Every entrepreneur has a story to tell. And, for many of us, the stories are best shared in moments of introspection and reflection – away from the noise and chaos of business. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of 15 quiet quotes that we hope will inspire you to take a step back, reflect on your journey, and find what peace lies within.

The best quiet quotes

1. I think ‘quiet’ sometime is a greater power than noise. It can harbor and reveal feelings that can’t be expressed. — Robert Redford

2. In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made. — Vera Farmiga

3. He is thinking quietly: I should not have got out of the habit of prayer. — William Faulkner

4. Nothing is ‘wrong’ with me, Dan. What’s wrong with you? she said in the same eerily quiet voice, dark eyes fixated on Dan, as she breathed heavily. — Martin Hopkins, Cracks in the Pavement

5. An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot

6. Promise me you’ll look after yourself … stay out of trouble …’ ‘I always do, Mrs Weasley, ‘ said Harry. ‘I like a quiet life, you know me. — J.K. Rowling

7. Introverts just just don’t buzz as easily. — Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

8. I have not wept since the death of my parents, ‘ said Luxa quietly. ‘But I am thought to be unnatural in this respect. — Suzanne Collins

9. You know when you have a good relationship with someone when you are just perfectly happy to be quiet and just hang out and do nothing. — Victoria Justice

10. I kept my age quiet for a good few years. I didn’t see it as a positive. I worked remotely, so I just didn’t tell people. — Pete Cashmore

11. I could be well content To entertain the lag–end of my life With quiet hours. — William Shakespeare

12. God is on the lookout today for a man who will be quiet enough to get a message from Him, brave enough to preach it, and honest enough to live it. — Vance Havner

13. Each life needs its own quiet place. — Melody Beattie

14. Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing–glove. — P.G. Wodehouse

15. Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart. — W B Yeats

16. We need places to scream and run wild as well as places to be quiet. — Marty Rubin

17. Here is a girl who is pretty in a quiet way. I bet she’s had a very sad life. — Wally Lamb, She’s Come Undone

18. So i sneak out to the garden to see you, we keep quiet ’cause we’re dead if they knew, So close your eyes, escape this town for a little while. — Taylor Swift

19. Dreaming permits each and everyone of us to be quietly insane every night of out lives. — William Dement

20. Throughout the Middle East, there is a great yearning for the quiet miracle of a normal life. — William J. Clinton

21. Sometimes, if she simply remained quiet, and let the inadequacy of his excuses reverberate on the air, he became ashamed and backtracked. — J. K. Rowling

22. Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage. — Thomas Kincade

23. And there was a voice, a high clear, female voice, which said ‘Ow’, and then, very quietly, it said ‘Fuck’, and then it said ‘Ow’, once more. — Neil Gaiman

24. Inner peace is a quiet evening moonlight walk in the soft falling snow of our minds — Wes Adamson

25. Oh, be quiet, Fo–Fo. — Suzanne Collins

26. For all the sirens, game–show buzzers, and drum–rolls of life, it is the nature of men to die quietly. — D.B.C. Pierre, Vernon God Little

27. For after the Battle comes quiet. — H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

28. The two grappled in the quiet of old–fashioned personal diplomacy. — Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life

29. The most weird things about elders, They learned it on a quiet younger age & don’t want us to. — Srinivas Shenoy

30. She’d always had a hankering for sitting quietly in dark, confined spaces. — Robert Beatty

31. I’m the kind of person who becomes silent when I get scared, because I hope Death will not notice me if I am very still and very quiet. It has worked well so far. — Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me?

32. So let us go forward quietly, each on his own path, forever making for the light. — Vincent Van Gogh

33. Find your quiet center of life and write from that to the world. — Sarah Orne Jewett

34. ‘uhm, Kevin…””Be quiet, or I swear to God I’ll take you right here.”Yes, this was definitely Forced Sex..’ — Susan Elizabeth Phillips, This Heart of Mine

35. The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds. — Marshall McLuhan

36. My whole childhood was like: Work hard, be quiet, respect elderly people, respect your parents, and just be unobtrusive. — Mindy Kaling

37. It is in the quiet that you gain perspective when you have to deal with the loud. — Todd Stocker

38. I don’t know, ‘ she said quietly. ‘A guy in a pair of ripped jeans who takes off his shirt because he’s all sweaty is kind of hot. — Samantha Chase, One More Kiss

39. If I’m going to die, the best way to prepare is to quiet my mind and open my heart. If I’m going to live, the best way to prepare for it is to quiet my mind and open my heart. — Ram Dass

40. How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative? — Michael Arad

41. My room is so quiet and empty it hurts. — Nina LaCour, Hold Still

42. I’m always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I’m going to get up in the morning. — Taylor Swift

43. There are times when life’s just real quiet and simple. I sometimes get tired of people saying, ‘Well, what are you really like? — Robin Williams

44. We’re all right, you know, ‘ he says quietly. ‘You and me. Okay?’ My chest aches, and I nod. ‘Nothing else is all right.’ His whisper tickles my cheek. ‘But we are. — Veronica Roth

45. I’ve heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don’t quite know what that means. — Sarah Mclachlan

46. And there was a voice, a high clear, female voice, which said ‘Ow’, and then, very quietly, it said ‘Fuck’, and then it said ‘Ow’, once more. — Neil Gaiman

47. I like fishing. Not actual fishing–I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It’s different. — Rafael Nadal

48. If God wanted the woods to be quiet, He would not have given birds songs to sing. — Matshona Dhliwayo

49. When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever. — Tokugawa Ieyasu

50. The subject of kissing seemed to be an awkward one. Better keep quiet about it in future. What was obviously important, was to kiss; not talk about it. — Peter St. John, Gang Loyalty

Conclusion

As we can see, there are many wonderful quotes about the power of quiet. Whether it is silence, stillness, or simply listening, we can all benefit from taking some time to be alone with our thoughts. Quiet can help us to access our inner wisdom, to find peace, and to explore the depths of our creativity. So, take some time today to be still, to listen, and to find the power of quiet.