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Quotes About Gentleness

Ai ch?a t?ng ???c xúc ??ng v?i h?i th? nhè nh? c?a thi?u n? trong gi?c ng?, ng??i ?ó ch?a th? hi?u th? nào là d?u dàng. Môi nàng t??i h?n c? nh?ng cánh hoa ?m ??t và ?ôi hàng mi nàng l?p lánh nh?ng gi?t l? ?êm.
~ Konstantin Paustovsky
Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted" (Galatians 6:1).
~ Kris Vallotton
For every shrill and violent voice that throws itself in front of microphones and cameras in the name of God, there are countless lives of gentleness and good works who will not. We need to see and hear them, as well, to understand the whole story of religion in our world.
~ Krista Tippett
But I found steel beneath his soft-spoken manner. I could not break him. Despite his struggles with the tasks I set him, he lived with everything of gentleness and grace.
~ Carol Berg
I want a kinder, gentler nation.
~ George H. W. Bush
soothe the wrath and tame the fury, teach us all a kinder way
~ George R.R. Martin
Lo, sifted through the winds that blow, Down comes the soft and silent snow, White petals from the flowers that grow In the cold atmosphere.
~ George W. Bungay
Come, lay thy head upon my breast, And I will kiss thee into rest.
~ Lord Byron
Soft closer of our eyes! Low murmur of tender lullabies!
~ John Keats
I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word-politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.
~ Emma Thompson
Her voice was ever soft, Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.
~ William Shakespeare
Soft words are hard arguments.
~ Thomas Fuller
His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
~ Bible
Courtesy is a little thing that makes a big difference.
~ Author unknown, early 1900s
Bless your eyes of bonny blue...
~ Anna L. H. Nanute, late 1800s
As always when she saw the kind and dreamy eyes of Dennis Mira, her heart gave a little tug. Just something about him, she thought, with his cardigans and mussed hair, bemused smile.
~ J.D. Robb
Y deja de pasar así las páginas. ¿Por qué lo manejas con tanta brusquedad? –Porque… Porque si no me doy prisa se abrirá un agujero. –¿Dónde? –Entre las páginas. –Qué tontería. No hay ningún agujero entre las páginas.
~ J.M. Coetzee
How sweetly he came to her, she thought. Even with his bulk and power, he came to her...sweetly.
~ J.R. Ward
I always thought October was a kind old Love-light.
~ Jack Kerouac
He talked to White Fang as White Fang had never been talked to before. He talked softly and soothingly, with a gentleness that somehow, somewhere, touched White Fang. In spite of himself and all the pricking warnings of his instinct, White Fang began to have confidence in this god. He had a feeling of security that was belied by all his experience with men.
~ Jack London
I never want to hurt anyone on the ice. That's not the type of player I am.
~ Carl Hagelin
I'm just one woman away, my mother, from being the same as Mike Tyson. I would've ended up like him if my mama had not been so tough and strong. A lot of people, including Mike, don't know I came from the ghetto. They think I'm too nice and proper. But that's the way my mama raised me - to look people in the eye and respect them.
~ Evander Holyfield
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
~ Solomon
One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.
~ Ali ibn Abi Talib