William McFee Quotes

I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.

You don't have to be kind. You have to be calm. Once you start showing that people can affect your emotions, then you obviously don't have that much power. If a stewardess can affect your emotional life, then you don't have any power in life and you just showed your whole hand.

You're not insensitive or indifferent, but you're also not vulnerable to the upheavals that cause emotional stress because you can buffer that... So that's the result of meditation; you could call that emotional balance.

Certain things do not effect me anymore, which is not always good. There is always commotion, but I notice that hardly anything affects me or puts me out of balance.

Money does not make you happy but it quiets the nerves.

By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.

I don't let other people get under my skin.

There's so much serenity that comes from economic safety.

Of course, fighting is one of the most emotional things that you can possibly do. You have to constantly deal with your emotions, especially myself. I have so many that that's where I get my energy from. But it's a matter of controlling them, and yeah, I just don't let nothing affect me.

She was stronger alone; and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable, as, with regrets so poignant and so fresh, it was possible for them to be.

All we want in this life is peace, prosperity and a little paper...

Every great, successful person I know shares the capacity to remain centered, clear, and powerful in the midst of emotional 'storms'.

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's called the American Dream.

Sometimes for me not throwing a tantrum is what running a marathon or swimming the English Channel must be like for others of a less-challenging emotional nature.

Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can't be harmed by it.

The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.

It's strange, but when it comes right down to it I never do fall apart--even when I'm sure I will.

Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out

There's a certain Buddhistic calm that comes from having... money in the bank.

Just for the record, the weather today is increasing turmoil with a possible physical and emotional breakdown.

While they flail about, you will remain calm in the knowledge that you possess strength from within.

You’ve got to be crazy! It’s too late to be sane, too late. You’ve got to go full tilt bozo... ‘Cause you’re only given a little spark of madness... and if you lose that, you’re nothing