Gentleness Quotes

260 Gentleness quotes by 205 unique authors

Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct. Kindness, gentleness, long suffering, forbearance, patience, sympathy, a willingness to enter into childish… — J C Ryle
What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself, will affect how… — Pema Chodron
Rather than going after our walls and barriers with a sledgehammer, we pay attention to them. With gentleness and honesty, we move closer to those… — Pema Chodron
We cannot change the way the world is, but by opening ourselves to the world as it is, we may find that gentleness, decency and… — Chogyam Trungpa
It’s all too easy to turn the fight of faith into sanctification-by-checklist. Take care of a few bad habits, develop a couple good ones, and… — Kevin DeYoung
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I… — Max Lucado
In mine opinion, love is fitter than fear, gentleness better than beating, to bring up a child rightly in learning. — Roger Ascham
Kindness and gentleness never had a gender, and neither did empathy. — Rebecca Solnit
Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are… — Dalai Lama
Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good. — Mahatma Gandhi
Of all the spirits, I believe the spirit of judging is the worst, and it has had the rule of me, I cannot tell you… — Frederick Denison Maurice
The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus is the love… — Alexander MacLaren
I have become so great as I am because I have won men's hearts by gentleness and kindliness. — Saladin
It clearly appears that there are no races in the world, however rude, uncultivated, barbarous, gross, or almost brutal they may be, who cannot be… — Bartolome de las Casas
When we stop fighting with ourselves, we aren't creating anymore conflict in our mind. Then our mind can for the first time relax and be… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness And show of love as I was wont to… — William Shakespeare
Love is strong in its passion; affection is powerful in its gentleness. — Jules Michelet
But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time; If you… — William Shakespeare
O for the gentleness of old Romance, the simple planning of a minstrel's song! — John Keats
The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding. — Nhat Hanh
In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess these, but they… — Pema Chodron
Patience and gentleness is power. — Leigh Hunt
Surely we ought to show them (animals) great kindness and gentleness for many reasons, but, above all, because they are of the same origin as… — Saint John Chrysostom
The fruit of solitude is increased sensitivity and compassion for others. There comes a new freedom to be with people. There is new attentiveness to… — Richard J. Foster
For every shrill and violent voice that throws itself in front of microphones and cameras in the name of God, there are countless lives of… — Krista Tippett

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