Softening Quotes

39 quotes by 37 authors

The rub is that the pursuit of happiness, as an end in itself, tends automatically, and widely, to be replaced by the pursuit of pleasure… — Whittaker Chambers
...once again we face a paradox, for it appears that softening your heart and gently tending its wounds will protect you from evil. Building a… — Deepak Chopra
There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in love with them,… — Lord Byron
New Yorkers are predatory about real estate. When they sense softening, they move in for the kill. — Anderson Cooper
It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
It is only by softening and disguising dead flesh by culinary preparation that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion, and that the sight… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Humor implies a sure conception of the beautiful, the majestic and he true, by whose light it surveys and shape s their opposites. It is… — Edwin Percy Whipple
We just never know. We think we do. We think we have life figured out, and in our arrogance we become hard. But life has… — Philip Gulley
Give others their dignity by opening and softening in your heart to them. — John de Ruiter
Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigour in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles and nerves of… — Swami Vivekananda
Nobody could catch cold by the sea; nobody wanted appetite by the sea; nobody wanted spirits; nobody wanted strength. Sea air was healing, softening, relaxing… — Jane Austen
Softening what is rigid in our hearts... — Pema Chodron
Healing is embracing what is most feared; healing is opening what has been closed, softening what has hardened into obstruction, healing is learning to trust… — Jeanne Achterberg
Your body is a divine container that will change over your lifetime. Revel in this! Notice it! This is the way of things: the softening… — Sara Wiseman
By softening our attitudes, practicing mercy and compassion, we transform our lives by transforming other people's experience of us. Send love before you when you… — Marianne Williamson
In film, there are two ways of including human beings. One is depicting human beings. Another is to create a film form which, in itself,… — Nathaniel Dorsky
We pledge our loyalty; we affirm our determination to be of good courage; we declare, sometimes even publicly, that come what may we will do… — Gordon B. Hinckley
A conservative party that reshapes its self-presentation according to the suggestions of the liberal media, of course, may very well get what such lack of… — Alan Keyes
In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility that greater caution and weakening asset values in financial… — Alan Greenspan
I love working with big flavors like chiles and smoke. Honey is perfect for softening the edges, mellowing them out a bit. I put it… — Bobby Flay

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