#quiet

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. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

#being #commission #compulsion #divine #feel

Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous. ↗

— Janis Joplin

#down #i #ok #outrageous #own

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#begin #heart #i #people #quiet

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

— Thomas a Kempis

#confidence #cut #god #great #his

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#building #changing #daily #eroding #gradually

But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could then keep them all quietly near camp. ↗

— Black Kettle

#could #down #his way #i #keep

I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#go #having #i #i can #i think

Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage. ↗

— Thomas Kincade

#cottage #cozy #everyone #fragrant #garden

People who put my paintings on their walls are putting their values on their walls: faith, family, home, a simpler way of living, the beauty of nature, quiet, tranquillity, peace, joy, hope. They beckon you into this world that provides an alternative to your nightly news broadcast. ↗

— Thomas Kincade

#beauty #broadcast #faith #family #home

The Phil Spector that I would meet has always been a nice, quiet, little guy who's very serious about his work; obviously you can tell that because each and everything he's ever done has always been charted. ↗

— Ben E. King

#always #because #been #charted #done