Gentle Quotes

1044 Gentle quotes by 754 unique authors

The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and… — Francis William Newman
Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of the downs, hacking… — A. P. Herbert
May I live this day... Compassionate of heart, / Gentle in word, / Gracious in awareness / Courageous in thought, / Generous in love /… — John O'Donohue
May and June. Soft syllables, gentle names for the two best months in the garden year: cool, misty mornings gently burned away with a warming… — H. Peter Loewer
Angels assist us in connecting with a powerful yet gentle force, which encourages us to live life to it's fullest. — Denise Linn
I believe one of our souls' major purposes is to know, love, and express our authentic selves. To live the life and be the person… — Sue Thoele
He who has mastery over his incensive power has mastery also over the demons. But anyone who is a slave to it is a stranger… — Evagrius Ponticus
A KEY TO BEGIN FORGIVING: Become soft and tender with the person. The first step is to become soft in your mind and spirit. Lower… — Gary Smalley
A mother's love is indeed the golden link that binds youth to age; and he is still but a child, however time may have furrowed… — Christian Nestell Bovee
O gentle son, / Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, sprinkle cool patience. — William Shakespeare
The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with money-hating wolves like Lenin, Stalin,… — Eric Hoffer
A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly, Till, wafted by a gentle breeze, They faint and languish by degrees, And… — Joseph Addison
By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows. — Unknown Author
How happy he whose toil Has o'er his languid pow'rless limbs diffus'd A pleasing lassitude; he not in vain Invokes the gentle Deity of dreams.… — John Armstrong
He who has suffered shipwreck, fears to sail Upon the seas, though with a gentle gale. — Robert Herrick
Remorse is as the heart in which it grows; If that be gentle, it drops balmy dews Of true repentance; but if proud and gloomy,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels as if all one does is wrong, and there maybe… — Vincent Van Gogh
Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart, enslave it more than… — Hannah More
It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning's gentle wine! Nature waits upon thee still, And… — Abraham Cowley
Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness. A gentle hand can lead even en elephant by a hair. Reply to thine enemy with… — Zoroaster
Gentle reader, I was born upon the water - not upon the salt and angry ocean, but upon the fresh and rapid-flowing river. — Frederick Marryat
Vanitas vanitatum has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare… — Frederick Locker-Lampson
Thank you from the heart to all those who in various ways are near me or follow me spiritually with affection and prayers from afar.… — Pope Benedict XVI
What's female beauty, but an air divine, thro' which the mind's all gentle graces shine? They, like the sun, irradiate all between; the body charms… — Neil Young

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