Gently Quotes

522 quotes by 417 authors

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad,… — Samuel Beckett
Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. — Henry Ward Beecher
Every man, for the sake of the great blessed Mother in Heaven, and for the love of his own little mother on earth, should handle… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
I am in the night. There is a being who has gone away and carried the heavens with her. Oh! to be laid side by… — Victor Hugo
The leaves are falling, falling as from way off, as though far gardens withered in the skies; they are falling with denying gestures. And in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession. — Carlos Castaneda
So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave… — Anna Letitia Barbauld
Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. — Alice Munro
It was a morning when all nature shouted Fore! The breeze, as it blew gently up from the valley, seemed to bring a message of… — P.G. Wodehouse
Conceive a jelly-fish such as sails in our summer seas, bell-shaped and of enormous size - far larger, I should judge, than the dome of… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Gradually the sunken land begins to rise again, and falls perhaps again, and rises again after that, more and more gently each time, till as… — Charles Kingsley
Gently eliminating all obstacles to his own understanding, he constantly maintains his unconditional sincerity. His humility, perseverance, and adaptability evoke the response of the universe… — Laozi
Based upon the pictures, I concluded that about 60 percent of all college classes in the United States are held outside, underneath a tree, usually… — Ernest L. Boyer
My boy, the 'quenelles de sole' were splendid, but the peas were poor. You should shake the pan gently, all the time, like this. — Marie-Antoine Careme
Old Time, who changes all below, To wean men gently for the grave. — Caroline Norton
From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines. Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute. Listening to others,… — Walt Whitman
The one and only method of teaching men the true religion was established by Divine Providence for the whole world, and for all times: that… — Bartolome de las Casas
He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing that falls on the… — Henry David Thoreau
I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently. — William Shakespeare

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