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Quotes About Gentleness

...one should be gentle with the ignorant, for they are the chosen of God.
~ Mark Twain
In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face shines out, full of grace and gentleness to poor, unworthy sinners.
~ John Calvin
A woman is gentle, soft, delicate, and a man's position is to protect her, help her up stairs, make sure she's in the car safely first. Take good care of your woman, and the sky's the limit!
~ Taraji P. Henson
Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong.
~ Robert De Niro
Let us keep courage and try to be patient and gentle. And let us not mind being eccentric, and make distinction between good and evil.
~ Vincent Van Gogh
A good Christian is a velvet-covered brick.
~ Frederick W. Smith
But perhaps, after so much talk and fighting, unspoken words do create a silence in whose gentleness the survivors of good and bad can sleep easy.
~ Miljenko Jergovic
good manners are an admission that everybody is so tender that they have to be handle with gloves.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
She had curiously thoughtful and attentive eyes; eyes that were very pretty and very good.
~ Charles Dickens
Oh, lady be good To me.
~ Ira Gershwin
It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet.
~ Kristin Scott Thomas
America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.
~ George H. W. Bush
An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will turn aside and let the reptile live.
~ William Cowper
Politeness is the flower of humanity.
~ Joseph Joubert
True delicacy, that most beautiful heart-leaf of humanity, exhibits itself most significantly in little things.
~ Mary Howitt
Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force.
~ Angela Merici
Tread softly, Brathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.
~ Nelson Mandela
Don't think being 'religious' means becoming harsh or hard. When Allah enters a heart, He softens it--He doesn't harden it.
~ Yasmin Mogahed
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.
~ Laozi
Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value. They do not glory in victory.
~ Laozi
Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.
~ Samuel Smiles
He has a heart of gold - only harder.
~ Adolphe Menjou
It never hurts to be nice" - Anne Heinrich
~ Anne Shaw Heinrich
Be kind whenever, you can.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita