Philip Sidney Quotes

You are most powerful when you are most silent.

The real strong have no need to prove it to the phonies.

True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

There's nothing more powerful than a woman who knows how to contain her power and not let it leak, standing firmly within it in mystery and silence. A woman who talks too much sheds her allure.

His voice is silent but his courage is not spent.

A silent man is not a conquered man.

Appearances are nothing.... And first of all they should not be feared, they are only dangerous to the weak.

He knows not how to speak who cannot be silent; still less how to act with vigour and decision. - Who hastens to the end is silent: loudness is impotence.

When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside.

Accumulate power in silence and become a dynamo of spirituality.

Everything is possible to him who wills only what is true! Rest in Nature, study, know, then dare; dare to will, dare to act and be silent!

Feminine power is silent, dark, mysterious, healing, nurturing. A woman can walk into a room and control it. She doesn't even have to open her mouth if she knows where her power is.

All beneficent and creative power gathers itself together in silence, ere it issues out in might.

A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if she keeps those two points in mind. She should grow up-and shut up.

You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No.

Hear, see, and be silent.

If you're a good fighter on the street, you don't have to tell anybody that you're good at fighting. Let someone else talk about how great you are at this or that or whatever is the case. And if no one finds out then no one finds out, that's fine too. But I think leading by example is always the strongest.

Sink every impulse like a bolt. Secure The bastion of sensation. Do not waver Into language. Do not waver in it.

It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spoken to you, and to turn your heart to God and not to be troubled with the judgment of others.

The moment you become aware of the silence, you also have become silent.

The saying that beauty is but skin deep, is but a skin-deep saying.

You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.