#serenity

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

#serenity-prayer #change

Solitude is the house of peace. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#peace #quiet #quotes #seclusion #serenity

How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#stoicism #terrorism #terrorism

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#am #feel #finding #i #i am

What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time. ↗

— David Guterson

#feel #grasp #i #interpret #melancholy

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#cheerfulness #clouds #daylight #fills #flash

I am one who believes that we are, in fact, engaged in a worldwide war against terrorism. We must have the serenity to accept the fact that war is not going to go away if we ignore it. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

#against #am #away #believes #engaged

But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn't make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won't be reached by getting thinner or fatter. ↗

— Elle Macpherson

#fatter #focusing #getting #happy #i

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#accept #cannot #change #changed #distinguish

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#came #days #depths #feel #forget