Quiet

Famous quotes containing the word quiet:

“Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which the prospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in the midst of those terrible accidents that amaze and confound other people.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)