70+ Calming Quotes to Reduce Stress and Find Peace

Breathe deeply and meditate on these succinct life lessons to embrace tranquility and calmness.

There is anxiety and stress throughout our lives. However, when it becomes a problem in our daily lives it’s the right time to let it go. We fret over our relationship. We are anxious about the work environment and what our colleagues consider us. We fret about what we say or dothings we’ve done before, and things that we could be doing in the future. We soon fall into the trap of anxiety that we forget how to lead our lives in the manner they were intended. We lose our flow.

Let go of the many ways you imagined that life would play out. Release the fight and worry. Let go and discover the peace that comes from change. Here are 70 Calming quotes and thoughts to aid you.

Inspiring quotes on calmness

“Everyone asks me how I stay calm on court and I think it’s because I accepted who I am after overcoming low points in my life.” – Coco Gauff

“I never let myself get psyched out. My motto is, ‘Stay calm and carry on.” – Mary Cain

“People choose to struggle when people don’t want to relax. Sometimes it is not on your side. Relax; calm down. No matter how hard the waves are, you will float on the ocean.” – Kubra Sait

“The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s difficult to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear.” – Prasad Mahes

“Struggling isn’t the best option. Calm at its most chaotic is.” – Hadinet Tekie

“Being calm and looking calm are not the same things.” – Garima Soni

“There will be calmness, tranquility when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.” – Bruce Lee

“Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.” – George Herbert

“After a storm comes a calm.” – Matthew Henry

“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson

“The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.” – Carl Jung

“I don’t think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.” – Zaha Hadid

“Patience Is Not the Ability to Wait: Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.” – Roy T. Bennett

“In calmness lies true pleasure.” – Victor Hugo

“They sicken of the calm who know the storm.” – Dorothy Parker, Sunset Gun: Poems

“Sometimes you just have to calm down a little bit and let the system work itself.” – Blake Griffin

“I just try to stay cool, calm and collected.” – Anthony Rendon

“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.” – Pema Chödrön

“Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.” – Thomas Carlyle

“There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” – Ralph H. Blum

“Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.” – Michael Caine

“Opportunity seldom rises with blood pressure.” – Jarod Kintz

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows. It empties today of its strength.” – Corrie Ten Boom

“If you want to teach the waves to be calm, you must teach the sun to be calm because the sun creates the wind by heating the earth!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

“Calmness is the cradle of power.” – Josiah Gilbert Holland

“He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.” – Plato

“Stay calm and aggressive.” – Gabrielle Reece

“By staying calm, you increase your resistance against any kind of storms.” – Mehmet Murat ildan

“Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.” – Hermann Hesse

“Give your stress wings and let it fly away.” – Terri Guillemets

“Freedom is a calm mind.” – Shane Parrish

“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.” – Lily Tomlin

“Win or lose, just stay calm.” – Mirko Cro Cop

“The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.” – Simon Sinek

“Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.” – Thucydides

“You have to slow your heart rate, stay calm. You have to shoot in between your heartbeats.” – Chris Kyle

“Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.” – Queen Victoria

“Controlled aggression, to me, is one of the most important traits to have. To have that social intelligence to know when to exert aggression in the military environment, and when to stay calm, cool, and collected.” – Jonny Kim

“Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.” – Elizabeth George

“Today start your day with a smile, calmness of mind, coolness of emotions, and a heart filled with gratitude.” – Anonymous

“A calm mind is the result of a calm soul.” – Matshona Dhliwayo

“As you slow down, you instantly enter into a brand new world.” – Hiral Nagda

“There’s nothing like the fecund beauty of calmness.” – Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Be patient. Life will offer you another chance as soon as you find calm within, for abundance is born out of calmness.” – Leon Brown

“Be brave but don’t be violent and be calm but don’t be silent” – P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“A positive mindset counts in everything you do. Stay calm even after you’ve achieved your goals.” – Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Sometimes people who take such a calm stance towards life’s problems have witnessed that life’s problems just touch and pass like the wind!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

“Your strength is your calmness, in the clarity of your mind. Strength comes from putting the negative aside without reacting. Win in calmness, in consciousness, in balance.” – Yogi Amrit Desai

“No greater calm can be felt than when we are at peace with ourselves.” – Andrew Pacholyk

“Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don’t just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It’s a daily struggle.” – Jackee Harry

“Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.” – Michael Caine

“Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They’re just reminders to stay… calm.” – Yves Behar

“Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.” – Dmitri Mendeleev

“Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It’s all funny. Next. Everyone gets so upset about the wrong things.” – Joan Rivers

“Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.” – Mikhail Lermontov

“I’ve always had a duck personality. Calm above water, feet going crazy below.” – K. Flay

“My personality is definitely calm and chill.” – Sasheer Zamata

“Mistakes and pressure are inevitable; the secret to getting past them is to stay calm.” – Travis Bradberry

“I had to listen to the classical music because it calms me down, calms my nerves down.” – Novak Djokovic

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” – Publilius Syrus

“Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.” – George Herbert

Zen calming quotes

“When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.” – François de La Rochefoucauld

“Understand: presence of mind is the ability to detach yourself, to see the whole battlefield, the whole picture, with clarity. ” – Robert Greene

“To be calm is the highest achievement of the self.” – Unknown

“No state is so bitter than a calm mind cannot find in it some consolation.” – Seneca

“Unwind, relax, and deepen into the present moment.” – Eckhart Tolle

“Don’t let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace.” – Kimberly Jones

“Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.” – Dalai Lama

“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.” – Saint Francis de Sales

“When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.” – Buddha

“He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.” – Plato

Conclusion

Whatever your personality are, life is bound to become stressful. Stress’s emotional burden will build up in time, but if you can learn to shut out the world around you, when you discover an unshakeable tranquility, you’ll be able to find ways to return to your place of peace, whatever.