#quiet

I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living. ↗

— Harry Nilsson

#believe #despair #desperation #eliminate #gives

To be great at something, you must look to the great ones of the past and improve on the ideas and techniques that they started. I was motivated to do better—to improve on the ideas of others. ↗

— Scott Douglas

#library #library-books #quiet-please #motivational

Finally Lucinda grew used to her silence, and began not only to accept it, but treasure it. She too grew quiet. For the first time she heard the music of her heart. ↗

— John Speed

#music

It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#greatest #peaceful #place #quiet #remains

Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice. ↗

— James Baker

#privately #publicly #quietly #sometimes #top

When you know something in your heart, you better not be quiet about it. You better speak out about it. ↗

— Zach Wamp

#better #heart #know #out #quiet

A quiet mind cureth all. ↗

— Robert Burton

#quiet

I think I went through everything anyone who had a long career needed. I needed quiet. I needed to raise my children. ↗

— Ron Darling

#career #children #everything #had #i

I like to be quiet, and let people find me rather than having to shout at them. ↗

— Larry David

#having #i #like #me #people

What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence. ↗

— George Byron

#existence #had #i #known #lord