Gentle Quotes

1044 Gentle quotes by 754 unique authors

Basically Ken is a very gentle, home-loving person. I remember when one of his stick insects had a knee infection. He stayed up all night… — Dave Barry
You have touched my heart in so many ways with your gentle tenderness, I am lost forever in your love. — Shae-Lynn Bourne
The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty, The poplar's gentle and tall, But the plane tree's kind to the poor dull city - I love… — E. Nesbit
And hate the bright stillness of the noon without wind, without motion. the only other living thing a hawk, hungry for prey, suspended in the… — Dana Gioia
Gentle to others, to himself severe. — Samuel Rogers
The church seeks to help form people who can risk being peaceful in a violent world, risk being kind in a competitive world, risk being… — John Howard Yoder
Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value.… — Laozi
A gentle mixture of furniture expresses life and continuity but it must be a judicious mixture that flows and mixes well. It is a bit… — Nancy Lancaster
Self-compassion is key because when we're able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we're more likely to reach out, connect, and… — BrenÃ© Brown
PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility. — Ambrose Bierce
Old #64 chose... a gentle jog, fast enough to prove I was alive, slow enough to savor the cheers. They washed over me. They warmed… — Jerry Kramer
To many, Indian thought, Indian manners; Indian customs, Indian philosophy, Indian literature are repulsive at the first sight; but let them persevere, let them read,… — Swami Vivekananda
High art consists neither in altering, nor in improving nature; but in seeking throughout nature for 'whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are pure;' in… — John Ruskin
Those who have hardened, have a covenant with Death. Those who remain gentle are conjoined with Life. — Laozi
There's a slope down toward evil, a gentle gradient that can be ignored at each step, unfelt. It's not until you look back, see the… — Mark Lawrence
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. — Solomon
Both gentleness and meekness are born of power, not weakness. There is a pseudo-gentlene ss that is effeminate, and there is a pseudo-meekness that is… — Jerry Bridges
Patience has nothing to do with suppression. In fact, it has everything to do with a gentle, honest relationship with yourself. — Pema Chodron
As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected. — Julia Cameron
I'm reading the Gospels at the moment and I can find no evidence of the kind of Christ people seem to have invented and created.… — Franco Zeffirelli
Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference - in our own… — Sharon Salzberg
People look at me as if I were some sort of monster, but I can't think why. In my macabre pictures, I have either been… — Peter Cushing
It's not the gentle part I have a problem with, it's the dull, stupid part. — Gabrielle
How wrong to think I was anyone else, like thinking grass stains make you a beautiful view, like getting kissed makes you kissable, like feeling… — Daniel Handler
Let’s be gentle with ourselves and each other and fierce as we fight oppression. — Dean Spade

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