Gentleness Quotes
260 quotes by 208 authors
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Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
— Leo Buscaglia
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Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.
— Coco Chanel
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Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.
— Lord Chesterfield
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But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard humility,…
— Laozi
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Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks, and safety to him who defends. Those whom Heaven would save, it fences round with gentleness.
— Laozi
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Traces of nobility, gentleness, and courage persist in all people, do what we will to stamp out the trend. So, too, do those characteristics which…
— Walt Kelly
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The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.
— Samuel Johnson
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Humility, in its turn, can be achieved only through faith, fear of God, gentleness and the shedding of all possessions.
— John Cassian
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It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes…
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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A profusion of pink roses being ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring.
— William Carlos Williams
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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
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Joy is love exalted; peace is love in response; long-suffering is love enduring; gentleness is love in society; goodness is love in action; faith is…
— Dwight L. Moody
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These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. There were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But…
— Morrie Schwartz
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Nothing is stronger than gentleness.
— Abraham Lincoln
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Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for…
— Melody Beattie
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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
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It was the love of love, the love of swallows up all else, a grateful love, a love of natural, of people, of animals, a…
— William Carlos Williams
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It is in deep solitude and silence that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brother and sister.
— Thomas Merton
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When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.
— Ralph Washington Sockman
Who Wrote These Gentleness Quotes
208 authors contributed a total of 260 Gentleness Quotes, led by these top contributors: