Gentle Quotes

1044 quotes by 754 authors

The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with money-hating wolves like Lenin, Stalin,… — Eric Hoffer
A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly, Till, wafted by a gentle breeze, They faint and languish by degrees, And… — Joseph Addison
By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows. — Unknown Author
How happy he whose toil Has o'er his languid pow'rless limbs diffus'd A pleasing lassitude; he not in vain Invokes the gentle Deity of dreams.… — John Armstrong
He who has suffered shipwreck, fears to sail Upon the seas, though with a gentle gale. — Robert Herrick
Remorse is as the heart in which it grows; If that be gentle, it drops balmy dews Of true repentance; but if proud and gloomy,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels as if all one does is wrong, and there maybe… — Vincent Van Gogh
Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart, enslave it more than… — Hannah More
It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning's gentle wine! Nature waits upon thee still, And… — Abraham Cowley
Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness. A gentle hand can lead even en elephant by a hair. Reply to thine enemy with… — Zoroaster
Gentle reader, I was born upon the water - not upon the salt and angry ocean, but upon the fresh and rapid-flowing river. — Frederick Marryat
Vanitas vanitatum has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare… — Frederick Locker-Lampson
Thank you from the heart to all those who in various ways are near me or follow me spiritually with affection and prayers from afar.… — Pope Benedict XVI
What's female beauty, but an air divine, thro' which the mind's all gentle graces shine? They, like the sun, irradiate all between; the body charms… — Neil Young
See him, the gentle Bible beast, / With lacquered hoofs and curling mane, / His wondering journey from the East / Half done, between the… — Edwin Muir
Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. — Isaac of Nineveh
Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror. — Napoleon Bonaparte
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man. — Alvin Ailey
Do not go gentle into the good night. Old age should burn and rage at close of day. — Dylan Thomas

Who Wrote These Gentle Quotes

754 authors contributed a total of 1,044 Gentle Quotes, led by these top contributors: