“Although one is not inclined to be timid or nervous, it is nevertheless a trifle depressing to receive letters full of expostulation and entreaty: 'If you are determined to commit suicide, why not come home and do so in a quiet lady-like manner?'” IfsHomeQuietLettersSuicideDeterminedCommitNervousWhy NotComing HomeDepressingNeverthelessTrifles Author:Annie Smith Peck
“There is a quiet repose and steadiness about the happiness of age, if the life has been well spent. Its feebleness is not painful. The nervous system has lost its acuteness. But, in mature years we feel that a burn, a scald, a cut, is more tolerable than it was in the sensitive period of youth.” IfsFeelsYearsWellsHas BeensAgeLostCuttingYouthPeriodsQuietPainfulNervousSensitiveMatureReposeNervous SystemTolerableSteadiness Author:William Hazlitt
“When you are waiting for a train, don't keep perpetually looking to see if it is coming. The time of its arrival is the business of the conductor, not yours. It will not come any sooner for all your nervous glances and your impatient pacing, and you will save strength if you will keep quiet. After we discover that the people who sit still on a long railroad journey reach that journey's end at precisely the same time as those who "fuss" continually, we have a valuable piece of information which we should not fail to put to practical use.” PeopleIfsShouldLongStillsEndsUseWaitingPiecesFailingJourneyInformationQuietTravelTrainValuablePracticalsNervousGlancesImpatientArrivalsRailroadsConductorPacing Author:Anna Brackett
“He's a wallflower." And Bob nodded his head. And the whole room nodded their head. And i started to feel nervous in the Bob way, but Patrick didn't let me get too nervous. He sat down next to me. "You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.” WayFeelsWholeNextRoomsQuietLet MeNervousSatBob Author:Stephen Chbosky
“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.” InspirationalUseMotivationalAttitudeAchieveQuietConversationSpeechReactionsNervousPeacefulUpsetToneSerenityHigh 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