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Quotes About Gentleness

Fair words never hurt the tongue.
~ George Chapman
The "love of the Spirit" (Rom. 15:30) may well be translated, "love created by the Spirit" (see Col. 1:8).58 This love manifests itself primarily in its relationship to other people; it is patient, kind, good, trustworthy, gentle, and self-disciplined (Gal. 5:22-23).
~ George Eldon Ladd
How beautiful a day can be When kindness touches it!
~ George Elliston
grasses swayed gently, giving
~ Ilona Andrews
Your hand looks heavy. Let me hold it for you." He squeezed my hand with his warm fingers. "Smooth," Jynx murmured.
~ Ilona Andrews
Don't tease me. Everything wounds me now except perfect kindness.
~ Iris Murdoch
Even as though dearest with th en humble and defenseless, thus shalt though be dealt with.
~ Isaac Asimov
His eyes reflected a softness I had already forgotten in America.
~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
Yo vivo ahora en un país tan suave como la piel otoñal de las uvas…
~ Isabel Allende
We are all born happy. Life gets us dirty along the way, but we can clean it up. Happiness is not exuberant or noisy, like pleasure or joy; it's silent, tranquil, and gentle; it's a feeling of satisfaction inside that begins with self-love.
~ Isabel Allende
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
~ Thomas Fuller
The bravest are the tenderest. The loving are the daring.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
~ Chinese proverb
If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.
~ John Lancaster Spalding
As perfume to the flower, so is kindness to speech.
~ Katherine Francke
Nothing has happened today except kindness.
~ Gertrude Stein
Etiquette-a fancy word for simple kindness.
~ Elsa Maxwell
There is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those that are sad.
~ Olive Schreiner
A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.
~ George Prentice
Kindness affects more than severity.
~ Aesop
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
~ Sir James M. Barrie
I don't want to be mean to people. I try to be as nice as possible to everyone.
~ Finn Wolfhard
Confidence is a huge turn-on, but I like a man who's also kind and gentle. It's sexy when a guy listens and can have a conversation or read a book - something different than just going out to the club.
~ Leah LaBelle
I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender.
~ Theodore Roosevelt