Gentleness Quotes · Page 6

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

— Leo Buscaglia

“Gentleness stepped out of your smile; but: Suspicion cried out from your laughter.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“The human hand has an amazing quality that nothing else has: tremendous efficiency of strength and yet total gentleness.”

— francis schaeffer

Try to exercise gentleness, kindness and humour, and you cannot go far wrong.

— Sophie Winkleman

“Learn to be - gentle with them. Learn that... that gentleness isn't... weakness.”

— Joan D. Vinge

“Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness.”

— Markus Zusak

The extraordinary gentleness of the adult male with his young dispels all the King Kong mythology.

— Dian Fossey

Part of him wanted to weep... but his purpose was rigid within him. He felt he could not bend to gentleness without…

— Stephen R. Donaldson

“I am a very violent person, Yet nobody has seen my violence. I've kept it overwhelmed all my life, With a heart…

— Abhijit Naskar

“We don’t have the right to forgive people; it is not only about our kindness or gentleness, it is about keeping the…

— M.F. Moonzajer

This is not a day for asking questions, not a day on any calendar. This day is conscious of itself. This day…

— Rumi

Surely we ought to show them (animals) great kindness and gentleness for many reasons, but, above all, because they are of the…

— Saint John Chrysostom

In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in…

— John Calvin

“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

It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character,…

— Anonymous

The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and…

— Samuel Johnson

I'm making a list I'm making a list of things I must say For politeness, And goodness and kindness and gentleness Sweetness…

— Shel Silverstein

The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval, we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness, we are practicing…

— Pema Chodron

There is no true and constant gentleness without humility. While we are so fond of ourselves, we are easily offended with others.…

— Francois Fenelon

A great swindle of our time is the assumption that science has made religion obsolete. All science has damaged is the story…

— Kurt Vonnegut

It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun…

— William Wordsworth

“Finally, the wind calmed down and gave up, and then the sun came out from behind the clouds and smiled kindly on…

— Dale Carnegie

I think with great affection and deep gratitude of my venerable predecessor, Benedict XVI, who during these years of his pontificate has…

— Pope Francis

I hate and fear 'science' because of my conviction that, for long to come if not for ever, it will be the…

— George Gissing

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.

— Saint Francis de Sales

“For the first time in my life, I felt a gentleness, a softness in the unfolding of each day.”

— Han Nolan

A profusion of pink roses being ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring.

— William Carlos Williams

But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.

— Donald G. Mitchell

“Quiet reflection is often the mother of deep understanding. Maintain that peaceful nursery, enabling stillness to speak.”

— Tom Althouse

Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect.

— Honore de Balzac

I have always loved young women for their sensitive spiritual nature, gentleness, and special beauty.

— Margaret D. Nadauld

Being aggressive, you can accomplish some things, but with gentleness, you can accomplish all things.

— Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

The beginning of divine wisdom is clemency and gentleness, which arise from greatness of soul and the bearing of infirmities.

— Isaac of Nineveh

Humility, in its turn, can be achieved only through faith, fear of God, gentleness and the shedding of all possessions.

— John Cassian

There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.

— Pema Chodron

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.

— Ralph Sockman

Spirit, Patience, Gentleness, All that can adorn and bless Art thou let deeds, not words, express Thine exceeding loveliness.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

— Ralph Washington Sockman

Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.

— Meir Kahane

The product of a true, growing, gospel-centered nature is often gentleness.

— Timothy Keller