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Quotes About Gentleness

Let your words to be a cushion to those who are around you, especially to those who are in a vulnerable state.
~ Euginia Herlihy
Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart
~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
May the earth lie gently on them
~ Jamie O'Neill
In my experience, Jesus always welcomes honest doubters. He reveals himself and reasons with us while we process his truth. He tenderly reminds us what we already know but sometimes forget. Many times Jesus has met me in my fog of incomplete and inadequate perceptions. I cried out in intellectual confusion and frustration, and he answered with gentleness and patience, providing the help I needed. He will do the same for anyone not at war with him.
~ Jan David Hettinga
There is no charm equal to the tenderness of heart.
~ Jane Austen
Sometimes love isn't fireworks, sometimes love just comes softly.
~ Janette Oke
Be of love(a little) More careful Than everything
~ e. e. cummings
Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
~ e. e. cummings
I am glad to be with you and treat your weakness tenderly.
~ E. James Wilder
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
~ Eckhart Tolle
Be this as it may, we know on the best authority that Nathanael was a man of great moral excellence. No sooner had Jesus seen him than He exclaimed, "Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" The words suggest the idea of one whose heart was pure; in whom was no doublemindedness, impure motive, pride, or unholy passion: a man of gentle, meditative spirit, in whose mind heaven lay reflected like the blue sky in a still lake on a calm summer day.
~ Alexander Balmain Bruce
The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus is the love of God. "He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father.
~ Alexander MacLaren
Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade,Trees, where you sit, shall crowd into a shade:Where'er you tread, the blushing flow'rs shall rise,And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.
~ Alexander Pope
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Galatians 6:1 ESV
~ Alfred Ells
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another (Eph. 4:32).
~ Alfred Ells
I hate to admit this, but I've never actually hit anyone. I don't even kill wasps or spiders. I'm pretty veggie as well. In fact, really, I'm New Age.
~ Richard Desmond
There was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones.
~ Kingsley Amis
There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
~ Muhammad Ali
Please take the time to leave something kind, or don't leave it at all. You know? That's an option, also.
~ GloZell
I've never really loved mean comedy.
~ Dan Levy
We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet.
~ Krist Novoselic
I love really sweet, soft scents.
~ Nafessa Williams
I like a woman who's not afraid to be sweet.
~ Josh Holloway
The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
~ William Wordsworth