“And the gentleness that comes, not from the absence of violence, but despite the abundance of it.” — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
“Gentleness stepped out of your smile; but: Suspicion cried out from your laughter.” — sir kristian goldmund aumann Copy Share Image
“The human hand has an amazing quality that nothing else has: tremendous efficiency of strength and yet total gentleness.” — francis schaeffer Copy Share Image
Try to exercise gentleness, kindness and humour, and you cannot go far wrong. — Sophie Winkleman Copy Share Image
“Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Learn to be - gentle with them. Learn that... that gentleness isn't... weakness.” — Joan D. Vinge Copy Share Image
The extraordinary gentleness of the adult male with his young dispels all the King Kong mythology. — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
His gentleness twined another tendril around her heart, until she was so entangled in him, she knew she’d never break free. For… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“And the more I knew my feebleness, my flaws, and my shortcomings, the more I knew His gentleness toward me, His tender… — Katie Davis Majors Copy Share Image
It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There is no way to overstate the magnitude of the collective spiritual transformation that will occur when we shift from food of… — Will Tuttle Copy Share Image
We all owe to others much of the gentleness and wisdom that we have made our own; and we may well ask… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“The narrator analyzes that the maturing, passing away boy within him, "had issued me a challenge as he passed the baton to… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
The first couple of times, he simply stayed - a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after that, he whispered… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
For woman's chief want is to feel that she is wanted. Therefore it is that with women, cruelty is more easily borne… — Arnold Haultain Copy Share Image
I think maybe God was trying to tell me that gentleness begins with strength, quietness with security. A great tree is both… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
I had kissed my share of men, particularly during the war years, when flirtation and instant romance were the light-minded companions of… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Now may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the eternal high priest himself, the Son of God Jesus… — Polycarp Copy Share Image
“I am a miner's daughter," Demelza said. "I was not brought up gentle. Gentleness –is that the right word?– came upon me… — Winston Graham Copy Share Image
What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach. Many of the ancient cultures… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
As Christ's ministry drew to its close, its severity and its gentleness both increased; its severity to the class from whom it… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
God never gives dominion to any creature which has not received his image. His image is love. Other things belong to God;… — George Matheson Copy Share Image
When we stop fighting with ourselves, we aren't creating anymore conflict in our mind. Then our mind can for the first time… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann, her new papa, into the room,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“The Man of Power is one who presides— By persuasion. He uses no demeaning words or behavior, does not manipulate others, appeals… — H. Burke Peterson Copy Share Image
These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. There were embracing material things and expecting a sort of… — Morrie Schwartz Copy Share Image
It’s all too easy to turn the fight of faith into sanctification-by-checklist. Take care of a few bad habits, develop a couple… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
