The essence of nature guiding is to travel gracefully rather than arrive
He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully.
Die - you will have to die. But die gracefully. I am not saying die like a stoic, I am not saying die like a very controlled man. No, I'm saying die gracefully, beautifully, as if a friend is coming, knocks at your door, and you are happy. And you embrace the friend and invite him in, and you have been waiting for him so long.
So, instead of panicking, I closed my eyes and spent the twenty minutes' drive with Edward. I imagined that I had stayed at the airport to meet Edward. I visualized how I would stand on my toes, the sooner to see his face. How quickly, how gracefully he would move through the crowds of people separating us. And then I would run to close those last few feet between us - reckless as always - and I would be in his marble arms, finally safe.
I believe in aging gracefully
Accept good advice gracefully - as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.
Among men who are really free, every form of industry becomes more rapidly improved - all the arts flourish more gracefully - all the sciences extend their range.
I want to age nicely. Rather than being afraid of aging, I want to take each year coolly and age gracefully.
Most of us who got into film industry in early 2000s weren't prepared for the constant vigilance that being a celebrity requires, and there's no school for learning how to handle it well or gracefully. It's a hard thing to figure out. A lot of people don't deal with it well because they're either too paranoid or they're doing things they probably shouldn't be doing in public.
I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.
I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it.
You don't get over a broken heart You just learn to carry it gracefully.
It is impossible to win gracefully at chess.
Life is a series of problems to figure out how to solve gracefully and with dignity. That is what life is and I can't see it any other way.
You know, Freud accepted his lot very stoically and very well and with a sense of humor. He aged and died gracefully, and there's a lot to be said for that.
