Gentleness Quotes

260 Gentleness quotes by 205 unique authors

Through service to others, we develop a Christlike love and we experience joy. Service teaches patience and long-suffering as well as gentleness, goodness, and faith. — Merrill J. Bateman
This hard place in which you perhaps find yourself is the very place in which God is giving you opportunity to look only to Him,… — Elisabeth Elliot
Both gentleness and meekness are born of power, not weakness. There is a pseudo-gentlene ss that is effeminate, and there is a pseudo-meekness that is… — Jerry Bridges
Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no less than the… — Samuel Smiles
When He gives, He shows you His Kindness; when He deprives, He shows you His power. And in all that, He is making Himself known… — Ibn Ata Allah
Our greatest strength lies in the gentleness and tenderness of our heart. — Unknown Author
If you manipulate, coerce, and bully your children, you will have no power at all. If you lead with humility, gentleness, and by example, you… — William Martin
I think with great affection and deep gratitude of my venerable predecessor, Benedict XVI, who during these years of his pontificate has enriched and strengthened… — Pope Francis
Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity,… — Martin Luther
There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself. — Pema Chodron
The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval, we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness, we are practicing harshness. The more… — Pema Chodron
Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your… — James E. Faust
You can open to God through sex. By learning to open your heart and body while embracing and trusting all energies from rough ravishment to… — David Deida
To pray is to change. This is a great grace. How good of God to provide a path whereby our lives can be taken over… — Richard J. Foster
This is not a day for asking questions, not a day on any calendar. This day is conscious of itself. This day is a lover,… — Unknown Author
How much better the world would be if we all gave gifts of understanding, and compassion, of service, and friendship, of kindness and gentleness. — Thomas S. Monson
It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind. — Queen Elizabeth II
Is not birth, beauty, good shape, discourse, Manhood, learning, gentleness, virtue, youth, liberality, and such like, the spice and salt that season a man — William Shakespeare
The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness. — Sydney J. Harris
Be kind to each other. It is better to commit faults with gentleness than to work miracles with unkindness. — Mother Teresa
The offender needs pity, not wrath; those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness; and one must be always ready… — Marcus Aurelius
Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to… — Aristotle
The process of growth is, it seems, the art of falling down. Growth is measured by the gentleness and awareness with which we once again… — Stephen Levine
It is really so nice here-country-busy-busy with so many different kinds of things-... I must say I feel far away in another world here-... always… — Georgia O'Keeffe
Grace is the wonderful spirit that imbues every fiber of our being when we practice the fruits of the spirit: kindness, patience, understanding, forgiveness, love,… — Edgar Cayce

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