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title: "87 Harshness Quotes by 80 authors"
description: "Browse 87 Harshness quotes by 80 authors. Discover the best Harshness sayings and thoughts."
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> [Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/harshness-is-conquered-by-gentleness-hatred-by-love-lethargy-by-zeal/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [Harshness is for the good of a boy, soft-heartedness will ruin him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ihara-saikaku/harshness-is-for-the-good-of-a-boy-soft-heartedness-will-ruin-him/)

[Ihara Saikaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ihara-saikaku/)

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> [I want to put my harshness into rap videos and create a new style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shavo-odadjian/i-want-to-put-my-harshness-into-rap-videos-and-create-a-new-style/)

[Shavo Odadjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shavo-odadjian/)

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> [“...when I was young, I learned to feel for the harshness under every soft appearance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nuala-o-faolain/when-i-was-young-i-learned-to-feel-for-the-harshness-under-every-soft/)

[Nuala O'Faolain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nuala-o-faolain/)

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> [Sadistic excess attempts to reach roughly and by harshness what art reaches by fineness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyndham-lewis/sadistic-excess-attempts-to-reach-roughly-and-by-harshness-what-art/)

[Wyndham Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyndham-lewis/)

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> [We are in danger of being stern where God is tender, and of being tender where God is stern.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/we-are-in-danger-of-being-stern-where-god-is-tender-and-of-being/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [Conviction without experience makes for harshness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/conviction-without-experience-makes-for-harshness/)

[Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/)

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> [Gentleness beautifies everything. Harshness disfigures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-al-arifi/gentleness-beautifies-everything-harshness-disfigures/)

[Dr Al-Arifi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-al-arifi/)

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> [Women are delicate creatures. Fragile. Gentle. Made by God to be sheltered from the harshness of this world.. Morgan MacDonnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresa-medeiros/women-are-delicate-creatures-fragile-gentle-made-by-god-to-be/)

[Teresa Medeiros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teresa-medeiros/)

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> [The modern clercs have created in so-called cultivated society a positive romanticism of harshness. The have also created a romanticism of contempt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julien-benda/the-modern-clercs-have-created-in-so-called-cultivated-society-a/)

[Julien Benda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julien-benda/)

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> [“We don’t need to take off our pants and stand naked in the snow to experience the harshness of life; a clever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-moonzajer/we-don-t-need-to-take-off-our-pants-and-stand-naked-in-the-snow-to/)

[M.F. Moonzajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-moonzajer/)

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> [He that by harshness of nature rules his family with an iron hand is as truly a tyrant as he who misgoverns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/he-that-by-harshness-of-nature-rules-his-family-with-an-iron-hand-is/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/arrogance-is-a-mixture-of-impertinence-disobedience-indiscipline/)

[Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/)

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> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suze-orman/i-think-oprah-s-winfrey-learned-from-me-that-it-s-ok-to-be-harsh-on/)

[Suze Orman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suze-orman/)

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> [Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pietro-metastasio/love-is-a-feeling-that-comes-into-our-hearts-of-our-own-choice-for/)

[Pietro Metastasio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pietro-metastasio/)

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> [“So let me get this straight, you are telling me it's a harsh world, and using this as an excuse to add…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mango-wodzak/so-let-me-get-this-straight-you-are-telling-me-it-s-a-harsh-world-and/)

[Mango Wodzak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mango-wodzak/)

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> [It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/it-is-only-when-we-begin-to-relax-with-ourselves-that-meditation/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [I haven't done anything particularly harsh. Harshness to me is giving somebody false hopes and not following through. That's harsh. Telling some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-cowell/i-haven-t-done-anything-particularly-harsh-harshness-to-me-is-giving/)

[Simon Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-cowell/)

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> [Every one must understand that, whatever be the evil of slavery, it is not increased by its diffusion. Every one familiar with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/every-one-must-understand-that-whatever-be-the-evil-of-slavery-it-is/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

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> [Indeed, among the lesser auxiliaries to success in love, an absence, the declining of an invitation to dinner, an unintentional, unconscious harshness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/indeed-among-the-lesser-auxiliaries-to-success-in-love-an-absence-the/)

[Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/)

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> [You had to form for yourself a lucid language for the world, to overcome the battering of experience, to replace everyday life's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-benford/you-had-to-form-for-yourself-a-lucid-language-for-the-world-to/)

[Gregory Benford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-benford/)

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> [Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/love-without-truth-is-sentimentality-it-supports-and-affirms-us-but-2/)

[Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/)

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> [Oh! if people were but acquainted with piety, they would not fear it so much, or give it so unattractive a character;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugenie-de-guerin/oh-if-people-were-but-acquainted-with-piety-they-would-not-fear-it-so/)

[Eugenie de Guerin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugenie-de-guerin/)

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> [The best and simplest cosmetic for women is constant gentleness and sympathy for the noblest interests of her fellow-creatures. This preserves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berthold-auerbach/the-best-and-simplest-cosmetic-for-women-is-constant-gentleness-and/)

[Berthold Auerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berthold-auerbach/)

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> [“Back onto their horses, and shortly thereafter word had come around from the command units that any soldier brawling over any matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/back-onto-their-horses-and-shortly-thereafter-word-had-come-around/)

[Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/)

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> [Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/love-without-truth-is-sentimentality-it-supports-and-affirms-us-but/)

[Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/)

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> [ \[Comics is\] one of the last havens for honesty when it comes to a reader's genuine response to art. Most of us,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/comics-is-one-of-the-last-havens-for-honesty-when-it-comes-to-a/)

[Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/)

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> [“Harshness, gruffness, and sternness are not effective in shaping a child’s will. Likewise, constant whacking and threatening and criticizing are destructive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-c-dobson/harshness-gruffness-and-sternness-are-not-effective-in-shaping-a/)

[James C. Dobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-c-dobson/)

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> [Where there is Love and Wisdom, there is neither Fear nor Ignorance. Where there is Patience and Humility, there is neither Anger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-of-assisi/where-there-is-love-and-wisdom-there-is-neither-fear-nor-ignorance/)

[Francis of Assisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-of-assisi/)

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> [“What makes life in Indian organizations difficult is the widespread prevalence of this very contemptuous pride. It stops us from listening to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-p-j-abdul-kalam-2/what-makes-life-in-indian-organizations-difficult-is-the-widespread/)

[A.P.J. Abdul Kalam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-p-j-abdul-kalam-2/)

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> [A great swindle of our time is the assumption that science has made religion obsolete. All science has damaged is the story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/a-great-swindle-of-our-time-is-the-assumption-that-science-has-made/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval, we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness, we are practicing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-painful-thing-is-that-when-we-buy-into-disapproval-we-are/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [“During your struggle society is not a bunch of flowers, it is a bunch of cactus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/during-your-struggle-society-is-not-a-bunch-of-flowers-it-is-a-bunch/)

[Amit Kalantri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-kalantri/)

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> [His very chains helped to deceive him about the harshness of his service.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-bauer/his-very-chains-helped-to-deceive-him-about-the-harshness-of-his/)

[Bruno Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-bauer/)

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> [A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon/a-gentle-answer-turns-away-wrath-but-a-harsh-word-stirs-up-anger/)

[Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon/)

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> [I love a gay and sociable wisdom, and shun harshness and austerity in behaviour, holding every surly countenance suspect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/i-love-a-gay-and-sociable-wisdom-and-shun-harshness-and-austerity-in/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

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> [Americans, it seems to me, tend to protect their children from the harshness of life, in their interest. That's not the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/americans-it-seems-to-me-tend-to-protect-their-children-from-the/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

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> [It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/it-is-impossible-to-treat-a-child-too-well-children-are-spoiled-by/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

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> [I was affected by the harshness of government, the reality of 16-hour days, and the pressures of modern communications.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/i-was-affected-by-the-harshness-of-government-the-reality-of-16-hour/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

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> [Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-n-bradley/leadership-means-firmness-not-harshness-or-bullying-understanding-not/)

[Omar N. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-n-bradley/)

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                        "text": "Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it. God's saving love in Christ, however, is marked by both radical truthfulness about who we are and yet also radical, unconditional commitment to us. The merciful commitment strengthens us to see the truth about ourselves and repent. The conviction and repentance moves us to cling to and rest in God's mercy and grace.",
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                        "text": "[Comics is] one of the last havens for honesty when it comes to a reader's genuine response to art. Most of us, if we don't find any sympathy or pleasure, for example, in a modern painting, are likely to blame our own ignorance of the history and theory of painting. But nobody pretends to like a bad comic strip. Such harshness is necessary for any real truth to surface, I think, and for art to really contribute anything to life. Though I don't know. I could be wrong.",
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                        "text": "“Harshness, gruffness, and sternness are not effective in shaping a child’s will. Likewise, constant whacking and threatening and criticizing are destructive and counterproductive. A parent who is mean and angry most of the time is creating resentment that will be stored and come roaring into the relationship during adolescence or beyond. Therefore, every opportunity should be taken to keep the tenor of the home pleasant, fun, and accepting. At the same time, however, parents should display confident firmness in their demeanor. You, Mom and Dad, are the boss. You are in charge. If you believe it, the tougher child will accept it also.”",
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                        "text": "Where there is Love and Wisdom, there is neither Fear nor Ignorance. Where there is Patience and Humility, there is neither Anger nor Annoyance. Where there is Poverty and Joy, there is neither Cupidity nor Avarice. Where there is Peace and Contemplation, there is neither Care nor Restlessness. Where there is the Fear of God to guard the dwelling, there no enemy can enter. Where there is Mercy and Prudence, there is neither Excess nor Harshness.",
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                        "text": "“What makes life in Indian organizations difficult is the widespread prevalence of this very contemptuous pride. It stops us from listening to our juniors, subordinates and people down the line. You cannot expect a person to deliver results if you humiliate him, nor can you expect him to be creative if you abuse him or despise him. The line between firmness and harshness, between strong leadership and bullying, between discipline and vindictiveness is very fine, but it has to be drawn.”",
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                        "text": "A great swindle of our time is the assumption that science has made religion obsolete. All science has damaged is the story of Adam and Eve and the story of Jonah and the Whale. Everything else holds up pretty well, particularly lessons about fairness and gentleness. People who find those lessons irrelevant in the twentieth century are simply using science as an excuse for greed and harshness. Science has nothing to do with it, friends.",
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                        "text": "The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval, we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness, we are practicing harshness. The more we do it, the stronger these qualities become. How sad it is that we become so expert at causing harm to ourselves and others. The trick then is to practice gentleness and letting go. We can learn to meet whatever arises with curiosity and not make it such a big deal.",
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