 30:15 says "In quiet and confidence will be your strength."

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.

Let no one who has the slightest desire to live in peace and quietness be tempted, under any circumstances, to enter upon the chivalrous task of trying to correct a popular error.

Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.

La, tout n’est qu’ordre et beauté Luxe, calme et volupté There, there is nothing else but grace and measure, Richness, quietness, and pleasure.

What I found does the most good is just to get into a taxi and go to Tiffany's. It calms me down right away, the quietness and the proud look of it;nothing very bad could happen to you there.

We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity. Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. The need for solitude and quietness was never greater than it is today.

The secret of Christian quietness is not indifference, but the knowledge that God is my Father, He loves me, and I shall never think of anything He will forget. With this knowledge, worry becomes an impossibility.

I tremble because of the sufferings of those persecuted in different lands. I tremble thinking about the eternal destiny of their torturers. I tremble for Western Christians who don't help their persecuted brethren. In the depth of my heart, I would like to keep the beauty of my own vineyard and not be involved in such a huge fight. I would like so much to be somewhere in quietness and rest. But it is not possible... The quietness and rest for which I long would be an escape from reality and dangerous for my soul... The West sleeps and must be awakened to see the plight of the captive nations.

All that is important comes in quietness and waiting.

There's a non-existent peace in the uncertain quietness

The snow has quietness in it; no songs, no smells, no shouts or traffic. When I speak my own voice shocks me.

Yet not with all of me am I in love. Too much of my own quietness is with me.

The brash unbridled tongue, the lawless folly of fools, will end in pain. But the life of wise content is blest with quietness, escapes the storm and keeps its house secure.

Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.

Most artists try to break your heart, or they accidentally break their own hearts.But I find the quietness in the ordinary much more satisfying.

Mentally prepare ourselves for excellence...block out the noise of everyday distractions and tap into the quietness of meaningful focus, intent and a winning mindset.

As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make friends with the quietness of our sensations.

I was born and raised in L.A. I'm a L.A. girl. I love the quietness of L.A. and that you can just keep your head down and work.

Why seek to embarrass [the artist] with vanities foreign to his quietness? Know you not that certain sciences require the whole man, leaving no part of him at leisure for your trifles?

Cultivating quietness is a missing discipline today...the quietness needed to nurture an inner life hid in Christ.

My heart is tuned to the quietness that the stillness of nature inspires.

Now I begin to feel that that all that is important comes in quietness and waiting; activity should be only the working out, the digesting and putting forth of what one learned, so that one may become empty again to receive more.

The best tests of my Christian growth occur in the mainstream of life, not in the quietness of my study

I do oppose My patience to his fury, and am arm'd To suffer, with a quietness of spirit, The very tyranny and rage of his.