Gentleness Quote by Anna Sewell

My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves…

— Anna Sewell

“Now I say, that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it; you did right my boy.”

— Anna Sewell

If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will…

— Anna Sewell

“I had never heard that before; and so poor Rob Roy who was killed at that hunt was my brother! I did not wonder…

— Anna Sewell

“do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play.”

— Anna Sewell

He has known joy and violence. Felt the warmth of children and the cruelty of abuse. He has nearly died saving lives and merely…

— Anna Sewell

Why don't they cut their own children's ears into points to make them look sharp? Why don't they cut off their noses to make…

— Anna Sewell

“Oh! if people knew what a comfort to a horse a light hand is, and how it keeps a good mouth and a good…

— Anna Sewell

“There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach…

— Anna Sewell

God had given men reason, by which they could find out things for themselves, but He had given animals knowledge which did not depend…

— Anna Sewell

“Whilst I was young I lived upon my mother's milk, as I could not eat grass. In the daytime I ran by her side,…

— Anna Sewell

“If they strain me up tight, why, let 'em look out! I can't bear it, and I won't.”

— Anna Sewell