Serenity Quotes

What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age.

I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

I have learned to like myself for the first time and to have some serenity.

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.

I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate.

But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn't make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won't be reached by getting thinner or fatter.

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.

Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.

I am one who believes that we are, in fact, engaged in a worldwide war against terrorism. We must have the serenity to accept the fact that war is not going to go away if we ignore it.

Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium.

Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

But on average, I go to the gym about four or five times a week. Today, I'm so experienced in training - I'm actually listening to my body now. My body needs freedom. When I train I create serenity and I produce oxygen in my blood. It helps me to think better and relax. By training, you accentuate the problem.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good.

Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light.

The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance.