Gentle Quotes

1044 Gentle quotes by 754 unique authors

Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics, when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew; especially as they are never… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Very strong personalities must confine themselves in mutual conversation to very gentle subjects. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
In the man whose childhood has known caresses and kindness, there is always a fiber of memory that can be touched to gentle issues. — George Eliot
A noble man is led by woman's gentle words. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators, save only he,Did that they did in envy of Caesar;He only, in a general… — William Shakespeare
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne. — Edmund Spenser
But tell me: how did gold get to be the highest value? Because it is uncommon and useless and gleaming and gentle in its brilliance;… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We angels are misconceived in the human world. People perceive us as kindly and bountiful; when, in truth, we are about as fluffy, as gentle,… — Rebecca Lim
I’m a pretty gentle person so I don’t really have much of a thing of being a badass. — Lee Pace
The Poet, gentle creature as he is, Hath, like the Lover, his unruly times; His fits when he is neither sick nor well, Though no… — William Wordsworth
When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the… — Haim Ginott
War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle. — Gilbert Parker
Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the… — Charles Baudelaire
Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than… — Georges Duhamel
Russian is a very deceptive language, because it looks easy at first: it's like setting out for a gentle stroll and realizing that you've committed… — Armand Hammer
Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson. — Mercedes McCambridge
I just wrapped 'Eclipse' yesterday and the last scene we shot is probably my favorite thus far. I finally got to tell my story, in… — Nikki Reed
My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colorful character and a… — Alexander McCall Smith
If you seek the realms of light, the best thing to do is to meditate with love and the gentle aliveness. Meditation should not be… — Frederick Lenz
You have to learn to be very, very gentle to start with - with yourself eventually. Meditation is not something that you force. It is… — Frederick Lenz
In your days - things like this happen to you... You get a tap, a nudge, a gentle shake, and life whispers to you, "I… — Mary Anne Radmacher
I am the owner of my choices. I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold regardless of how aware I am of… — Mary Anne Radmacher
LOVE LETTERS TO YOURSELF This is taken from a love letter (a gentle reminder) I wrote to myself recently. Live in your joy today. Be… — Mary Anne Radmacher
I offer gentle understanding to myself. I position myself in love, not fear. I look behind me with forgiveness. I look forward with festive anticipation.… — Mary Anne Radmacher
Find your way with the certain and gentle light of forgiveness. — Mary Anne Radmacher

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