Subtle Strength Quotes

I don't walk into a room with an authoritative stance. I tend to be a little more submissive, even though I think I have a certain amount of strength. So, it's tough for me to play authority without feeling uncomfortable.

The next time you see a person with a composed face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the power of quiet.

Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.

Remember always, in painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter will be your manner, and the fewer your words; and in painting, as in all the arts and acts of life the secret of high success will be found, not in a fretful and various excellence, but in a quiet singleness of justly chosen aim.

The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous.

Women's weapons, water-drops.

I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently.

If something is to be quietly powerful, it requires more balance than a film that allows for more freneticism.

There is a certain delicacy which in yielding conquers; and with a pitiful look makes one find cause to crave help one's self.