Gentle Quotes

1044 Gentle quotes by 754 unique authors

Don’t let any emotional thought concerning success or failure, fame or gain, overtake you, and don’t dwell upon them. Give up your personal shortcomings, such… — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Floyd Skloot’s Revertigo is a beautifully-written, moving account of one man’s off kilter life. Who would have imaged a memoir exploring months of extreme vertigo… — Dinty W. Moore
I don't know if this qualifies as gentle reassurance, but right now this is all that stands between me and a Harley-Davidson. — Colin Firth
A woman is gentle, soft, delicate, and a man's position is to protect her, help her up stairs, make sure she's in the car safely… — Taraji P. Henson
There's no Hell mentioned in the Old Testament. The punishment of the dead is not specified there. It's only with gentle Jesus, meek and mild,… — Christopher Hitchens
I’ve never seen an exploding helicopter. I’ve never seen anybody go and blow somebody’s head off. So why should I make films about them? But… — John Cassavetes
The Latin proverb, homo homini lupus — man is a wolf to man—... is a libel on the wolf, which is a gentle animal with… — Geoffrey Gorer
Be kind to your garden and be gentle on your back! — Alan Titchmarsh
One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful… — Ezra Taft Benson
The myth of this world is that the way to transformation is through power, but God choose to enter the world in a weak manner,… — Rick Dees
The meek are those who quietly submit themselves to God, to His Word and to His rod, who follow His directions, and comply with His… — Matthew Henry
The Past Is Gone, And Cannot Harm You Any More & While The Future Is Fast Coming For You, It Always Flinches First. And Settles… — Cecil Palmer
The easy, gentle, and sloping path . . . is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road. — Michel de Montaigne
O Reader! had you in your mind Such stores as silent thought can bring, O gentle Reader! you would find A tale in everything. — William Wordsworth
I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor. — Anjelica Huston
The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions. With interior yearning, grace and blessing are bestowed. It is a yearning to take on… — Hildegard of Bingen
Listen to God's speech in his wondrous, terrible, gentle, loving, all-embracing silence. — Catherine Doherty
This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, For Freedom only deals the deadly blow; Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade, For gentle… — John Quincy Adams
The way of being with another person which is termed empathic...means temporarily living in their life, moving abut in it delicately without making judgment... to… — Carl Rogers
She sent him a warm and gentle wind, and Lord Odysseus was happy as he set his sails to catch the breeze. He sat beside… — Homer
Lo, the most excellent sun so calm and haughty, The violet and purple morn with just-felt breezes, The gentle soft-born measureless light, The miracle spreading… — Walt Whitman
[Using humor to explore serious issues] disarms people. It's a way in. It's gentle, but at the same time it's subversive, and I like that… — Lisa Loomer
If I marry: He must be so tall that when he is on his knees, as one has said he reaches all the way to… — Ruth Graham
It seems to me that the best way will be the one that is most gentle and forbearing, which is more in conformity with the… — Vincent de Paul
Use gentle methods to get whatever good you can from priests and monks who are slaves, as well as from merchants and captives. Resort to… — Vincent de Paul

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