50 Inspirational Calming Quotes to Soothe Your Soul

Discover a collection of 50 inspirational calming quotes that will help you find peace and tranquility in your daily life. From renowned thinkers to modern sages, these quotes offer wisdom and encouragement to help you navigate life's challenges with a calm mind. Whether you're seeking motivation, comfort, or a moment of reflection, these quotes will inspire you to embrace serenity and cultivate inner peace. Dive into this curated selection and let the words resonate within you, guiding you towards a more peaceful existence. Perfect for sharing or keeping close for daily inspiration!

Wisdom from the Masters

"Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure."

- Oprah Winfrey

Mindfulness

"Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inner Peace

"The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present."

- Eckhart Tolle

Mindfulness

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."

- Maya Angelou

Resilience

"In a world of your own, within you, there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."

- Hermann Hesse

Inner Peace

"Smile, breathe and go slowly."

- Thích Nhất Hạnh

Mindfulness

"Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is rather than as you think it should be."

- Wayne W. Dyer

Inner Peace

"And it is the mind that can learn to stay calm, resourceful, compassionate, and effective. Everything depends on our state of mind – the one thing in life we can do something about."

- Eknath Easwaran

Mindfulness

"Set peace of mind as your highest goal and organize your life around it."

- Brian Tracy

Goals

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

- Gautama Buddha

Peace

"Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Inner Peace

"To be calm is the highest achievement of the self."

- Zen proverb

Wisdom

"True peace cannot be achieved by force or by merely invoking the word “peace.” It can only be attained by training the mind and learning to cultivate inner peace. Peace is a calm and gentle state of mind."

- 17th Karmapa

Inner Peace

"Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health."

- Dalai Lama

Health

"He who is contented is rich."

- Lao Tzu

Contentment

"You are the sky. Everything else—it’s just the weather."

- Pema Chödrön

Mindfulness

"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."

- Buddha

Inner Peace

"Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."

- Hermann Hesse

Inner Peace

"If you feel “burnout” setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it is best, for the sake of everyone, to withdraw and restore yourself."

- Dalai Lama

Self-care

"Inner peace is beyond victory or defeat."

- Bhagavad Gita

Inner Peace

"The nearer a man comes to a calm mind the closer he is to strength."

- Marcus Aurelius

Strength

"Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Mindfulness

"There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen, and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper."

- James Carroll

Mindfulness

"The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom."

- James Allen

Wisdom

"Every day, think as you wake up, ‘I am fortunate to be alive. I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it."

- Dalai Lama

Gratitude

"Breath is the power behind all things…. I breathe in and know that good things will happen."

- Tao Porchon-Lynch

Mindfulness

"You have dug your soul out of the dark, you have fought to be here; do not go back to what buried you."

- Bianca Sparacino

Courage

"If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath."

- Amit Ray

Mindfulness

"You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside."

- Wayne Dyer

Inner Peace

"Keep walking through the storm. Your rainbow is waiting on the other side."

- Heather Stillufsen

Hope

"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inner Peace

"When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky."

- Buddha

Joy

"Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there,’ or being in the present but wanting to be in the future."

- Eckhart Tolle

Awareness

"It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future. You cannot change your past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about your future."

- Roy T. Bennett

Mindfulness

"tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life."

- Jill Bolte Taylor

Inner Peace

"There will be calmness, tranquility when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed."

- Bruce Lee

Inner Peace

"The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s difficult to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear."

- Prasad Mahes

Mindfulness

"Breath is the power behind all things. I breathe in and know that good things will happen."

- Tao Porchon-Lynch

Mindfulness

"Your strength is your calmness, in the clarity of your mind. Strength comes from putting the negative aside without reacting. Win in calmness, in consciousness, in balance."

- Yogi Amrit Desai

Strength

"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances."

- Thomas Jefferson

Wisdom

"The day she let go of the things that were weighing her down was the day she began to shine the brightest."

- Katrina Mayer

Personal Growth

"Calmness is the cradle of power."

- J.G. Holland

Inner Peace

"Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax."

- Bryant McGill

Inner Peace

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."

- William James

Mindfulness

"You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway."

- Steve Maraboli

Empowerment

"Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you."

- Anne Lamott

Self-care

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows. It empties today of its strength."

- Corrie Ten Boom

Awareness

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest taken between two deep breaths."

- Etty Hillesum

Mindfulness

"You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you."

- Dan Millman

Empowerment

"More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate."

- Roy T. Bennett

Positivity

"You don't have to see the whole staircase; just take the first step."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

Courage

"We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage

"The best entrepreneurs aren’t frazzled; they’re not tactic chasers. They’re calm. They’re systematic & they learn to say no."

- Ramit Sethi

Success

"Slow Down, calm down, don’t worry, don’t hurry. Trust the process."

- Alexandra Stoddard

Mindfulness

"Virtue alone affords everlasting and peace-giving joy."

- Seneca

Wisdom

"Real leadership is calm. Real leadership is steady in moments of crisis. It is not hysterical. It is not exploitive. It is not dishonest."

- Brianna Keilar

Leadership

"90% of what you’re stressing about right now won’t even matter a year from now. Take a deep breath."

- Mel Robbins

Mindfulness

"It’s all about finding the calm in the chaos."

- Donna Karan

Mindfulness

"It's always the mind that needs quietening and the heart that needs listening to."

- Rasheed Ogunlaru

Mindfulness

"Don't chase the fast pace. Be calm and stay at peace, for it has 10X more power to take you places."

- Hiral Nagda

Mindfulness

"The day she let go of the things that were weighing her down, was the day she began to shine the brightest."

- Katrina Mayer

Personal Growth

"Calmness yields happiness."

- Maxime Lagacé

Happiness

"Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within."

- Eckhart Tolle

Joy

"The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore."

- Cyril Connolly

Success

"If the mind is calm, your spontaneity and honest thoughts appear. You become more spontaneous."

- Chade-Meng Tan

Mindfulness

"Calm is the magic elixir that brings you to a place of balance, harmony, and peace."

- Donald Altman

Well-being

"Quiet mind, quiet soul."

- Lailah Gifty Akita

Inner Peace

"Tranquility is found by abandoning our desires for things that are not in our control and focusing our efforts on those things that are in our control."

- Marc Libre

Balance

"Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we’re frantic, life will be frantic. If we’re peaceful, life will be peaceful."

- Marianne Williamson

Mindfulness

"When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: ‘Just breathe.’"

- Yoko Ono

Mindfulness

"You cannot perceive beauty, but with a serene mind."

- Henry David Thoreau

Awareness

"There is more to life than simply increasing its speed."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Balance

"You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Self-awareness

"We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us."

- Joseph Campbell

Change

"The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."

- Henry Miller

Mindfulness

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

- Lao Tzu

Transformation

"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

- Confucius

Determination

"If the problem can be solved, why worry? If the problem cannot be solved, worrying will do you no good."

- Shantideva

Awareness

"Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future."

- Deepak Chopra

Leadership

"Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."

- Benjamin Franklin

Positivity

"It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it."

- Hans Selye

Awareness

"A very wise man once told me that you can’t look back — you just have to put the past behind you and find something better in your future."

- Jodi Picoult

New Beginnings

"Don’t try to force anything. Let life be a deep let-go. God opens millions of flowers every day without forcing their buds."

- Osho

Change

"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy."

- Leo Buscaglia

Awareness

"We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Peace

"Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff."

- Robert Eliot

Balance

"Simply let experience take place very freely so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion."

- Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Compassion

"Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything."

- Morihei Ueshiba

Contentment

"The ability to keep a sense of calm amidst a world full of noise is becoming more and more difficult to achieve."

- Dane Krauss

Mindfulness

"A man of calm is like a shady tree. People who need shelter come to it."

- Toba Beta

Compassion

"Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace."

- Robert J. Sawyer

Inner Peace

"A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety."

- Aesop

Awareness

"I never let myself get psyched out. My motto is, 'Stay calm and carry on.'"

- Mary Cain

Courage

"There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper."

- James Carroll

Mindfulness

"It’s a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life."

- Paulo Coelho

Mindfulness

"In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life—no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature

"Wisdom yields calmness."

- Paul Graham

Wisdom

"Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea."

- Mikhail Lermontov

Resilience

"Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm."

- Publilius Syrus

Wisdom

"Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be."

- Eckhart Tolle

Joy

"Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."

- Dale Carnegie

Reflection

"Stress is an important dragon to slay—or at least tame—in your life."

- Marilu Henner

Courage

"Stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle."

- Bill Phillips

Motivation

"Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries."

- Astrid Alauda

Awareness

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."

- Elbert Hubbard

Courage

"Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you."

- John De Paola

Mindfulness

"In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers."

- Fred Rogers

Compassion

"Stress is the trash of modern life—we all generate it, but if you don’t dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life."

- Danzae Pace

Awareness

"Worrying is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere."

- Glenn Turner

Awareness

"Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength."

- Charles H. Spurgeon

Awareness

"Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it."

- Kahlil Gibran

Awareness

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes."

- Etty Hillesum

Mindfulness

"Don’t let your struggle become your identity."

- Ralston Bowles

Empowerment

"One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day, but if we do each thing calmly and carefully, we will get it done quicker and with much less stress."

- Viggo Mortensen

Mindfulness

"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure."

- Peter Marshall

Courage

"The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude."

- Dennis S. Brown

Positivity

"Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together."

- Thomas Carlyle

Mindfulness

"There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy."

- Ralph H. Blum

Gratitude

"Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath."

- Michael Caine

Balance

"Yesterday is ashes, tomorrow wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly."

- Old Eskimo Proverb

Reflection

"There can be no peace without but through peace within."

- W.E. Channing

Inner Peace

"Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be."

- Wayne W. Dyer

Awareness

"The elimination diet: Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry. Then watch your health, and your life, improve."

- Charles F. Glassman

Health

"Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answers."

- William S. Burroughs

Mindfulness

"Be patient. Life will offer you another chance as soon as you find calm within, for abundance is born out of calmness."

- Leon Brown

Awareness

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

- Confucius

Simplicity

"Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer."

- William S. Burroughs

Mindfulness

"Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace."

- Randy Armstrong

Contentment

"In calmness lies true pleasure."

- Victor Hugo

Happiness

"If you ask, ‘What is the single most important key to longevity?’ I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress, and tension."

- George Burns

Health

"Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they’ve started."

- David Allen

Awareness

"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."

- Benjamin Franklin

Positivity

"You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."

- Jon Kabat-Zinn

Adaptation

"Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is."

- Ernest Hemingway

Gratitude

"Remember that stress doesn’t come from what’s going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what’s going on in your life."

- Andrew J. Bernstein

Awareness

"For fast-acting relief, try slowing down."

- Lily Tomlin

Mindfulness

"Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one."

- Hans Selye

Overcoming Obstacles

"Sometimes there is no time to wait for the sea to calm down! If you have to reach your target, let your voyage start and let the storm be your path!"

- Mehmet Murat Ildan

Taking Risks

"A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work."

- John Lubbock

Awareness

"Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed."

- Channing Pollock

Self-confidence

"We get so busy with modern technology and device we forget the tranquility that being out in nature offers."

- Catherine Pulsifer

Nature

"Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are."

- Chinese proverb

Inner Peace

"A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger."

- Chris Bradford

Courage

"A wild person with calm mind can make anything."

- Eric Maisel

Creativity

"The best thing one can do when it is raining, is to let it rain."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Contentment

"Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation."

- Vannevar Bush

Facing Fears

"When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace."

- Daniel Barenboim

Creativity

"When one tunes in into nature’s frequency, life becomes change, change become hope!"

- ANIEKEE TOCHUKWU

Nature

"Cultivate outward calm and inward calm will come."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

Mindfulness

"There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation."

- Dennis Prager

Strength

"What worries you masters you."

- John Locke

Awareness

"If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony."

- Xun Kuang

Balance

"The body is a vessel. Understand this and be free: We are not in our bodies; our bodies are inside us."

- Sean A. Mulvihill

Awareness

"True success comes with inner peace."

- @orangebook

Success

"Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive."

- Ziggy Marley

Motivation

"The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it."

- Sydney J. Harris

Mindfulness

"Understand this and be free: we are not in our bodies; our bodies are inside us."

- Sean A. Mulvihill

Awareness

"Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe."

- Mark Twain

Awareness

"Opportunity seldom rises with blood pressure."

- Jarod Kintz

Health

"When in doubt, chill out."

- Tim Fargo

Mindfulness

"The fear of losing can make a calm mind restless."

- Aniket S Sharma

Facing Fears

"Stress is simply the adaptation of our bodies and minds to change."

- Peter G. Hanson

Adaptation

"Sometimes you just have to calm down a little bit and let the system work itself."

- Blake Griffin

Mindfulness

"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop."

- Ovid

Well-being

"Keep calm and carry on."

- Winston S. Churchill

Courage

"Give your stress wings and let it fly away."

- Terri Guillemets

Empowerment

"Well, I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them. I say it’s perfectly heartless you’re eating muffins at all, under the circumstances."

- Oscar Wilde

Joy

"Bill Gates can't control a high-level-energy dog, because his energy is very low, very calm. Very intellectual. A dog doesn't see that as leadership."

- Cesar Millan

Leadership

"I have to stay calm, cool, and collected."

- Canelo Alvarez

Courage

"The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis."

- Franklin P. Jones

Courage

"Whoever & calm and sensible is insane."

- Rumi

Wisdom

"Today start your day with a smile, calmness of mind, coolness of emotions, and a heart filled with gratitude."

- Anonymous

Gratitude

Bite-sized Inspirational Quotes

"Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax."

Well-being

"Emotional healing and down-regulation are not the same thing."

Healing

"Make peace with mind, it’s your best ally."

Inner Peace

"Calm your mind. Life becomes much easier when you keep your mind at peace."

Mindfulness

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly."

Transformation

"Calm your mind life becomes more crystal clear."

Mindfulness

"Don’t stress the ‘could haves.’ If it should have, it would have."

Mindfulness

"Cheer up; the worst is yet to come. Simply put, quit worrying over the little stuff and wait for something really big."

Positivity

"Not everything that weighs you down is yours to carry."

Awareness