Softer Quotes
116 quotes by 106 authors
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There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures.
— Joshua Bell
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Death is softer by far than tyranny.
— Aeschylus
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What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
— Ovid
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Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
— Laozi
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As someone who lived under communism for most of my life I feel obliged to say that the biggest threat to freedom, democracy, the market…
— Vaclav Klaus
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Every religion contains, in varying degrees, elements of the soft and the hard. For the sake of world peace, dialogue within religions and among them…
— Johan Galtung
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For me, the entire journey of Lost has been walking that fine line between discovering Sawyer's humanity and, yet, keeping his edge of anger and…
— Josh Holloway
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Opening your heart and being courageous and telling people that you care about them or like them or that you think they're special only makes…
— Amy Poehler
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer
— Victoria Principal
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In asking for miracles, we are seeking a practical goal: a return to inner peace. We’re not asking for something outside us to change, but…
— Marianne Williamson
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Ironically, as some people become harder, they use softer words to describe dark deeds. This, too, is part of being sedated by secularism. Needless abortion,…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the weak…
— Laozi
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Second, the reason to embrace and celebrate these novels as the countercultural event that they are is due largely to the subliminal messages delivered by…
— John Granger
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To be perfectly honest, I think that as I'm growing older, I'm just growing more impatient. I'll be very happy if at some point people…
— Michael Haneke
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Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.
— Christine de Pizan
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The result was the same as tuning down the strings by a semitone and using a capo at the first fret. With less tension in…
— Tal Farlow
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Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger,…
— Bill Hybels
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The essence of my work, and of me, is the softer side of a strong woman, and that goes into a number of different roles.
— Dee Wallace
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I worry about kids and all they are exposed to. Kids get so bombarded with hard, commercial sounds. They don't even have a chance to…
— Susannah McCorkle
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Amongst the instrumentalities of love and peace, surely there can be no sweeter, softer, more effective voice than that of gentle, peace-breathing music.
— Elihu Burritt
Who Wrote These Softer Quotes
106 authors contributed a total of 116 Softer Quotes, led by these top contributors: