Quiet
In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.
Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.
Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience.
Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented.
Not showy; not such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement.
The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet.
Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security.
To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence.
To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief.
To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down.
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Quiet Quotations
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
Albert Einstein
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Abraham Lincoln
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
Henry David Thoreau
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
Henry David Thoreau
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
Henry David Thoreau
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
Napoleon Hill
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Film spectators are quiet vampires.
Jim Morrison
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Helen Keller
Quiet Translations
quiet in Afrikaans is kalm
quiet in Danish is rolig
quiet in Dutch is bedaard, stil, rustig, kalm
quiet in Finnish is tyyni
quiet in German is leise, ruhig/still, leise, still
quiet in Italian is pacifico, sommesso, calmo
quiet in Latin is placidus, silentium, quies quietis
quiet in Norwegian is rolig, stillhet, stille
quiet in Spanish is pasito, silencioso, quieto, silencio
quiet in Swedish is stillsam, tyst
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