“A wise mother knows: It is her state of consciousness that matters. Her gentleness and clarity command respect. Her love creates security.” — Vimala McClure Copy Share Image
To pray is to change. This is a great grace. How good of God to provide a path whereby our lives can… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
For among other things he had been counseled to bring me to love knowledge and duty by my own choice, without forcing… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance;… — Laozi Copy Share Image
It's possible to transform the violent energy of our time into a culture of kindness. All things are possible through the openness… — Lily Yeh Copy Share Image
“As the aperture of your heart opens to love you will receive more of the light of compassion, acceptance, gentleness, grace and… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
We cannot change the way the world is, but by opening ourselves to the world as it is, we may find that… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Ira [Gershwin] was the shyest, most diffident boy we had ever known. In a class of lower east side rapscallions, his soft-spoken… — Yip Harburg Copy Share Image
“I don’t know for sure, but I think maybe God was trying to tell me that gentleness begins with strength, quietness with… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“SILENT LIKE SLEEP You appear by my side, silent like sleep. Soft hair, a little wild. No fear, gentle like a calm… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
No doubt it is true that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repented than over all the saints who… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Yet, it had been Dimitri’s gentleness and thoughtfulness mixed with that deadliness that made him so wonderful. The same hands that wielded… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
All s, like all human beings, get many things wrong. Ronald Reagan's extraordinary achievement as of the U.S. was to succeed in… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Treat me well and I will tell... Treat me bad and I feel sad. Treat me good, change my mood. Treat me… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“If you have been brutally broken, but still have the courage to be gentle to other living beings, then you’re a badass… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
“There is a gentleness, a lightness, an element of freedom and, in a word, of civilization, that makes this country one of… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of… — Sharon Anthony Bower Copy Share Image
That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“The enlightened person therefore tells the truth, speaks with warm gentleness when they do speak, and refrains from speaking when they have… — David Tuffley Copy Share Image
Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
This time, I whispered that I loved him too. Then, I silently listed all the reason: I loved him for his gentleness.… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
When He gives, He shows you His Kindness; when He deprives, He shows you His power. And in all that, He is… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Of all people who engage in controversy, we, who are called Calvinists, are most expressly bound by our own principles to the… — John Newton Copy Share Image
Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The offender needs pity, not wrath; those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness; and one must… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
God only pours out his light into the mind after having subdued the rebellion of the will by an altogether heavenly gentleness… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Every deviation from the rules of charity and brotherly love, of gentleness and forbearance, of meekness and patience, which our Lord prescribes… — Richard Mant Copy Share Image
A man of God has many brothers. He is a wounded soldier - he is familiar with the pain one feels in… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“A different day has come, though. I flinch less and less when I am touched. I don’t always see gentleness as the… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man goodness, the miser with generosity, and the liar with… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Perseverance in everyday life often looks different. It is softer, quieter, sometimes simply about showing up. It is getting out of bed… — Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World Copy Share Image
Africans believe in something that is difficult to render in English. We call it ubuntu, botho. It means the essence of being… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“A different day has come, though. I flinch less and less when I am touched. I don’t always see gentleness as the… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
[T]he kingdom of heaven is of the childlike, of those who are easy to please, who love and who give pleasure. Mighty… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
The most beautiful and dependable people I have ever known are those who have known defeat, suffering, struggles, loss and have found… — David Kreger Copy Share Image
I let my head fall back, and I gazed into the Eternal Blue Sky. It was morning. Some of the sky was… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
![“Ira [Gershwin] was the shyest, most diffident boy we had ever known. In a class of lower east side rapscallions, his soft-spoken gentleness and low-keyed personality made him a lovable incongruity. He spoke in murmurs, hiding behind a pair of steel-rimmed glasses..Ira had a kid brother who wore…” quote by Yip Harburg](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/906/yip-harburg-20358_behinds_ira-gershwin-was-the-shyest-most-diffide_2038597.png)
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