I believe that order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the… — Leo Tolstoy 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
Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
The extraordinary gentleness of the adult male with his young dispels all the King Kong mythology. — Dian Fossey 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
Here life goes on, even and monotonous on the surface, full of lightning, of summits and of despair, in its depths. We… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
It was the love of love, the love of swallows up all else, a grateful love, a love of natural, of people,… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. — Max Lucado 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
The world would see the beauty of the packaging, but only I knew the man inside it and how precious he was.… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
“Now, with regard to the people who have done things we call "terrorism," I'm confident they have been expressing their pain in… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Strangers who have seen Shaw face to face are wont to report their surprise at his gentleness and consideration, his willingness to… — Jacques Barzun 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
Through service to others, we develop a Christlike love and we experience joy. Service teaches patience and long-suffering as well as gentleness,… — Merrill J. Bateman Copy Share Image
The love-making of the bluebird is as beautiful as the bird itself, and normally as gentle, unless interrupted by some jealous rival… — Arthur Cleveland Bent Copy Share Image
The women that I met were exceptional, extraordinary - tremendous purity, tremendous gentleness, self-giving and power. — Frederick Lenz 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
It will be easier for you to bring him around to where you want him more by gentleness and patience than by… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
The key to dealing with people in general is that they have to know that you care about them. You have to… — Lance Berkman Copy Share Image
Part a of scene from 'Bitterblue' between Madlen (Bitterblue's medicine woman) and Bitterblue: Madlen came to sit beside her [Bitterblue] on the… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
“There are graceful ways of accessing your purpose and success, with time, invitation, gentleness, cooperation and surrender.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
