Tension Quotes

678 Tension quotes by 537 unique authors

We're eyeball to eyeball...and I think the other fellow just blinked. — Dean Rusk
I will not have my son grow up in a tension-filled home. — Christina Aguilera
Beauty is for the artist something outside all orders of rank, because in beauty opposites are tamed; the highest sign of power, namely power over… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We exhaust ourselves more from the tension and the consequences of internal disharmony than from hard, unremitting work. — Stephen Covey
Laughter can relieve tension, soothe the pain of disappointment, and strengthen the spirit for the formidable tasks that always lie ahead. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Every brush stroke has a certain tension, a certain nervousness. Every brush stroke is, in a sense, some kind of an accident. — Raphael Soyer
The snowy owl has eyes that look just like mine, especially when it widens them. And while I stand there, staring at it, lowering my… — Bret Easton Ellis
Laughter is a release of tension. When influencing, make the other person laugh; you'll gain rapport instantly. — Marshall Sylver
After all perhaps the greatness of art lies in the perpetual tension between beauty and pain, the love of men and the madness of creation,… — Albert Camus
Infinite Love is who we really are and who we refuse to be. This refusal is our most essential tension. — David Deida
In order to reprogram the subconscious mind, you need to relax the body. Release the tension. Let the emotions go. Get to a state of… — Louise Hay
Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality but they may also lead to greater depth of living… — Karl Jaspers
A tension or difficulty can signal the approach of a new grace of God. But it has to be looked at wisely and humanly. — Jean Vanier
I meditate each day. Going within alleviates tension and stress, and allows me to hear what the Universe wants me to know. — Louise Hay
Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too. — Lee Child
Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation and exploitation. They would have… — A. Philip Randolph
If you're doing an interview, you need conversational tension. After you talk to them, you're not going to have a relationship with them, they're not… — Chuck Klosterman
A photograph is what it appears to be. Already far from 'reality' because of its silence, lack of movement, two-dimensional ity and isolation from everything… — Richard Kalvar
There is a type of constructive nonviolent tension that is necessary for growth — Martin Luther King, Jr.
In tension you cannot perceive; in laxity you cannot perceive. Only if you are intense and relaxed, you perceive everything just the way it is. — Jaggi Vasudev
Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make a decision, any… — Garry Kasparov
The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player. — Savielly Tartakower
So it helped me to just let go of all my tensions and feelings about that world and say 'OK, this is for my fans… — Matthew Sweet
Attention is the vital thing and there is no tension in attention. It just happens to be a similar word. It's not concentration or straining.… — Eckhart Tolle
A winner concentrates on that which is goal achieving rather than tension relieving. — Denis Waitley

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