Softly Quotes
506 quotes by 334 authors
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All the same it is being said everywhere that I played too softly, or rather, too delicately for people used to the piano-pounding of the…
— Frederic Chopin
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Very softly, but very swiftly, Last, the man with the grey face and the staring eyes, bolted for his life, down and away from the…
— Arthur Machen
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If you want to have any success in politics, sing softly and carry a big guitar,
— Jimmie Davis
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When I knew I couldn't suffer another moment of pain, and tears fell on my bloody bindings, my mother spoke softly into my ear, encouraging…
— Lisa See
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Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my … chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved, the…
— Margaret Thatcher
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Sometimes at night I think that my husband is with me again, coming gently through the mists, and we are tranquil together. Then the morning…
— Kamala Markandaya
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Greet everyone you meet with a warm smile. No matter how busy you are, don't rush encounters with coworkers, family, and friends. Speak softly. Listen…
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
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If a man has enough power, he can speak softly and everyone will listen
— Jake Roberts
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To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look out for yourself.…
— Tahir Shah
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So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
— John Dryden
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Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones.
— Frederick Tennyson
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Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble; Never…
— John Dryden
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Then a dog began to howl somewhere in a farmhouse far down the road, a long, agonized wailing, as if from fear. The sound was…
— Bram Stoker
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All green and fair the summer lies, Just budded from the bud of spring, With tender blue of wistful skies, And winds that softly sing.
— Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
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A seeker searched for years to know the secret of achievement and success in human life. One night in a dream a sage appeared bearing…
— Joan D. Chittister
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Speak softly, I'm getting my massage
— Theodore Roosevelt
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The conditions of a solitary bird are five: The first, that it flies to the highest point; The Second, that it does not suffer for…
— John of the Cross
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Wine sets even a thoughtful man to singing, or sets him into softly laughing, sets him to dancing. Sometimes it tosses out a word that…
— Homer
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To be a seer is to walk softly on the earth and dream.
— Alberto Villoldo
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Tread softly as you draw near to the bedside of a dying man, for the space around him is holy ground. Speak in hushed tones,…
— Jennifer Worth
Who Wrote These Softly Quotes
334 authors contributed a total of 506 Softly Quotes, led by these top contributors: