Elephants Quote by Zoroaster

The power of gentleness is irresistible.

— Henry Martyn

Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.

— Saadi

Have charity; have patience; have mercy. Never bring a human being, however silly, ignorant, or weak--above all, any little child--to shame and confusion of…

— Charles Kingsley

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

— Phaedrus

There is no true and constant gentleness without humility. While we are so fond of ourselves, we are easily offended with others. Let us…

— Francois Fenelon

Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.

— Anonymous

“So it is sometimes with the most good-natured people of weak nerves, who in spite of their kindliness are carried away till they find…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I deny myself gentler kinds of affection—to touch or be kindly touched—as if that is a pleasure a body like mine does not deserve.”

— Roxane Gay

Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.

— Nathaniel Parker Willis

Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

— Ralph Washington Sockman

Be wise. Treat yourself, your mind, sympathetically, with loving kindness. If you are gentle with yourself, you will become gentle with others.

— Thubten Yeshe

May an elephant caress you with his toes

— Little' Jimmy Dickens