Gentle Quote by Peter Ustinov Download Open image “To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.” — Peter Ustinov ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gentle Portions Reasonable Strength Toughness Wise
Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The toughness I was learning was not a martyred doggedness, a dumb heroism, but the art of accommodation. I thought: to be tough is… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
I thought: to be tough is to be fragile; to be tender is to be truly fierce. — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Please don't use the word tough. People might get the impression that I don't care. And I do care, very deeply. Resilient, I think. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The physical toughness is the obvious - the ability to push through things no matter what's coming at you, to keep going, to not… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
“the rule among the human race—a rule that naturally admits of exceptions—is that the reputedly hard are the weak whom nobody wanted, and that… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Toughness is not hardening, toughness is withstanding all the forces that want you to harden, whilst still retaining your sensitivities and your humanness.” — Drishti Bablani Copy Share Image
'Tough' is one of the last adjectives I would use to describe myself. — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
There are experts in little things but there are no experts in big things. There are experts in this fact and that fact but… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox - affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
I don't know why I have these dreams. I've never wanted to be Pope. In fact, I have a greater affinity to Martin Luther. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
Two members of my profession who are not urgently needed by my profession, Mr. Ronald Reagan and Mr. George Murphy, entered politics, and they've… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
The sun, a red wheel, was sinking slowly in the west. Besides being spectacularly beautiful, the early-summer sunset was exceedingly soft and gentle: black… — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
“Woe to you, my Princess, when I come. I will kiss you quite red and feed you till you are plump. And if you… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
On Hanukkah, the first dark night, Light yourself a candle bright. I'll you, if you will me invite To dance within that gentle light. — Nick Gordon Copy Share Image
Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
If you like I'll be furious flesh elemental, or- changing to tones that the sunset arouses- if you like- I'll be extraordinary gentle, not… — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image
Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
“Humble yourself before the Lord and he will lift you high. People who are gentle, humble and able always have a great ending no… — israelmore ayivor Copy Share Image
The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very humble. We… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Layla brought her arms around herself, no doubt because she was remembering the feel of another, stronger set. "I have wanted to, but he… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Put all our pride away, always find a gentle word to say, you know we shouldn't be full of ourselves when we should be… — Dawud Wharnsby Ali Copy Share Image
Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
