Quotes About Gentleness

There is something so tender about this to me, about being willing to have your makeup wash off, your eyes tear up, your nose start to run. Its tender partly because it harkens back to infancy, to your mother washing your face with love and lots or water, tending to you, making you clean all over again.

Someone said the softest things in the world overcome the hardest.

We are lovely as sparrows, and all sparrows are sweet. No one thinks, "That sparrow is kind of a loser, and boy, is that one letting herself go.

Be kind. Always if you have a choice, be kind.

Good was above all kind; it was to be gentle. It was to waste nothing. It was to paint, to read, to study, to listen.

After all, these were blood drinkers, beings who spoke gently, liked poetry, and yet killed mortals all the time.

He didn't have to make the flowers fall," I said. "I taught him not to hurt things that were pretty. I taught him that when we were small.

Slowly, I brushed his hair more tenderly, and I saw to my own mute shock one of my tears fall right onto his face. It was red yet watery and transparent and it appeared to vanish as it moved down the curve of his cheekbone and into the natural hollow below.

It was so simple to smile at him; he deserved one's tenderest smile.

Good was above all kind; it was to be gentle. It was to waste nothing. It was to paint, to read, to study, to listen, even to pray, though to whom I prayed I wasn't sure, and it was to take every opportunity to be generous to those mortals whom I did not kill.

God help her, she wanted him. Not because of his beauty, but because of the odd gentleness in his manner when she didn't expect it, because of the lost look in his green eyes, because of the way he made her feel with just a few words, because of the way he made her melt when he touched her. The jaded rake he presented to the world was just as much a mask as her own was.

Your word is pardon and gentleness for the penitent, Your word is holy instruction, eternal teaching; It is light to brighten, advice to hearten; It is voice of help, fire that burns, Way, truth, sublime splendor, Life—eternity." —Poem written in the minor seminary

I would not have the world be cruel to you," she emphasized. "I would not have Vincent Astor be cruel to you. But if—when—those things happen, I would not have you be cruel in return. Kinder hearts are stronger, I think.

But if—when—those things happen, I would not have you be cruel in return. Kinder hearts are stronger, I think.

Kinder hearts are stronger, I think.

A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out" (Isaiah 42:3).

Take care of him, Soteria. And remember it takes great courage and heart for a man who knows no kindness to show it to another. Even the wildest of beasts can be tamed by a patient and gentle hand. (Takeshi)

The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man goodness, the miser with generosity, and the liar with truth. (Indian proverb) It sounds good, doesn't it? If only people and life were that effing easy. Trust me, it takes more than a friendly biscuit to tame a hungry lion. And it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Then it's war. (Savitar)

I wasn't going to say anything about that, Tabitha, he said quietly. I only wanted to tell you that your compassion for other people overwhelms me. Oh. She offered him a tenuous smile. I'm just used to people condemning everything I do. He lifted her hand to his lips and kissed her knuckles. I don't condemn you, my lady. I only admire you.

He had never taken a woman like Bride. One who wasn't biting and clawing at him as she demanded he please her. Something inside him relished the rarity of this. The gentleness. In a life where violence and territory and blood wars reigned, it was nice to have a reprieve. A tender lover's touch. The human side of him craved this. It craved her. - Vane

But to be honest, there is only so much battle a man can take. I think all of us crave a quieter life with a tender touch. (Sparhawk)

And remember it takes great courage and heart for a man who knows no kindness to show it to another. Even the wildest of beasts can be tamed by a patient and gentle hand.

Recuerda que hace falta mucho valor y un gran corazón para demostrar ternura cuando no se ha conocido nunca. Hasta la bestia más feroz puede ser domesticada con paciencia y cariño. (Takeshi)

The most important thing to remember in life is to be kind.