Soften Quotes

110 quotes by 99 authors

We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us… — Pema Chodron
Affliction hardens those whom it does not soften. — Charles Spurgeon
Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has neither inclination nor… — Samuel Johnson
No flattery, boy! an honest man cannot live by it; it is a little, sneaking art, which knaves use to cajole and soften fools withal. — Thomas Otway
His lips soften into a smile that cracks apart my spine. He repeats my name like the word amuses him. Entertains him. Delights him. In… — Tahereh Mafi
Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which is reasonable, mild,… — Saint John Chrysostom
Some find it easier to bend their knees than their minds. Exciting exploration is preferred to plodding implementation; speculation seems more fun than consecration, and… — Neal A. Maxwell
If it's painful, you become willing not just to endure it but also to let it awaken your heart and soften you. You learn to… — Pema Chodron
Push hard to get better, become smarter, grow your devotion to the truth, fuel your commitment to beauty, refine your emotional intelligence, hone your dreams,… — Rob Brezsny
You may feel burdened by worry, fear, or doubt. To you and to all of us, I repeat a wonderful and certain truth: #God's light… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The simple record of these three short years of active life has done more to regenerate and soften mankind than all the discourses of philosophers… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
God's light is real, it is available to all. It has the power to soften the sting of the deepest wound. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti'. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes and… — Jamie Lee Curtis
Daughter, I want you to form the most intense, loving relationship with yourself. Only then will you realize your capacity for kindness and emotional expansiveness.… — Diriye Osman
All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who… — Criss Jami
Literature is the daughter of heaven, who descended upon earth to soften and charm all human ills. — Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
There is in every human countenance either a history or a prophecy which must sadden, or at least soften every reflecting observer. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Determination means to use every challenge you meet as an opportunity to open your heart and soften, determined to not withdraw. — Pema Chodron
Soften my hard self-opinionatedness, which time has hardened so exceedingly! — Gertrude the Great
Mere communion with nature, mere contact with the free air, exercise a soothing yet comforting and strengthening influence on the wearied mind, calm the storm… — Alexander von Humboldt

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