Quotes About Gentleness

I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind.

'Downton Abbey'. I love all things olden-days, and I'm very interested in somebody brushing my hair out at the end of the night.

A soft answer turns away anger.

A gentle answer turns away wrath.

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. —Galatians 5:22–23

When the Lord saw her, his heart overflowed with compassion. "Don't cry!" he said. —Luke 7:13

Love is kind. If then we are to communicate love verbally, we

Gentle words are a tree of life. —Proverbs 15:4

Kindness, gentle words, and loving forgiveness need to start at home. — Janet Graham —

teaches us gentleness and kindness through the sensitivity and loving actions of His obedient servants. — Susan E. Ramsden —

Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. —Colossians 3:12

A gentle answer turns away wrath."2 The volume of a parent's voice has great influence over a child's reaction to what the parent says. It takes practice to speak softly, but we can all learn how to do it. Also, when we are feeling tense with our children, we can learn to speak calmly, asking questions whenever possible, rather than issuing commands.

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. —James 3:17

Love me and you'll see! To be good, all I ever needed was to be loved. If you loved me, I'd be gentle as a lamb and you could do whatever you pleased with me.

I held her feet in my hands.

No, really: I can't fight, I never could. I can't bring myself to dislike anyone enough.

There is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very small downy ducks making gentle rippling noises with their soft bills, or babies just beginning to toddle.

Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle.

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

The wonderful thing is that it's so incredibly easy to be kind.

The problem is I'm not a good photographer. To be perfectly honest, I'm too shy. Not aggressive enough. Well, I'm not aggressive at all. I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it.

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.

Word hark, be kind, and good things will happen for sure.

Keith treated me like queen. In the three years we were married, he never said one ugly word to me, never raised his voice. We had disagreements and arguments but he was so gentle and caring. As much as I had to take care of him, he took care of me in other ways.