Quotes About Calm Places

#1. If it's a romantic holiday, the only thing I need is my wife. We love quiet and calm places where we can't be disturbed. Neither of us likes being in busy places; we would much rather stay in our hotel room and enjoy each other's company.

Jean Reno

#2. It is the mark of a gentleman to be moderate in the use of wine.

Athenaeus

#3. I am alive. I am so alive. It's unbelievable how alive I am.

Sierra Boggess

#4. London and L.A. are both places I feel I can call home. It's a nice balance of Californian calm and that slightly more engaged, electric London vibe that I've always loved.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

#5. Yet there are some resting-places, / Life's untroubled interludes; / Times when neither past nor future / On the soul's deep calm intrudes.

Jean Ingelow

#6. The cross is not a mere event in history; it's a way of life! Take up your cross DAILY, Jesus said!

John Piper

#7. I've laid down in dried up streambeds, leaving a shadow. And then, five minutes later, it's flash flooded, and where I once laid is now running water, which would've washed me away, you know? There's that power and danger often in places that look so calm and pastoral to begin with.

Andy Goldsworthy

#8. Never dismiss anyone's value until you know him.

Susan Cooper

#9. I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's not like an action star.

Jackie Chan

#10. Man, they got mosquitoes 'round this place big enough to rape a chicken.

Elizabeth Gilbert

#11. You can't help how you feel and I understand that. Sometimes a person can't talk their heart out of how it feels, despite how hard you try.

Terry Goodkind

#12. I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of: for this moment I know where I am going.

Anna Funder

#13. It's more than ok to say no to the people and places that harm your peace.

Nikki Rowe

#14. It was Night. In most places, Night is a time for sleep, for calm, and for mystery. But not in New York City, where many things conspired every evening to murder the night.

Regina Doman

#15. Isaiah places his hands on the top of my car and leans over so that his head is level with mine. The strong scent of dark spices tickles my nose and I inhale deeply. A brief calm washes through me and somehow I know Isaiah will get me out of this.

Katie McGarry

#16. Coaches are like ducks. Calm on top, but paddling underneath. Believe me, there's a lot of leg movement.

Ken Hitchcock

#17. My life isn't always at risk, even if I'm in a war zone. A lot of these places have areas of calm, so covering war doesn't necessarily mean being shot at all the time.

Lynsey Addario

#18. The art of meditation may be exercised at all hours, and in all places, and men of genius, in their walks, at table, and amidst assemblies, turning the eye of the the mind upwards, can form an artificial solitude; retired amidst a crowd, calm amidst distraction, and wise amidst folly.

Isaac D'Israeli

#19. People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.

Gail Devers

#20. It is impossible to feel calm in cities, he believes, because we so rarely hear birdsong there. Our ears evolved to be our warning systems. We are on high alert in places where no birds sing. To live in a city is to be forever flinching.

Jenny Offill

#21. When you stop complaining about others for not helping you and focus on your efforts; there's no stopping you.

Udai Yadla

#22. One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population.

Wendy Craig