Gently Quotes

522 Gently quotes by 400 unique authors

Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendor. Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender. Turn your face away from the garish light of day, turn your… — Charles Hart
One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Rain is a blessing when it falls gently on parched fields, turning the earth green, causing the birds to sing. — Donald Worster
Pray Meditate Be aware.Stay awake Bow Practise yoga Feel Chant and sing Breathe and smile Relax.Enjoy.Laugh.Play Create.Envision Let Go/Forgive.Accept Walk.Exercise.Move Work.Serve.Contribute Listen/Learn.Enquire Consider.Reflect Cultivate oneself.Enhance… — Surya Das
Maids in India have egos. Big egos. They do not like being spoken to curtly, and they do not like to be abruptly instructed by… — Karisma Kapoor
Plot exposition that can be gently wound out by the authorial voice and internal monologue of a character in the length of a page has… — Terry Pratchett
Even the very youngest children already are perfectly able to discriminate between the imaginary and the real, whether in books or movies or in their… — Alison Gopnik
I remember the day of my baptism very vividly. I was baptized in the baptismal font in the Tabernacle on Temple Square. Those who were… — James E. Faust
Polo drifts gently in and out of fashion. — Kate Reardon
Poesy must not be drawn by the ears: it must be gently led, or rather, it must lead, which was partly the cause that made… — Philip Sidney
I believe that we should, on biblical grounds, tell all parents of mentally disabled children that God loves their children, regrets terribly that they are… — Lewis B. Smedes
Old age treats freelance writers pretty gently. — John Updike
Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and… — John Updike
My job as an editor is to gently prod the attention of the audience to look at various parts of the frame. And that -… — Walter Murch
The bulk of my learning - if I may call it such - has come within the past three months, after I became a part… — Lance Loud
He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not… — Alexandre Dumas
Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you - gently, with love,… — Tennessee Williams
Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all… — James Branch Cabell
You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right. — Phil Crosby
It is my hope that during my brief passage through this universe, that I may share with you the joy of hearing the music of… — Unknown Author
Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream, Gently, - as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream! — Bryan Procter
God works powerfully, but for the most part gently and gradually. — John Newton
When young writers approach me for advice, I remind them, as gently as I can, that they are on their own, with no help available… — John Banville
Somehow I seem to have been gently bypassed as a serious actor. — Jon Pertwee
Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

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