When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment.… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Whether being battered by the surf or swimming through the gentle undulating surface of lakes, I find inspiration in the movement of… — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
There is a time to go ahead and a time to stay behind. There is a time to breathe easy and time… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
As Cole left school that day with Peter, they stopped beside the bulldog statue. "You two are wrecking our school!" shouted one… — Ben Mikaelsen Copy Share Image
Lo, the most excellent sun so calm and haughty, The violet and purple morn with just-felt breezes, The gentle soft-born measureless light,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The true problem of living is to keep our hearts sweet and gentle in the hardest conditions and experiences. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Comfort me from wherever you are–alone, we are quickly worn out; if I place my head on the road, let it seem… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ever try to hold a butterfly? It can't be done. You damage them," he said. 'As gentle as you try to be,… — Susanna Kearsley Copy Share Image
“Even when we're not talking, I feel comfortable when I'm by your side, and I think that's wonderful.” — Saekisan Copy Share Image
Emerson, Lake & Palmer or King Crimson or Gentle Giant - the worst prog rock references I can come up with. Though… — Duncan Sheik Copy Share Image
You will say these are very small sins... [But] it does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
As a theatrical troupe, the Muppets haven't exactly been AWOL these past dozen years; the gang rocked YouTube in 2009 with their… — Lisa Schwarzbaum Copy Share Image
Sacrifice of live, sacrifice for love. Fate is gentle and harsh; she gives and she takes. — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Copy Share Image
Practice being gentle, respectful and loving toward the life force in all things. Remind yourself that your efforts do make a difference,… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Usually in the evenings, I go for a one-hour road session for a gentle recovery road ride. It's a really steady stint… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
And hate the bright stillness of the noon without wind, without motion. the only other living thing a hawk, hungry for prey,… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
A love of flowers would beget early rising, industry, habits of close observation, and of reading. It would incline the mind to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I think mothers get a raw deal in American culture, so I've been defending them. I have three daughters, and I know… — Tyne Daly Copy Share Image
Wouldn t it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving,… — Judy Garland Copy Share Image
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God. — Jim Elliot Copy Share Image
The Latin proverb, homo homini lupus — man is a wolf to man—... is a libel on the wolf, which is a… — Geoffrey Gorer Copy Share Image
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