Gentle Quotes

I wish something would happen to me, something that would show me exactly how cruel and jealous and vengeful I can be. Then I could go back to gentleness because I chose it over brutality for its own sake, not because I didn't have the courage to be cruel. I might even like cruelty. I doubt very much that I would, but I ought to find out.

Тhe gentle overcomes the rigid.The slow overcomes the fast.The weak overcomes the strong."…"Everyone knows that the yielding overcomes the stiff,and the soft overcomes the hard.Yet no one applies this knowledge.

Lao Tzu

...I pray this winter be gentle and kind - a season of rest from the wheel of the mind...

Some boys feel they are like girls,They are gentle, and like their hair in curls.

Christina Engela

He is a unicorn. I want to gently capture him and bring him back to my lab for research.

Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Anybody can be a flower! Yes, you can be a flower too! Just be gentle and innocent; give no harm to anyone! And now you are a flower!

Mehmet Murat ildan

What lies behind the innocent looks? What lies behind the kind words? What lies behind the gentle smiles? Do not remain on the surface of the things; go behind them so that you can compare the seen with the unseen, the surface with the depth to find out whether they are the same or not!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Mothers and fathers must be gentle at least some of the time. Mothers and fathers must also be strict at least some of the time. Most of the time, though, most mothers and fathers must be mostly strict and gentle together.

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

Troubles are not always terrible, but they are a gentle reminder to grow.

Debasish Mridha

Knock the door or ring the bell but don't ever push it! Be gentle!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Why we are gentlemen if life is not gentle with us?

when i speak to youi speak as thoughi am offering a rosein your hand.

funny how our heartswere designed to loveso fiercely.but break ever so gently.

...she thought with pity of all the men and women who were not light-hearted when they loved, who were cold, who were reluctant, who were shy, who imagined that passion and tenderness were two things separate from one another, and not the one, gloriously intermingled, so that to be fierce was also to be gentle, so that silence was a speaking without words.

Daphne du Maurier

Don't let out your true behaviour in the public, even if you were born nasty, make others feel you were well bred.

Michael Bassey Johnson

Beauty should be the goal of your communication. Learn to speak with godly wisdom.

Elizabeth George

You need not to love everyone, but you need to be polite with everyone, people will appreciate your politeness more than your love, because politeness is sweeter than love.

Love is often gentle, desire always a rage.

Mignon McLaughlin

You're elegance in a misunderstood form. Crystal quartz in a world of platinum. Oh, my dizzy boy, there's a fire in you that I use to warm my hands on chilly mornings.

When it comes to the crusty behavior of some people, give them the benefit of the doubt. They may be drowning right before your eyes, but you can't see it. And you would never ask someone to drown with a smile on his face.

Richelle E. Goodrich

Grace is neither gentleness nor fragility. Grace is treating yourself, others, and even inanimate objects with respect.

Beautiful is the man who leaves a legacy that of shared love and life. It is he who transfers meaning, assigns significance and conveys in his loving touch the fine art and gentle shaping of a life. This man shall be called, Father.

It is not fancy hair, gold jewelry, or fine clothes that should make you beautiful. No, your beauty should come from within you - the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. This beauty will never disappear, and it is worth very much to God. Peter 3:3-4

Anonymous

We need to learn to dance more softly.

The most irresistible beauty is the radiant glow from a kind and gentle heart.

Richelle E. Goodrich

Be gentle and kind all the time.

Sending love to all those who are trying their best to be nice and gentle despite being in the midst of negative as well as critical people…

Humble yourself before the Lord and he will lift you high. People who are gentle, humble and able always have a great ending no matter how small and where obscured they have started!

Israelmore Ayivor

Scripture said that "pride goes before fall". Just let pride go alone. Don't go in its company, else fall pursues both of you!

Israelmore Ayivor

A gentle spirit, a kind heart.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Always be gentle.

Lailah Gifty Akita

We ought to give each other, a chance to change.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is never easy for any one. Be gentle with one another.

Lailah Gifty Akita

These are the few ways we can practice humility:To speak as little as possible of one's self.To mind one's own business.Not to want to manage other people's affairs.To avoid curiosity.To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully.To pass over the mistakes of others.To accept insults and injuries.To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked.To be kind and gentle even under provocation.Never to stand on one's dignity.To choose always the hardest.

When men declare their love for us, we should handle them with the utmost care, even if the feelings aren't mutual. For the sake of future marital happiness, or to leave their hearts intact for another woman down the pike, let's be gentle and trustworthy with their brave declarations.

Liz Curtis Higgs

A memorable heart is the easiest way to immortality.

In great humility, we find our strength.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Killing a cruelty is not a cruelty.

Leave it to a dude to roll in with your technique, but use a jackhammer instead of jeweler’s screwdrivers.

It is better to be kind than be impolite.

Lailah Gifty Akita

You must graciously handle every challenge.

Lailah Gifty Akita

I do not blame himfor not knowing the gentleness of my soul.When I only showed him,how violently I loved.

Saiber

Often the Muse will not respond to direct and logical requests. She must be lured in with the playful and gentle.

Remember:all the thoughts you have of yourself and others are written on your face. Make them kind.

Hearts In MeIf I look to the world with hearts in my eyesThen surely I’ll be intrigued and inspired.If I touch the world with hearts in my handsThen surely I’ll learn how to understand.If I listen to the world with hearts in my earsThen surely I’ll truly be able to hear.If I speak with the world with hearts in my mouthThen surely I’ll be kind and gentle enough.If I think of the world with hearts in my mindThen surely I’ll be awake to all life.If I reach for the world with hearts in my palmsThen surely its love will flow through my arms

may my touchalways...be tenderas i would strokemother's cheekswhen she cried.

It is only kindness and love, which can change the human heart.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Cold has its own taste. It tastes of a bitten tongue. It coils around you, a living thing, a beast that means to kill you, not with wrath, not with tooth nor claw, but with the mercy of surrender, with the kindness of letting you go gentle into the long night after such a burden of pain and misery.

We must give each other the chance to change.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Be gentle with all people. We all have different struggles.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Gentleness is a great strength.

Lailah Gifty Akita

With gentleness, you will calm every aggressive action.

Lailah Gifty Akita

We are sisters. We are brothers. We are family.

Lailah Gifty Akita

We ought to love and be gentle with one another.

Lailah Gifty Akita

If you possess a gentle spirit will move mountains.

Lailah Gifty Akita

It is wonderful for us to live together in love, in peace and in faith.

Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest thing we can do is love another.

Lailah Gifty Akita

We must begin to speak with each other in a gentle manner.

Lailah Gifty Akita

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