Quotes About Gentleness

Knowledge is important, but only if we're being kind and gentle with ourselves as we work to discover who we are. Wholeheartedness is as much about embracing our tenderness and vulnerability as it is about developing knowledge and claiming power.

a reprieve like that "a tender mercy

But when we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible but not relativistic, convinced without being rigid, willing to confront without being offensive, gentle and forgiving without being soft and true witnesses without being manipulative.

Live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness.

As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are impoverished and broken and realize that, if we were not, we would be God. The art of gentleness toward ourselves leads to being gentle with others -- and is a natural prerequisite for our presence to God in prayer.

The Father's love does not force itself on the beloved.

What becomes visible here is that solitude molds selfrighteous people into gentle, caring, forgiving persons who are so deeply convinced of their own great sinfulness and so fully aware of God's even greater mercy that their life itself becomes ministry.

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.   Some

You know the meaning of the word gentleman. It means a gentle man—a man who does things gently, with love. That is the whole art and mystery of it. The gentle man cannot in the nature of things do an ungentle, an ungentlemanly thing. The ungentle soul, the inconsiderate, unsympathetic nature, cannot do anything else. Love doth not behave itself unseemly.

Courtesy is Love in little things.

I used to call her, in my stupidity — for want of anything better — a dove

It goes against my grain to yell at people.

I don't like to yell and scream. I actually hate it.

I don't like to yell.

I'm not one of those guys that's going to beat you over the head and just yell at you all day.

I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.

It's become more and more of a priority for me to tread as lightly as possible in the world.

Kindness is the No. 1 quality I look for in a man. You can see in how he treats anyone - from a CEO to a housekeeper - and it's a reflection of how nice a guy is. Funniness and confidence come after that... When a guy approaches me, it's fantastic if he can make me laugh.

When many voices are speaking at once, listen to the one most quiet and gentle. That's the one worth listening to. ~ Miranda* ~

Don't try to do great thing, but don't forget to do small things with great care and great love.

Power of softness and kindness are the greatest.