Gentle Quotes

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

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

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• Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fearless, Inspire, Truthful

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Only the gentle are ever really strong.

  James Dean

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Carl Sandburg

  Inspirational, Patience, Nature

  Carl Sandburg (2015). “The People, Yes”, p.25, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• 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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• There is great force hidden in a sweet command.

  George Herbert

  Literature, Force, Command

  "Beauties of Rev. George Herbert".

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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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• 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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• Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Thank You, Strong, Children

  Douglas MacArthur, Edward T. Imparato (2001). “General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions”, p.158, Turner Publishing Company

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