I am a woman, and even if I could proceed with harshness and rigidity, it would disgust me nonetheless. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile. — Mahmoud Darwish Copy Share Image
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds. — Plato Copy Share Image
It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity. We are rigorous to offenses as if we had… — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
“...when I was young, I learned to feel for the harshness under every soft appearance.” — Nuala O'Faolain Copy Share Image
I was affected by the harshness of government, the reality of 16-hour days, and the pressures of modern communications. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness… are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Along the way, I've had different advice from different music producers. I've been told to tone it down, that the quiet parts… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
The worst time was 1983. Love and life and everything went wrong. I reached absolute rock bottom. I saw the Minotaur at… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
“the bleakest situations bring out the hospitality in all of us, but it's during the harshest we find out how strong we… — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the… — Cardinal Richelieu Copy Share Image
To friends and eke to foes true kindness show; No kindly heart unkindly deeds will do; Harshness will alienate a bosom friend.… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
Being disappointed in you, is not something new. It's become second nature to know what you won't do. To be there, to… — Scarlet Koop Copy Share Image
Nietzsche was personally more philosophical than his philosophy. His talk about power, harshness, and superb immorality was the hobby of a harmless… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I have known some grim bells, with not a single joyous note in the whole peal, so forced to hurry for a… — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
A great swindle of our time is the assumption that science has made religion obsolete. All science has damaged is the story… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“What makes life in Indian organizations difficult is the widespread prevalence of this very contemptuous pride. It stops us from listening to… — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
'Meek's Cutoff' by Kelly Reichardt - it's beautifully shot. It's a complex story. The filmmaker gave a very patient and feminine touch… — Chloe Zhao Copy Share Image
The trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is that the same steel that secures your life against being destroyed… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
It is much to my advantage that several of my pictures should be seen together, as it displays to advantage their varieties… — John Constable Copy Share Image
Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of… — Confucius Copy Share Image
[Comics is] one of the last havens for honesty when it comes to a reader's genuine response to art. Most of us,… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
“Harshness, gruffness, and sternness are not effective in shaping a child’s will. Likewise, constant whacking and threatening and criticizing are destructive and… — James C. Dobson Copy Share Image
Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Back onto their horses, and shortly thereafter word had come around from the command units that any soldier brawling over any matter… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature. — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Women are delicate creatures. Fragile. Gentle. Made by God to be sheltered from the harshness of this world.. Morgan MacDonnell — Teresa Medeiros Copy Share Image
It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by… — Sloan Wilson Copy Share Image
I love a gay and sociable wisdom, and shun harshness and austerity in behaviour, holding every surly countenance suspect. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“...when you're hard and unyielding your words score me with lines - I hate lines - I want curves - curves are… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all the artificial… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
In the beginning, I was put off by the harshness of German. Someone would order a piece of cake, and it sounded… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Arrogance is in everything I do. It is in my gestures, the harshness of my voice, in the glow of my gaze,… — Coco Chanel Copy Share Image
Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not… — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
I think Oprah's [winfrey] learned from me that it's OK to be harsh on people because in one's harshness you can see… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image