Gentle Quotes - Page 2

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

  C. S. Lewis

  Thought Provoking, Religion, Literature

  The Screwtape Letters ch. 12 (1941)

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• Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.

  Aeschylus

  Men, World, This World

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• It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.

  Joseph Priestley

  Communication, Squash, Use

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• Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.

  Kent Nerburn

  Senior, Children, August

  Kent Nerburn (1999). “Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Women, Life and Love”, p.189, New World Library

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• Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life.

  Elizabeth Goudge

  Life, Respect, Nature

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• Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.

  Robert Kennedy

  Men, Years, Political

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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• Be gentle with the earth.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Buddhist, Environmental

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• There is great force hidden in a sweet command.

  George Herbert

  Literature, Force, Command

  "Beauties of Rev. George Herbert".

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• LOVE LETTERS TO YOURSELF This is taken from a love letter (a gentle reminder) I wrote to myself recently. Live in your joy today. Be authentic. Love yourself. First. Love others from your own abundance. Life Changes. Circumstances change. Sometimes you try to fit your old way of being into new circumstances rather than becoming new yourself. Embrace transformation as an opportunity. And keep on writing love letters to yourself.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Life Changing, Love You, Taken

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• It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

  Joseph Addison

  Inspiring, Perfect, Excellence

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• The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known,
  For a man by nothing is so well betrayed
  As by his manners.

  Edmund Spenser

  Men, Mind, Deeds

  'The Faerie Queen' (1596) bk. 6, canto 3, st. 1

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• Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

  Julia Cameron

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Apr 21, 2017

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• War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.

  Gilbert Parker

  War, Cruelty

  Gilbert Parker “The Complete Works of Gilbert Parker”, Library of Alexandria

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• I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

  Laozi

  Leadership, Humility, Men

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

  D. H. Lawrence

  Heart, Men, Literature

  D. H. Lawrence, Brian Finney (1983). “St Mawr and Other Stories”, p.122, Cambridge University Press

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• A gentle focus of attention is all it takes to free the body of minor imbalances.

  Deepak Chopra

  Healing, Focus, Attention

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

  Helen Rowland

  Art, Flirty, Flirting

  Helen Rowland (2017). “Reflections of a Bachelor Girl”, p.16, Litres

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• I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.

  Catherine the Great

  May, Lines, Obliged

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

  Oliver Herford

  Art, Humility, Modesty

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• Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance, and none can say while some fields will blossom and others lay brown beneath the August sun. Care for those around you. Look past your differences. Their dreams are no less than yours, their choices in life no more easily made. And give. Give in any way you can, of whatever you possess. To give is to love. To withhold is to wither. Care less for your harvest than how is shared, and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace.

  Kent Nerburn

  Dream, Children, Heart

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• Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

  Jean Paul

  Change, Wisdom, Strong

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• His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Men, Eulogy

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 5, sc. 5, l. 68

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• Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently.. invisibly.

  William Blake

  Moving, Wind, Doe

  'MS Note-Book' p. 115

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• I am the owner of my choices. I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold regardless of how aware I am of why or how I come to possess that particular perspective. It takes courage to look into the mirror of our souls, absent excuses. I will look into that mirror little bits at a time. SEE and ACT. SEE what I can bear to see and ACT upon what I am able. This is the heart of a gentle invitation to personal responsibility.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Heart, Responsibility, Mirrors

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• Do not go gentle into that good night.

  Dylan Thomas

  Tattoo, Good Night, Goodnight

  "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" l. 16 (1952)

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