Gently Quotes
522 quotes by 400 authors
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I believe we all have the Voice of Reason inside us...to gently lead us out of our own self-created hells...
— Bill Hicks
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Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my … chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved, the…
— Margaret Thatcher
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The whole universe or the structure that perceives it is a worthy opponent, but try as I may I can not escape the sound of…
— Julian Assange
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Sometimes at night I think that my husband is with me again, coming gently through the mists, and we are tranquil together. Then the morning…
— Kamala Markandaya
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You have to treat people gently because we're all in a process. What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably…
— Amy Grant
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As with all my new pets, I gently bit each kitten on the face. This is how I let my animals know that I am…
— Martha Stewart
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We start out postulating sharp boundaries, such as between humans and apes, or between apes and monkeys, but are in fact dealing with sand castles…
— Frans de Waal
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Clear skies will mean you are happy. Rain will mean you're crying. Sunset means you are embarrassed. Night will mean you are gently holding me.
— Unknown Author
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My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a…
— Rudolph A. Marcus
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All words and sayings gently turn, returning to the self.
— Bassui Tokusho
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It is like a dream to feel the machine lift you gently up in the air, float smoothly over one spot,
— Igor Sikorsky
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Place a lump of fresh butter in a pan or egg dish and let it melt - that is, just enough for it to spread,…
— Fernand Point
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The gift moves towards the empty place. As it turns in its circle it turns towards him who has been empty-handed the longest, and if…
— Lewis Hyde
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A person should go out on the water on a fine day to a small distance from a beautiful coast, if he would see Nature…
— Augustus William Hare
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Each moment you are alive is a gem. It needs you to breathe gently for the miracles to be displayed.
— Nhat Hanh
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When it seems that God shows us the faults of others, keep on the safer side-it may be that your judgment is false. On your…
— St. Catherine of Siena
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While Resignation gently slopes away, And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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President Lincoln was once criticized for his attitude toward his enemies. "Why do you try to make friends of them?" asked an associate. "You should…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Finally on Sunday morning, October 7, 1849, "He became quiet and seemed to rest for a short time. Then, gently, moving his head," he said,…
— Edgar Allan Poe
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As a fond mother, when the day is o'er, Leads by the hand her little child to bed, Half willing, half reluctant to be led,…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Who Wrote These Gently Quotes
400 authors contributed a total of 522 Gently Quotes, led by these top contributors: