Gentle Quotes

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

Isn't it strange that its easier to be gentle with the feelings of people we care less about than those of our children, whom we love so much?

Feelings are everywhere -- be gentle.

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach.

A gentleman is a man who can disagree without being disagreeable.

Walk tall as the trees, live strong as the mountains, be gentle as the spring winds, keep the warmth of the summer sun in your heart, and the great spirit will always be with you.

Modesty; the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

If you have been brutally broken but still have the courage to be gentle to other living beings, than you're a badass with a heart of an angel.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.

The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better.

The stronger you become, the gentler yoiu will be.

Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars.

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.

Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.

Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen.

Be gentle with yourself, you're doing the best you can.

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

Fire is never a gentle master

Humility, gentleness, and helpfulness go so much further and open doors you cannot imagine.

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

Be truthful, gentle and fearless.

Woe to you, my Princess, when I come.

.. you shall see who is the stronger, a gentle little girl who doesn't eat enough or a big wild man who has cocaine in his body.

Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman -- repose in energy.

A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.

The stronger you become, the gentler you will be.

For everybody knows that it requires very little to satisfy the gentlemen, if a woman will only give her mind to it.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.

But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.

Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf

Gentleman. A man who buys two of the same morning paper from the doorman of his favorite nightclub when he leaves with his girl.

A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation.

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

We must be kind and gentle gardeners with people and nature.

No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle. Anger is just, and pity is just, but judgement is never just.

Most gentlemen don't like love, they just like to kick it around.

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer.

The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

It is not light that we need, but fire;

it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.

Believe me, there exists no such dilemma as that in which a gentleman is placed when he is forced to reply to a blackguard.

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary.

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

Men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness.

O sleep, O gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down and steep my senses in forgetfulness?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.