Gentle Quotes

1044 Gentle quotes by 754 unique authors

...she waited until she and my grandfather Anthel were just home from their honeymoon, and then sat him down and told him this: "Honey, I… — Haven Kimmel
Let us keep courage and try to be patient and gentle. And let us not mind being eccentric, and make distinction between good and evil. — Vincent Van Gogh
I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If… — Max Lucado
Love isn't the work of the tender and the gentle; Love is the work of wrestlers. The one who becomes a servant of lovers is… — Unknown Author
There are gentle souls who would pronounce Lolita meaningless because it does not teach them anything. I am neither a reader nor a writer of… — Vladimir Nabokov
But there are victories far worse than defeats; and to overcome an angel too gentle to put out all his strength, and ride away in… — George MacDonald
I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just… — Yann Martel
A gentle breeze catches in the branches then and I hear it, soft and low, a murmured prayer--Gem-ma, Gem-ma--and then the leaves bend down and… — Libba Bray
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely… — Mao Zedong
Woe to you, my Princess, when I come. I will kiss you quite red and feed you till you are plump. And if you are… — Sigmund Freud
And yet every so often, the heart of America, shuddering with indignation, sends a nervous spasm through the gentle back of the Andes, and tumultuous… — Che Guevara
With each spring comes new life, energy and green growth. In summer comes the sun, warm, kind and enduring. Fall brings its canvas of color… — Jason F. Wright
In his wolf-skin he was as strong as any of them, but he was a gentle person in many ways. He'd feel so bad about… — Annette Curtis Klause
What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost… — Chris Abani
Gee, You're so Beautiful That It's Starting to Rain Oh, Marcia, I want your long blonde beauty to be taught in high school, so kids… — Richard Brautigan
A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should be blessed if… — Henry David Thoreau
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen… — Charles Dickens
And yet, standing behind her son, waiting for the traffic light change, she remembered how in the midst of it all there had been a… — Elizabeth Strout
They held hands and knew that only the coffin would lie in the earth; the bubbly laughter and the press of fingers in the palm… — Toni Morrison
Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently.. invisibly. — William Blake
There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man. — Patrick Rothfuss
I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would be a tenth… — Stephen Fry
Great ideas, it has been said, come into the world as gently as doves. Perhaps then, if we listen attentively, we shall hear amid the… — Albert Camus
So be gentle with yourself; show yourself the same kindness and patience you might show a young child - the child you once were. If… — Dan Millman
Beneath the violet pillar, in the vacuum before the roar of the cloud, there came a soft sound that might have been heard by those… — Lydia Millet

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