Gentle Quotes - Page 30

• The Poet, gentle creature as he is, Hath, like the Lover, his unruly times; His fits when he is neither sick nor well, Though no distress be near him but his own Unmanageable thoughts.

  William Wordsworth

  Sick, Lovers, Fit

  William Wordsworth (2009). “The Poems of William Wordsworth: Collected Reading Texts from the Cornell Wordsworth Series”, p.147, Humanities-Ebooks

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• When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society.

  Haim Ginott

  Children, Fall, Frustration

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• Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the household, who like them are sensitive to the cold, and sedentary.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Strong, Cat, Pride

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• Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than themselves; those we loved were merely happy shadows.

  Georges Duhamel

  Sleep, Suffering, Shadow

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• Russian is a very deceptive language, because it looks easy at first: it's like setting out for a gentle stroll and realizing that you've committed yourself to scaling Himalayan peaks.

  Armand Hammer

  Looks, Firsts, Language

  Armand Hammer, Neil Lyndon (1988). “Hammer”, Perigee

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• The gentle rain which waters my beans and keeps me in the house today is not drear and melancholy, but good for me too. Though it prevents my hoeing them, it is of far more worth than my hoeing. If it should continue so long as to cause the seeds to rot in the ground and destroy the potatoes in the low lands, it would still be good for the grass on the uplands, and, being good for the grass, would be good for me, too.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Nature, Rain, Land

  Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.95, Xist Publishing

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• There is no pain quite like that of a broken heart. But a broken heart is an open heart. When we allow ourselves to be broken, a gentle transformation takes place.

  Douglas Bloch

  Pain, Heart, Broken

  Douglas Bloch (1988). “Words That Heal: Affirmations and Meditations for Daily Living”, BookBaby

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• The highest ideal of cure is the speedy, gentle, and enduring restoration of health by the most trustworthy and least harmful way.

  Samuel Hahnemann

  Health, Medicine, Restoration

  Samuel Hahnemann, Robert Ellis Dudgeon (1913). “Organon of the Rational Art of Healing”

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• If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair, if you're going to San Francisco, you're gonna meet some gentle people there.

  John Phillips

  Flower, Hair, San Francisco

  "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)" (song) (1967)

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• Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.

  Elizabeth I

  Kings, Kindness, Long

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• There are men too gentle to live among wolves.

  James Kavanaugh

  Men

  James Kavanaugh (1990). “Search: A Guide for Those Who Dare to Ask of Life Everything Good and Beautiful”, Steven J Nash Pub

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• Men are gentle, honest and straightforward. Women are convoluted, deceptive and dangerous.

  Erin Pizzey

  Men, Honest, Dangerous

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• I'm shy, but I'm not clinically shy. I don't have social anxiety disorder or anything like that. I more have a gentle shyness. Like, I have a little trouble mingling at parties.

  Samantha Bee

  Party, Anxiety Disorder, Shy

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• LA has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.

  Lee Child

  Car, Forever, Climate

  "Lee Child's Los Angeles". Interview with York Membery, www.telegraph.co.uk. November 1, 2010.

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• I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga.

  Emma Donoghue

  Sports, Yoga, Dancing

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• It's important to be gentle about my routines. I've learned that the hard way. When I'm really stressed out, I can take it out on my body and hurt myself. Sometimes I need to be as loving and soft with myself as possible. I've had to learn how to pay attention. It's a kind of mind-set.

  Lisa Edelstein

  Hurt, Mind, Stressed

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• See her gentle sway, a wave on the ocean could never move that way.

  Johnny Tillotson

  Ocean, Moving, Way

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• Love is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing.

  Dolly Parton

  Love, Butterfly, Love Is

  Song: Love Is Like A Butterfly

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• She's soft and she's gentle and sweet as can be, and if Sharmon needs squeezin', then leave it to me.

  Charlie Walker

  Sweet, Needs, Ifs

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• He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand, his gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand.

  Dan Fogelberg

  Family, Mean, Hands

  Song: Leader of the band

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• Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Knowing Who You Are, Knights, Monsters

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• It is a holy blessing to be born with the exquisite qualities of a daughter of God. Women of God, both old and young, are spiritual and sensitive, tender and gentle. They have a kind, nurturing nature. This is your inheritance. Never belittle the gifts God has given to you. Develop the divinity that is within you.

  Margaret D. Nadauld

  Spiritual, Daughter, Blessing

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• In the gentle evening freeze, by the whispering shady trees I will find sanctuary in the Lord.

  Van Morrison

  Religious, Tree, Religion

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• Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate.

  Dolly Parton

  Revenge, Hate, Iron

  Song: Evening Shades

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• Only eliminating all pains in the ass the real mild and gentle man can live in peace.

  William C. Brown

  Pain, Real, Italian

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