Gentle Quotes

• A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

  William Hazlitt

  Motivational, Happiness, Smile

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• Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fearless, Inspire, Truthful

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

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

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• If we could look into each other’s hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Love, Inspirational, Relationship

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• In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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• I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.

  Max Lucado

  Prayer, Voice, Self Control

  Max Lucado (2015). “Let the Journey Begin: Finding God's Best for Your Life”, p.73, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

  George Herbert

  Love, Heart, Be Kind

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.170

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• Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

  Teresa of Avila

  Inspirational, Humility, Catholic

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1946). “Book of the foundations. Minor prose works. Poems. Documents. Indices”

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

  Frank A. Clark

  Encouragement, Rain, Hard Work

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• It takes strength to be gentle and kind.

  Steven Morrissey

  Success, Encouragement, Kind

  "Song: 'I Know It's Over'". 1986.

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• So be gentle with yourself; show yourself the same kindness and patience you might show a young child - the child you once were. If you won’t be your own friend, who will be? If, when playing an opponent, you are also opposing yourself, you will be outnumbered.

  Dan Millman

  Children, Kindness, Opponents

  Dan Millman (2010). “Body Mind Mastery: Training for Sport and Life”, p.49, New World Library

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• Be gentle with the young.

  Juvenal

  Children, Attitude, Young

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• Take the gentle path.

  George Herbert

  Healing, Path

  'Discipline', collected in The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (published posthumously, 1633).

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• It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

  Chin-Ning Chu

  Spirit, Action, Tough

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• To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

  Peter Ustinov

  Wise, Portions, Reasonable

  "Still More of Who Said That?". Book by Renie Gee, 1981.

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• Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.

  Aesop

  Succeed, Failing, Persuasion

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• A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

  Solomon

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Kings

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• Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Being Strong, Men, Giving

  Elbert Hubbard (1922). “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...”

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• A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Rain, Shade, Walden Pond

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.324, Penguin

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• If you would understand this secret, you must first understand the distinction between training an animal and educating one. Trained animals are relatively easy to turn out. All that is required is a book of instructions, a certain amount of bluff and bluster, something to use for threatening and punishing purposes, and of course the animal. Educating an animal, on the other hand, demands keen intelligence, integrity, imagination, and the gentle touch, mentally, vocally, and physically.

  J. Boone

  Dog, Integrity, Book

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• Only the gentle are ever really strong.

  James Dean

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.

  Mo Udall

  Wisdom, Giving, May

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• Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand.

  Henri Nouwen

  Friendship, Pain, True Friend

  Henri J.M. Nouwen (2017). “You Are the Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Living”, Convergent Books

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• I offer gentle understanding to myself. I position myself in love, not fear. I look behind me with forgiveness. I look forward with festive anticipation. I embrace this holy moment and assert, "Now. This moment is the moment to love, the moment to serve, the moment to seize the legacy instead of the small. Now. Now I will live large, love boldly, reach to the edges of my unfurled heart and fully enrolled hope."

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Stars, Heart, Understanding

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• Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Forgiveness, Government, Law

  Poor Richard's Almanack, May 1756

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