#quiet

If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character. ↗

— Johnny Rotten

#character #church #kid #kind #little

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

Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age. ↗

— Florida Scott-Maxwell

#eighties #fairly #grow #i #intense

Make your enemy afraid, for it is impossible to remain quiet about their moral offences. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#afraid #enemy #impossible #make #moral

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

#calm #even #everything #hurry #inner

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice. ↗

— Saint Francis de Sales

#moves #notice #persistently #progress #quietly

I really love peace and quiet. ↗

— Barry Sanders

#love #peace #peace and quiet #quiet #really

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