Softness Quotes

103 quotes by 91 authors

My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish. — John James Audubon
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference. — Juan Montalvo
Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers? — John Milton
Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling… — Laozi
Language, if it throws a veil over our ideas, adds a softness and refinement to them, like that which the atmosphere gives to naked objects. — William Hazlitt
We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Spring is the season of gaiety, and winter of terror; in spring the heart of tranquility dances to the melody of the groves, and the… — Samuel Johnson
All the great artists of the world slowly slowly start growing a quality of feminineness, grace, elegance, exquisiteness. A certain flavor of softness, relaxedness, calmness… — Rajneesh
Love men and women not for their strength but their softness, not for their fullness but their hunger, not for their plenty but their need. — Anais Nin
Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them… — Joan Baez
It's about labeling. For me feminism is bra-burning lesbianism. It's very unglamorous. I'd like to see it rebranded. We need to see a celebration of… — Geri Halliwell
Not the least of the problems in clarifying one's consciousness is developing the stoic determination to criticize one's own softness or sentimentality toward oneself. Ego,… — Kenny Smith
I am completely tied up with softness, fragility, and the problems of a feminine world. — Lillian Bassman
Who has not felt the beauty of a woman's arm? The unspeakable suggestions of tenderness that lie in the dimpled elbow, and all the varied… — George Eliot
For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God in him: /… — John Milton
The defects born of habit are innumerable. I see every child occupied in some way in disarranging and disfiguring his physique; some displace the ankles… — Jean-Georges Noverre
We forget how the Greeks and Romans prevailed magnificently in a barbaric world and how that triumph ended-how a slackness and softness finally overcame them… — Thomas S. Monson
Fearlessness comes from working with the softness of the human heart. — Chogyam Trungpa
It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being. Separate she lacks his force of body and strength of reason; he… — Benjamin Franklin

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