49 Quotes About Poise
- Author Donald Kingsbury
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A woman stood in front of her with the peculiar poise that comes before the discovery of age and after the loss of innocence.
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- Author Erik Pevernagie
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While discovering the others, we get to know ourselves, find inner peace, and, so acquire poise and self-reliance to face up to the undisclosed or anonymous, out there. ("With confidence »)
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- Author Christopher Peterson
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Clusters of items in the scale point to the following tendencies associated with social responsibility: greater concern for social and moral issues; disapproval of privilege and favor; emphasis on duties and self-discipline; greater conventionality; less rebelliousness; greater sense of trust and confidence in the world; greater poise, assurance, and personal security.
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- Author Danny Castillones Sillada
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And when shit happens, linger on it for a while—don’t lose your poise and sense of humor—because that very same shit will make you a stronger person amidst different shitty people in various shitty places under any shitty circumstances of your shitty life.
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- Author Richard Yates
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He took each fact as it came and let it slip painlessly into the back of his mind, thinking, Okay, okay, I'll think about that one later; and that one; and that one; so that the alert, front part of his mind could remain free enough to keep him in command of the situation.
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- Author Rosie Blythe
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When it comes to the way you present yourself online, the acid test is: Can you imagine Grace Kelly doing it? If you can picture her saying “Dem hos betta watch out imma beat some ass tonite”, then congratulations, you have a much better imagination than mine. Likewise, if you can’t quite see her posting a snapshot of herself drunkenly pole-dancing, think twice about broadcasting those pictures to the world.
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- Author Jennifer L. Scott
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The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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- Author John Alejandro King a.k.a. The Covert Comic
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I'm not easily ruffled. As for my plumage, that's a different story.
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- Author Sri Chinmoy
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Poise is an unseen power,And this unseen power is always readyTo come to the aid of the outer action.
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