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
DIPLOMACY QUOTES 2
"I know that war
is the failure
of diplomacy and
the failure of leaders
to make
alternative decisions."
— Ronan Farrow
"The art of diplomacy
is finding
a reasonable route
among
imperfect alternatives."
— Robert Dallek
"If you face
a delicate situation,
don't go into it
wearing your spurs
or you'll rip it apart.
Instead,
dress for the occasion.
Cloak yourself
in diplomacy.
Vest yourself
in wisdom,
and wear a smile."
— Ann Thompson
"In the end,
the work of diplomats
continues even
while others fight.
So, it's not
necessarily true
that everyone
needs to march."
— David Brin
"Mother
had the social restraint
of an ambassador."
— Robert A. Heinlein
"Effective communication
is the music
of humanity."
— C.A.A. Savastano
"Shaping the principles
of policy debate,
I learned,
is often the first step
toward winning it."
— William J. Burns
"Remember,
there is no peace
without peaceful
exchange."
— Kass Morgan
"I think
there is a
substantial difference
between hypocrisy
and diplomacy:
hypocrisy is
not saying things,
diplomacy is knowing
how to say things."
— Luigina Sgarro
"Diplomacy
is also the art of
postponing decisions
until the problems
resolve themselves."
— Paulo Coelho
"Buddha said:
‘Hatred is never ended
by hatred but by love,’
and a misunderstanding
is never ended
by an argument
but by tact,
diplomacy, conciliation
and a
sympathetic desire
to see the other
person’s viewpoint."
— Dale Carnegie
DIPLOMACY QUOTES
"Mankind's
greatest achievements
have come about
by talking
and its greatest failures
by not talking.
It doesn’t have
to be like this."
— Stephen Hawking
"Unfortunately,
diplomacy was a dance
I needed to learn."
— Maria V. Snyder
"To say nothing,
especially when
speaking,
is half
the art of diplomacy."
— Will Durant
"Diplomacy is about
dealing with those
you rather avoid."
— Karen Traviss
"A wise old man
taught me that diplomacy
is the velvet glove
that cloaks
the fist of power.
Persuasion, not force,
works best
and lasts longest."
— Robin Hobb
"Intellectuals
analyze
the operations of
international systems;
statesmen build them."
— Henry Kissinger
"All war represents
a failure of diplomacy."
— Tony Benn
"Be a craftsman
in speech
that thou mayest
be strong,
for the strength of one
is the tongue,
and speech is mightier
than all fighting."
— Ptah-Hotep
"Diplomacy's
primary law:
LEAVE ROOM
FOR NEGOTIATION."
— Barbara W. Tuchman
"That wasn't English
she was speaking:
it was the language
of diplomacy."
— Kevin Hearne
"Father once said
the real language
of diplomacy
was in the space
between words."
— Roshani Chokshi
