Gentle Quotes

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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. — Saint Francis de Sales
Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself. — Helen Rowland
My Dad, a small-town lawyer, was also named Paul. Until we lost him when I was 16, he was a gentle presence in my life.… — Paul Ryan
Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. — Carl Sandburg
Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a cup of tea… — Wallace Shawn
A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can suddenly turn and… — Michael Sheen
Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces. — Henry David Thoreau
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a… — Henry David Thoreau
Who's not a fan of Don Williams? He's the gentle giant. — Josh Turner
I'm a very gentle man, not unlike Gandhi. — Joss Whedon
Since childhood she had walked the Devon rivers with her father looking for flowers and the nests of birds, passing some rocks and trees as… — Henry Williamson
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild' is a snivelling modern invention, with no warrant in the gospels. — George Bernard Shaw
A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take… — George Eliot
His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, THIS WAS A… — William Shakespeare
You have a good heart and you think the good thing is to be guilty and kind but it's not always kind to be gentle… — Tony Kushner
If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The… — Ernest Hemingway
Thinking about something is like picking up a stone when taking a walk, either while skipping rocks on the beach, for example, or looking for… — Daniel Handler
Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprende prese costui de la bella persona che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende. Amor, che a nullo… — Dante Alighieri
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not. — Eric Hoffer
To the glistening eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy the Valiant. To the great western woods, King Edmund the Just. To the radiant southern… — C.S. Lewis

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