Gentle Quotes

1044 Gentle quotes by 754 unique authors

The definition of salesmanship is the gentle art of letting the customer have it your way. — Ray Kroc
There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellowed richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of richest dyes, Pouring new glory… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A talkative soul lacks both the essential virtues and intimacy with God. A deeper interior life, one of gentle peace and of that silence where… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be… — Laozi
The happiest, sweetest, tenderest homes are not those where there has been no sorrow, but those which have been overshadowed with grief, and where Christ's… — J.R. Miller
A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. — Henry David Thoreau
True spirit of Judo is nothing but the gentle and diligent free spirit. Judo rests on flexible action of mind and body. The word flexible… — Kyuzo Mifune
When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading,… — A B Simpson
Heart's ease! one could look for half a day Upon this flower, and shape in fancy out Full twenty different tales of love and sorrow,… — Mary Howitt
I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When she giggles I can hear… — Robert Fulghum
Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again. — Thomas More
Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature. — Jerome Isaac Friedman
When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love… — Saint John Chrysostom
Let it not be death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let the flight through the sky end in the… — Rabindranath Tagore
Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole, to Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my… — William Shakespeare
The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and tolerance. These are human teachings… — H.G. Wells
Send the light of your own loving ahead of you. When you get there, the loving will have prepared a place for you. Be kind,… — Peter McWilliams
We're left alone with each other. We have to creep close to each other and give gentle little nudges with our paws and our muzzles… — Tennessee Williams
...but then eject them forever from this country. For, as we have heard, God's anger with them is so intense that gentle mercy will only… — Martin Luther
Nature is a gentle guide, but not more sweet and gentle than prudent and just. — Michel de Montaigne
Thus the woman, who had perversely exceeded her proper bounds, is forced back to her own position. She had, indeed, previously been subject to her… — John Calvin
... cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the household... — Charles Baudelaire
We need to be kinder with one another, more gentle and forgiving. We need to be slower to anger and more prompt to help. We… — Howard W. Hunter
Knowledge is important, but only if we're being kind and gentle with ourselves as we work to discover who we are. — BrenÃ© Brown

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