Softly Quotes

506 quotes by 349 authors

Word it as softly as you please, the spirit of patriotism is the spirit of the dog and wolf. The moment there is a misunderstanding… — Mark Twain
Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
How very softly you tiptoed into our world, almost silently, only a moment you stayed. But what an imprint your footsteps have left upon our… — Dorothy Ferguson
With the red hair, you get the white skin; it's a package deal. The cons are that you never look particularly attractive on the beach.… — Marcia Cross
The law speaks too softly to be heard amidst the din of arms. — Gaius Marius
I love to see those paragliders weaving softly around Moon Point, their legs floating above you in the air. When they drift in for a… — Deb Caletti
Oh brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose breakfast, dinner, tea,… — Andrew Bonar
He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, "I love you, Mother." He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round… — Barbara Mertz
In mindful grief, we become the landing strip that allows any feelings to arrive. Some crash, some land softly. Some harm us, but none harm… — David Richo
The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers, The water is held in its arms And the sky is held in the… — Hilda Conkling
Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
...you can be angry and silent, but it's no use - there's no distance in the spirit - besides, my words touch you more softly… — John M. Geddes
When I hear music, it seems to me that all the sins of my life pass slowly by me with veiled faces, lay their hands… — Sidney Lanier
We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and… — William O. Douglas
Snow falling softly on lashes of eyes you love, and a cold cheek growing warm next to your own in hushed dark familial December. — James Schuyler
Sit back picture yourself swooping up a shell of purple with foam crests of crystal drops soft nigh they fall unto the sea of morning… — Robert Hunter
In this culture the soul and the heart too often go homeless. Listening creates a holy silence. When you listen generously to people, they can… — Rachel Naomi Remen
When they turned off, it was still early in the pink and green fields. The fumes of morning, sweet and bitter, sprang up where they… — Eudora Welty
My favorite way to wake up is to have a certain French movie star whisper to me softly at two-thirty in the afternoon that if… — Fran Lebowitz
He began to search among the infinite series of impressions which time had laid down, leaf upon leaf, fold upon fold softly, incessantly upon his… — Virginia Woolf

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