Quotes about Poise
The cloud of the consommé's warmth enveloped her face and revived her poise. In the liquid a slice of lemon lay at fetal peace.
— John Updike
Leisure with dignity.
— Cicero
A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed.
— Coco Chanel
The Christian faith makes it possible for us nobly to accept that which cannot be changed, and to meet disappointments and sorrow with an inner poise, and to absorb the most intense pain without abandoning our sense of hope.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.
— Coco Chanel
It takes calmness and courage. Notice that Daniel never panicked or overreacted in the face of opposition. Amid life-threatening situations, he remained poised and peaceful. He practiced Psalm 46:10: "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations." We can remain calm when we have the deep, supernatural peace of knowing that God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
— David Jeremiah
Courage is grace under pressure.
— Ernest Hemingway
fear keeps a man even in his words and judgment of things. It may be compared to the ballast of the ship, and to the poise of the balance of the scales; it keeps all even, and also makes us steer our course right with respect to the things that pertain to God and man.
— John Bunyan
Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity; but I call it "just being you".
— John Wooden
How many people we know who sour their lives, who ruin all that is sweet and beautiful by explosive tempers, who destroy their poise of character, and make bad blood!
— James Allen
That exquisite poise of character, which we call serenity is the last lesson of culture, the fruitage of the soul.
— James Allen
Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real; perhaps they are.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson