Gentle Quotes

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Night had come on like the closing of a great but gentle eye. — Ray Bradbury
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. — Benjamin Franklin
In a gentle way, you can shake the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had… — Jean Genet
I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all. — Catherine the Great
It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards… — Lady Gregory
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a… — Oliver Cromwell
Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset. — Roald Dahl
Only the gentle are ever really strong. — James Dean
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it… — Charles Dickens
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the… — Frederick Douglass
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God. — Jim Elliot
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. — William Hazlitt
A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread. — George Herbert
There is great force hidden in a gentle command. — George Herbert
Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. — Oliver Herford
But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions. — Homer
No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle and deep. — Victor Hugo
The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty. — Zora Neale Hurston
Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. — Garrison Keillor

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