Quotes about Tranquil
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
- Cicero
So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
- Judges 18:7
All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
- Proverbs 3:17
And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”
- Zechariah 1:11
for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
- 1 Timothy 2:2
Art to be art must soothe.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The lake of my mind, unbroken by oars, heaves placidly and soon sinks into an oily somnolence.' That will be useful.
- Virginia Woolf
This morning I am wonderfully peaceful. Just like a storm that has spent itself.
- Virginia Woolf
I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so, the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw no shadow of another parting from her.
- Charles Dickens
A tranquil woman can go on sewing longer than an angry man can go on fuming.
- George Bernard Shaw
But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.
- William Wordsworth