#quiet

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#i #loud #me #mother #quiet

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#easy #escapes #fuss #history #quiet

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books. ↗

— John Ruskin

#books #few #hours #life #none

In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential. ↗

— Richard G. Scott

#critically #crowd #essential #good #good things

A quiet impression could be a personal instruction from the Lord. It is personal and private. It comes from the Lord. Why is it important to keep sacred writings private? Because then He will give us more. ↗

— Richard G. Scott

#comes #could #give #important #impression

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat. ↗

— John Selden

#buy #family #just #king #made

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't. ↗

— Beverly Sills

#career #deserves #dignity #every #had

Some of the most powerful times are when we're quiet. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#most powerful #powerful #quiet #some #times

You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen. ↗

— Paul Simon

#how #humble #know #pen #place

Lives are changed by a moment's listening to conscience, by a single and quiet inclination of the mind. ↗

— George A. Smith

#conscience #inclination #listening #lives #mind