Deep Breath Quotes

• One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.

  Byron Nelson

  Break Up, Deep Breathing, Way

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• Take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work.

  Tom Welling

  Trying, Calm Down, Take A Deep Breath

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• When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go!

  Gisele Bundchen

  Distance, Eye, Thinking

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• Nothing is more important than my egomania!

  Clara

  Important, Egomania

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• 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

  Appreciation, Prayer, Stress

  Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.305, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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• We all need to take a deep breath and think about being a Bush daughter and having that cross to bear. I'd go out and have a couple of drinks too.

  Julia Roberts

  Daughter, Mother, Couple

  "Julia Roberts defends Bush daughters". www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2001.

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• It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously.

  Laura Linney

  Nice, Appreciate, Way

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• I have so much chaos in my life, it's become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they're wrong.

  Tom Welling

  Trying, Relax, Complaining

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• He drew a deep breath. 'Well, I'm back,' he said.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Said, I'm Back, Wells

  J. R. R. Tolkien (1994). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, Thorndike Pr

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• Take a deep breath and do the difficult thing first.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Deep Life, Firsts, Take A Deep Breath

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2010). “Live with Intention: Rediscovering What We Deeply Know”, p.19, Conari Press

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• I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.

  Arthur Ashe

  Art, Moving, Yards

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Patience is being at peace with the process of life

  Louise Hay

  Process, Process Of Life, Being At Peace

  Louise L. Hay (2000). “Meditations to Heal Your Life”, p.171, Hay House, Inc

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• I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Care, Take A Deep Breath

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  Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.

  Frank Sinatra

  Life, Failure, Dust

  Song: Pick Yourself Up

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• You are not a helpless victim of your own thoughts, but rather a master of your own mind.

  Louise Hay

  Mind, Affirmation, Victim

  Louise L. Hay (2009). “You Can Heal Your Life”, p.102, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• That’s the worst way to miss somebody. When they’re right beside you and you miss them anyway.

  Pittacus Lore

  Missing Someone, Way, Missing Something

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• I think of how and why and what happened and the thoughts come easily, but the answers don't.

  James Frey

  Thinking, Answers, Self Loathing

  James Frey (2004). “A Million Little Pieces”, p.44, Anchor

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• Love sets your heart free. Be not afraid: dig deep, Take a deep breath And reach for the sky In your lover's heart.

  Laura Ramirez

  Cute, Heart, Sky

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• When in haste, rest in the present. Take a deep breath and come back to here and now.

  Dan Millman

  Anxiety, Haste, Take A Deep Breath

  Dan Millman (2001). “The Laws of Spirit: Simple, Powerful Truths for Making Life Work”, p.40, H J Kramer

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• Set an intention to heal any unexpressed anger that may be present in your life. Go to a quiet place with pen and paper. Take a few deep breaths. Ask your anger to speak to you. Write down the thoughts and feelings. When you are finished, forgive yourself for holding on to the anger for so long.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Writing, Long, Feelings

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Jan 02, 2014

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• One Time, One Day between Davie and Roberta , I asked my mom why she persisted, kept on having baby after baby, She looked at me, at a spot between my eyes, blinking like I had suddenly fallen crazy. She paused before answering as if to confide would legitimize my fears. She drew a deep breath, leaned against the chair. I touched her hand and I thought she might cry. Instead she put baby Davie in my arms Pattyn, she said, it's a woman's role. I decided if it was my role, I'd rather disappear.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Mom, Baby, Crazy

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• I've never said this to a girl before." I bit my lip, waiting. "Well..." He looked down. "I'm not sure how to say this." He took a deep breath and announced, "I really like fighting evil with you.

  Joan Bauer

  Girl, Fighting, Evil

  Joan Bauer (2009). “Peeled”, p.101, Penguin

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• I was usually filled with a sense of something like shame until I'd remember that wonderful line of Blake's- that we are here to learn to endure the beams of love- and I would take a long deep breath and force these words out of my strangulated throat: "Thank you.

  Anne Lamott

  Long, Lines, Remember

  Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.91, Anchor

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• The sun glistened on a drop of water as it fell from his hand to his knee. David wiped it off, but it left no tidemark: there was no more dirt to rub away. He took a deep breath and shivered. He was David. Everything else was washed away, the camp, its smell, its touch--and now he was David, his own master, free--free as long as he could remain so.

  Anne Holm

  Hands, Smell, Water

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