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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Composure Quotes

Quotes About Composure & Poise

  • Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure. --Francois Fenelon
  • Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure. --Byron Nelson
  • When I joined the Tour I studied the best players to see what they did that I didn't do. I came to the conclusion that the successful players had the Three Cs: Confidence, Composure, Concentration. --Bob Toski
  • Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. --Shunryu Suzuki
  • True enough, nature has endowed me with a fair measure of patience and composure, yet I should be lying if I told you that, having seen the reporter off on his way to make his deadline, I fell peacefully asleep. --Leon Jouhaux
  • That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters. --Elizabeth Gilbert









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Keep Your Composure

Stress is a normal part of life. But it can become a problem when it dominates your life. If you feel your composure slipping, perhaps it’s because you are entirely too focused on the small picture. When you get caught up in the obstacle that appears directly in front of you—hindering your next few steps—look up, look farther, look beyond the problem at the big picture. That’s where you will find the possibilities, and along with those possibilities, your composure.


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Composure
1. (n.) A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquility; repose.
2. (n.) The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
3. (n.) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
4. (n.) Frame; make; temperament.
5. (n.) A combination; a union; a bond.

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Genesis 42:24 (NLT) Now he turned away from them and began to weep. When he regained his composure, he spoke to them again. Then he chose Simeon from among them and had him tied up right before their eyes.
Genesis 43:31 (NLT) After washing his face, he came back out, keeping himself under control. Then he ordered, “Bring out the food!”
Ecclesiastes 10:4 (NLT) If your boss is angry at you, don’t quit! A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes.
2 Thessalonians 2:2 (NLT) Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun. Don’t believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us.
2 Thessalonians 2:2 (LEB) that you not be easily shaken from your composure, nor be troubled either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter ⌞alleged to be from us⌟ , to the effect that the day of the Lord has arrived.
Ecclesiastes 10:5 (NLT) There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake
Romans 8:25 (NLT) But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)
John 18:36 ESV Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”
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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Calm Quotes

Quotes About Calm

  • Your nervous system will naturally feel calm around people with pure intentions and authentic energy- trust it.
  • In distress, a friend comes like a calm to the tempest-tossed mariner. --Euripides
  • Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. --Michael Caine, English Actor (1933-  )
  • Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. --Channing Pollock, American Actor
  • Slow down. Calm down. Don't worry. Don't hurry. Trust the process. --Alexandra Stoddard
  • Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. --Saint Francis de Sales
  • After a storm comes a calm. --Matthew Henry
  • Calmness is the cradle of power. --Josiah Gilbert Holland




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MWM | Responding vs Reacting

Respond Thoughtfully = The difference between responding and reacting lies with agility. Reacting is emotional and short-sighted, while responding is thoughtful, grounding, and has a long-term vision. Agile leaders take a breath, assess, and choose a course of action that aligns with their values and goals, even under pressure. This composure builds trust in their teams, and it helps them handle crises with calmness and consistency. This keeps everyone focused and moving forward.




Leaders Calm Their People
Pursue A Peace That Passes All Understanding = Calm is more than emotion and a sense of serenity. Calm is about an essence that good leaders exude for their people, specifically in difficult times. When leaders create a calming environment for others during difficult times, their leadership shines. Good leaders learn how to pursue calm even in the midst of adversity.  



Keep Your Composure
Stress is a normal part of life. But it can become a problem when it dominates your life. If you feel your composure slipping, perhaps it’s because you are entirely too focused on the small picture. When you get caught up in the obstacle that appears directly in front of you—hindering your next few steps—look up, look farther, look beyond the problem at the big picture. That’s where you will find the possibilities, and along with those possibilities, your composure.


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Proverbs 12:16 A fool is quick-tempered, but a wise person stays calm when insulted.
Ecclesiastes 10:4 - If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.
Psalm 131:2 - But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Luke 8:24 - And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm.
Mark 4:39 - And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Matthew 8:26 - And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Proverbs 29:11 Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control].
1 Thessalonians 5:6 So then let us not sleep [in spiritual indifference] as the rest [of the world does], but let us keep wide awake [alert and cautious] and let us be sober [self-controlled, calm, and wise].
Proverbs 15 A gentle answer turns away wrath...
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Sunday, January 21, 2024

Pressure Quotes

Quotes About Pressure 



  • Dear God, I'm blessed and at times I end up under pressure to where I become a little stressed, but I always seem to pass your tests. I just wanted to take a moment to not ask for anything from you, but to simply say two words: Thank You.
  • Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket. --Lee Trevino, American Athlete (1939-  )
  • Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise. --Kobe Bryant
  • Pressure can burst a pipe, or pressure can make a diamond. --Robert Horry








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Leaders Eat Pressure for Lunch | MWM
Pressure Is An Opportunity for Leaders = The reality of leadership is pressure. And in effective leadership, it is how you deal with that pressure that is the difference maker.  As leaders, you find things that others don't find, you feel things that others don't feel, you see things that others don't see, and you know things that others don't know—this creates a pressure to perform and communicate in a way that positively impacts people. Don’t see pressure as the enemy, see it as an opportunity, as the confirmation that you are tasked with this job.




Keep Your Composure
Stress is a normal part of life. But it can become a problem when it dominates your life. If you feel your composure slipping, perhaps it’s because you are entirely too focused on the small picture. When you get caught up in the obstacle that appears directly in front of you—hindering your next few steps—look up, look farther, look beyond the problem at the big picture. That’s where you will find the possibilities, and along with those possibilities, your composure.



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2 Corinthians 9:7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”
2 Corinthians 11:28 - And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
Proverbs 24:10 If you fail under pressure, your strength is too small.
Psalms 32:4 (MSG) The pressure never let up; all the juices of my life dried up.
Psalms 32:5 (MSG) Then I let it all out; I said, “I’ll come clean about my failures to God .” Suddenly the pressure was gone— my guilt dissolved, my sin disappeared.
Judges 20:45 (MSG) Five divisions turned to escape to the wilderness, to Rimmon Rock, but the Israelites caught and slaughtered them on roads. Keeping the pressure on, the Israelites brought down two more divisions.
Revelation 2:13 (MSG) “I see where you live, right under the shadow of Satan’s throne. But you continue boldly in my Name; you never once denied my Name, even when the pressure was worst, when they martyred Antipas, my witness who stayed faithful to me on Satan’s turf.
James 1:2 Trials and Temptations Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
Romans 5:3 And not only this, but [with joy] let us exult in our sufferings and rejoice in our hardships, knowing that hardship (distress, pressure, trouble) produces patient endurance;
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Friday, January 05, 2024

Serenity Quotes

Quotes About Serenity 

  • There is a kind of serenity in love which is almost a paradise. -- Alain Badiou
  • Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good. --Johnny Miller
  • Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. --Thomas Szasz
  • My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age. --Toby Keith
  • Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven. --John Donne
  • The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books. --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. --Reinhold Niebuhr
  • What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. --Henri Matisse
  • Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. --Grenville Kleiser




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peaceful and calm; worried by nothing:

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Job 29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
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Monday, March 20, 2023

Tranquility Quotes

Quotes About Tranquility

  • Motion is tranquility. --Stirling Moss
  • Movement is tranquility. --Stirling Moss
  • Practice in tranquility. --Artur Schnabel
  • Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. --James Thurber
  • Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame. --Thomas a Kempis


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Colossians 3:15 (NLT) And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
Philippians 4:7 (NLT) Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Romans 5:1 ESV Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 14:27 ESV Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Philippians 4:6 ESV Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 It's better to have one handful of tranquility than to have two handfuls of trouble and to chase after the wind.
Proverbs 3:2 For length of days and years of life [worth living]And tranquility and prosperity [the wholeness of life’s blessings] they will add to you.
Proverbs 14:30 A heart of tranquility [is] life [to the] flesh, but causes bones of passion to rot.
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