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“'I believe, Mr. Snitchey,' said Alfred, 'there are quiet victories and struggles, great sacrifices of self, and noble acts of heroism, in it - even in many of its apparent lightnesses and contradictions - not the less difficult to achieve, because they have no earthly chronicle or audience - done every day in nooks and corners, and in little households, and in men's and women's hearts - any one of which might reconcile the sternest man to such a world, and fill him with belief and hope in it.”

Source: The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books

“The bourgeois treasures nothing more highly than the self.... And so at the cost of intensity he achieves his own preservation andsecurity. His harvest is a quiet mind which he prefers to being possessed by God, as he prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to that deathly inner consuming fire.”

Source: Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays

“Sympathy is the first great lesson which man should learn. It will be ill for him if he proceeds no farther; if his emotions are but excited to roll back on his heart, and to be fostered in luxurious quiet. But unless he learns to feel for things in which he has no personal interest, he can achieve nothing generous or noble.”

Ifs Men Feels Should Firsts Heart Interest Emotion Achieve Lessons Quiet Ill Excited Noble Generous Sympathy Luxurious Personal Interest

Book:Critical and Miscellaneous Writings

Source: Critical and Miscellaneous Writings

“To me representing clairvoyance, how was I going to achieve that, how I was going to capture that? For me, it all became about her gaze and the way she takes you in. It's a rhythmic thing and a stillness thing to consider but these are little details, little nuances. We were invited to the sanctity of her home and there were roosters running around and she's screaming, "Jackie, be quiet!" Even though she's in the middle of the thing. And these are the details that we wanted to incorporate into our story.”

Way Littles Stories Home Running Wanted Middle Achieve Quiet Details Capture Stillness Invited Representing Nuance Sanctity Jackie Roosters Clairvoyance

Author:Vera Farmiga

“As quiet as I am I find it amazing I can stand in front of hundreds of people now and make a speech because i've had to do it so much. I've so much support from the people around me that I can achieve something like that, crazy introvert that I am, I never would have thought that would happen.”

People I Can Happens Support Crazy Achieve Fronts Quiet Speech Introvert

Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson

“Summer means promises fulfilled, objectives gained, hopes realized. The surge of doing and achieving, of watching and enjoying is finally replaced by a sense of quiet and floating and a certain fullness and repletion, as though one cannot absorb any more.”

Mean Certain Enjoy Achieve Promise Quiet Summer Objectives Fulfilled Replaced Floating Fullness

Author:Sigurd F. Olson

“The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.”

Real Soul Spiritual Peace Progress Achieve Quiet Tranquility Peace And Tranquility Spiritual Progress Peace Tranquility

Author:Sivananda

“Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful.”

Inspirational Use Motivational Attitude Achieve Quiet Conversation Speech Reactions Nervous Peaceful Upset Tone Serenity High Strung

Book:Norman Vincent Peale: The Power of Positive Thinking; The Positive Principle Today; Enthusiasm Makes the Differences

Source: Norman Vincent Peale: The Power of Positive Thinking; The Positive Principle Today; Enthusiasm Makes the Differences