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Quotes About Gentleness

Let it be simple, let it be with love.
~ Debasish Mridha, M.D.
Never fear to be kind.
~ Debasish Mridha, M.D.
The best beauty in the world is the beauty of kindness.
~ Debasish Mridha, M.D.
You need time for the grief to heal, for the memories to fade in sharpness, time to adjust your expectation for the future. Be gentle with yourself, you'll make it.
~ Dee Henderson
If I'm your vessel, handle me with care. Balance me lightly. Don't let me crack.
~ Deepak Chopra
The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished.
~ Deng Ming-Dao
His arm moved around her, then he lowered his head, tipped her chin. His lips moved across hers as softly as butterfly wings, tasting, testing. She trembled in response. She hadn't known he was capable of such gentleness. It only endeared him to her more.
~ Denise Hunter
The etiquette is higher consciousness, sensitivity, gentleness, gracefulness, intensity, power, and knowledge.
~ Frederick Lenz
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
~ Zig Ziglar
The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance.
~ Mike Huckabee
By learning to open your heart and body while embracing and trusting all energies, from rough ravishment to sublime gentleness, you can open to be lived by the mystery that lives the entire universe.
~ David Deida
Learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity.
~ Mark Twain
If I want to be remembered as anything in this life it's just 'nice'.I feel like being nice to others is the coolest thing anyone can be.
~ Troye Sivan
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
~ Audrey Hepburn
I'll rub your feet." "Mmm." Eleanor wriggled her toes as Hart took her heel in his hand. "Every princess wants this in her Prince Charming. He rides up to the castle, kisses her awake, and rubs her aching feet.
~ Jennifer Ashley
Elle était là, patiente, seule, redoutable dans sa douceur. There she was, patiently waiting, alone, formidable in her gentleness.
~ Émile Zola
I remember the master, before he fell into a doze, stroking her bonny hair - it pleased him rarely to see her gentle - and saying - 'Why canst thou not always be a good lass, Cathy?' And she turned her face up to his, and laughed, and answered, 'Why cannot you always be a good man, father?
~ Emily Bronte
Softly, Miss,' answered she addressed; 'you'll lose nothing by being civil.
~ Emily Bronte
The forest was almost like a garden - no brambles, no thorns, nothing to stumble over, no rotten stumps, no fallen branches, all mellow to look at, melodious to hear, every kind of bird, all singing, no awed hush, no vast echoes, just beautiful, smiling woods, not solemn, solemn, solemn like our forests. This exquisite, enchanting gentleness was perfect for one day, but not for always - we were Canadians.
~ Emily Carr
I wish you a kinder sea.
~ Emily Dickinson
The thought is quiet as a flake, —
~ Emily Dickinson
This time, I whispered that I loved him too. Then, I silently listed all the reason: I loved him for his gentleness. I loved him for being an amazing catch yet still vulnerable enough to be insecure. But most of all, I loved him for loving me.
~ Emily Giffin
I must be cruel, only to be kind
~ Emma Donoghue
Love is like a flower when you pick it, it dies and if you hold on too tight it stops being beautiful.
~ Amanda Madden