Sheila Nevins Quotes

I think the whole world should try not talking for a day.

I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.

I regret things all the time. I've never regretted not saying something. I've only regretted saying something.

Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish within yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.

When I was much younger, I realized that when I was handling something very large, and I was on my own doing that, that my breathing rate would increase, and that would affect my ability to think as well as I normally would. So when that starts happening, I slow down.

I try to live in the moment and not overthink things because then you start putting yourself in situations that you don't want to be in pressure-wise.

I'll worry about things I can control.

Most of the time, people are afraid of silence, and I'm not.

Basically, I have to stop overthinking.

I always try to stay quiet and calm.

When you get frustrated you try to do too much, you try to make stuff up that's not there, and you play outside yourself.

I am interested in silences

It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up space.

I think people can find a breath and listen sometimes.

In these silences something may rise

Now I must wait and be still and say nothing I don't know, nothing I haven't lived over and over, and that's everything.

Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river. Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea.

If I could change one thing about myself I'd be less highly strung. I find my sensibility quite high maintenance.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

If fear grows fat on the energy you feed it, you have to talk it down.

Negative emotions will challenge your grit every step of the way. While it's impossible not to feel your emotions, it's completely under your power to manage them effectively and to keep yourself in a position of control. When you let your emotions overtake your ability to think clearly, it's easy to lose your resolve.