POISE QUOTES

"While discovering

the others,

we get to know ourselves,

find inner peace,

and, so acquire

poise and self-reliance

to face up to the

undisclosed or anonymous,

out there.

("With confidence »)"

— Erik Pevernagie

"Any given moment

—no matter

how casual,

how ordinary

—is poised,

full of gaping life."

— Anne Michaels

"Sophistication

might be described

as the ability

to cope gracefully

with a situation

involving the presence

of a formidable menace

to one's poise

and prestige..."

— James Thurber

"Our present state

of self-confidence

and poise

is the result of

what we have "experienced"

rather than what

we have learned

intellectually."

— Maxwell Maltz

"If eternity

had a season,

it would be midsummer.

Autumn, winter, spring

are all change

and passage,

but at the height

of summer

the year stands poised.

It's only

a passing moment,

but even as it passes

the heart knows

it cannot change."

— Ursula K. Le Guin

"Some lean back.

But those

who lean forward

are poised to cross

the finish-line, first!"

— T.F. Hodge

"They who reach down

into the depths

of life where,

in the stillness,

the voice of God

is heard, have the

stabilizing power

which carries them

poised and serene

through the hurricane

of difficulties."

— Spencer W. Kimball

"Let us be poised,

and wise,

and our own, today.

Let us treat

men and women well;

treat them

as if they were real;

perhaps they are."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You are poised

to be the

most perfect creature

I have ever encountered,

under God,

and the affection

that I feel for you

cannot be measured

on Earth"

— Amy A. Bartol

"Is there any feeling

as delicious

as the beginning

of a new adventure?

To be perched

upon the precipice

of a fresh endeavor,

poised for flight,

the winds of change

ruffling the feathers,

ah, that is what

it means

to be alive!"

— Deanna Raybourn

"For attractive lips,

speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes,

seek out the good

in people.

For a slim figure,

share your food

with the hungry.

For beautiful hair,

let a child

run his fingers

through it once a day.

For poise,

walk with

the knowledge

you’ll never

walk alone."

— Sam Levenson