Philippa Gregory Quotes

Poise is a word that seems to have slipped out of the lexicon. There's no emoji for it.

You have to try to take what life throws at you with grace and equanimity.

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a lady.

No one teaches you how to be graceful.

There is something to grace and deportment, but you determine that for yourself. That's something you own.

I look at my grandmother, and she has this grace and class about her. When she walks into a room and sits down and talks to someone. Everything she does in life. I feel that women of her generation were really taught that.

When I worked with Keira Knightley in 'Never Let Me Go,' I learned how to be classy and sophisticated.

One has to stay dignified about whatever is happening in life.

Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

My mom has always just been one of those people who handle adversity and challenges, and really everything, with so much grace and elegance. I saw it all the time.

Sometimes the game does not go for you, no matter how much you try, but I do what I can and leave other people to their opinions on how I played.

Granddad taught me a long time ago, act like you've been there before.

I just try to take everything in my stride.

I'm still surprised when people tell me I look like a queen.

Yes, I am a lingerie model, but I have class.

Everyone is going to make bogeys and doubles and get bad breaks in bunkers. It's just kind of licking your wounds and taking what it gives you and move on.

Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others.

Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love.

Grace is a feminine quality.

The most attractive quality of all is dignity.

Life is really like that: there are certain things that are wonderful and certain things that are not so wonderful and what you are going to do about it. With grace and with dignity, move through them. Deal with them.

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.