Gentle Quotes

1044 Gentle quotes by 754 unique authors

Picture a tall, dark figure, surrounded by cornfields... NO, YOU CAN'T RIDE A CAT. WHO EVER HEARD OF THE DEATH OF RATS RIDING A CAT?… — Terry Pratchett
Weapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His bravery comes from… — Brian Jacques
The boy was lying, fast asleep, on a rude bed upon the floor; so pale with anxiety, and sadness, and the closeness of his prison,… — Charles Dickens
As Cole left school that day with Peter, they stopped beside the bulldog statue. "You two are wrecking our school!" shouted one of the jocks… — Ben Mikaelsen
For the gentle werelibrarian, who's strictly vegetarian, there's nothing like Tofillager the MEATLESS TOFU VILLAGER — Adam Rex
Real life seeks the gentle slopes at the back of Mount Improbable, while creationists are blind to all but the daunting precipice at the front. — Richard Dawkins
God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms. — John Newton
To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of our loneliness and to change it by gentle… — Henri Nouwen
Writing about the indignities of old age: the daunting stairway to the restaurant restroom, the benefits of a wheelchair in airports and its disadvantages at… — John Mortimer
They dream of men with gentle hands, eloquent with tenderness, fingers that brushed along a cheek, that outlined open lips in the lovers' braille. Hands… — Janet Fitch
Anyway, now she thinks of Estha and Rahel as Them, because, separately, the two of them are no longer what They were or ever thought… — Arundhati Roy
The first step to change,... is accepting your reality right now. Honoring your process. Compassionate self-awareness leads to change; harsh self-criticism only holds the pattern… — Dan Millman
He slouched back in his seat, looking tired, and leaned his face on his shoulder to look at me while he played with my hair.… — Maggie Stiefvater
No doubt it is true that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repented than over all the saints who consistently remain holy,… — Booth Tarkington
Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. — Aeschylus
Was love then like a bag of assorted sweets passed around from which one might choose more than once? Some might sting the tongue, some… — Annie Proulx
You must be more gentle, dear, more sedate,' Ellen told her daughter. 'You must not interrupt gentlemen when they are speaking, even if you do… — Margaret Mitchell
After the sharp-eyed jay and the roaring lion, peace will come on dove's gentle wing. — Erin Hunter
You're so kind, Kazuhiko. That's what I like about you." I like you, too. I love you so much." If he weren't so inarticulate, Kazuhiko… — Koushun Takami
I think that if we can't go back, then we should try even harder to go forward. And I do want to go forward, to… — Walter Dean Myers
As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are impoverished and broken… — Brennan Manning
For someone so violent, he has a gentle face, doesn't he? — Fuyumi Soryo
Through an arrow loop in the wall she saw a familiar horse and rider tearing across the camp toward the healing rooms. Brigan pulled up… — Kristin Cashore
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! — William Shakespeare
He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light… — Francoise Sagan

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