“Now, aged 50, I'm just poised to shoot forth quite free straight and undeflected my bolts whatever they are.”
Virginia Woolf
“To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility -- these are marks of maturity and graciousness.”
William Arthur Ward
“Lone eagles, soaring in the clouds, fly with silent, peaceful poise,While turkeys, in their earth-bound crowds, fill the atmosphere with noise.”
“When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
Audrey Hepburn
“(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion”
Harold Macmillan
“I'm very impressed with the way Mo is progressing. He's been terrific. He's very poised with the puck and physical. Other than goaltender, defense is the toughest position. And it seems he's made the jump.”
Olaf Kolzig