80 Quotes About Gentleness

Yet, it had been Dimitri’s gentleness and thoughtfulness mixed with that deadliness that made him so wonderful. The same hands that wielded stakes with such precision would carefully brush the hair out of my face. The eyes that could astutely spot any danger in the area would regard me wonderingly and worshipfully, like I was the most beautiful and amazing woman in the world. Richelle Mead

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

Live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness. Tenderness awakens within the security of knowing we are thoroughly and sincerely liked by someone... Scripture suggests that the essence of the divine nature is compassion and that the heart of God is defined by tenderness. Brennan Manning

It’s the hard things that break; soft things don’t break. It was an epiphany I had today and I just wonder why it took me so very, very long to see it! You can waste so many years of your life trying to become something hard in order not to break; but it’s the soft things that can’t break! The hard things are the ones that shatter into a million pieces! C. Joybell C.

The thing about learning how to fight is that– some of us are not born with that desire. They say some are born fighters; but they don't usually point out that others just aren't. Some of us are forced by life to take up arms and fight. Many of us are. The art lies in knowing when to wield those arms and when to put them down. I don't think it's a matter of pretending to be ideally unharmed by life and untouched by darkness; because that is hypocrisy. Rather, I think it is a matter of being true to your truth and learning when to fight and learning when to be soft. Hopefully, our soft moments in life will largely outweigh, outrank, and outrun our fighting. C. Joybell C.

As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are impoverished and broken and realize that, if we were not, we would be God. The art of gentleness toward ourselves leads to being gentle with others -- and is a natural prerequisite for our presence to God in prayer. Brennan Manning

Accept where you are, accept what you have, accept who you are ~ do what you can with all of that and let it be enough. Nikki Rowe

Treat me well and I will tell... Treat me bad and I feel sad. Treat me good, change my mood. Treat me sweet and call it quits! Ana Claudia Antunes

I won’t desecrate beauty with cynicism anymore. I won’t confuse critical thinking with a critical spirit, and I will practice, painfully, over and over, patience and peace until my gentle answers turn away even my own wrath. Sarah Bessey

At the end of the day…we are anchoring into the peaceful lagoon, smiling at the majestic sun and its flirting rays, slowly slipping into the glittering ballroom of immense night skies, sipping on the platinum moon liquor under the blues of rippling waves kissing my golden foot hanging over the board of gently rocking boat, and diving into the bed of galaxies whispering magical stories of their eternal lives connecting souls…till the dawn… . Oksana Rus

KINGDOM OF THE WOMBFrom her thighs, she gives you life And how you treat she who gives you life Shows how much you value the life given to you by the Creator.And from seed to dust There is ONE soul above all others --That you must always show patience, respect, and trust And this woman is your mother. And when your soul departs your body And your deeds are weighed against the feather There is only one soul who can save yours And this woman is your mother. And when the heart of the universe Asks her hair and mind, Whether you were gentle and kind to her Her heart will be forced to remain silent And her hair will speak freely as a separate entity, Very much like the seaweed in the sea --It will reveal all that it has heard and seen. This woman whose heart has seen yours, First before anybody else in the world, And whose womb had opened the door For your eyes to experience light and more --Is your very own MOTHER.So, no matter whether your mother has been cruel, Manipulative, abusive, mentally sick, or simply childish How you treat her is the ultimate test. If she misguides you, forgive her and show her the right way With simple wisdom, gentleness, and kindness. And always remember, That the queen in the Creator's kingdom, Who sits on the throne of all existence, Is exactly the same as in yours. And her name is, T H E DIVINE MOTHER. . Suzy Kassem

Only love can touch the heart. Lailah Gifty Akita

The highest goodness is like water. Water is beneficial to all things but not contend. It stays in places which others despise. Therefore it is near Tao. The weakest things in the world can overmatch the strongest things in the world. Nothing in the world can be compared to water for its weak and yielding nature; yet in attacking the hard and strong nothing proves better than water. For there is no alternative to it. The weak can overcome and the yielding can overcame the hard. This all the world knows but does not practice. This again is the practice of ‘wu-wel’ and nonviolence. Water may be weak, pliable, fluid, but its action is not one of running away from an obstacle. On the contrary, it gives at the point of resistance, envelopes the object and passes beyond it. Ultimately it will wear down the hardest rock. Water is a more telling symbol than land… crossing the river to get to the other side is, again, attaining the state of enlightenment. J.C. Cooper

Human complexity can be conquered with calmness. Lailah Gifty Akita

Compassion is an act of love. Lailah Gifty Akita

Speaking a painful truth should be done only in love - like wielding a sword with no hilt - it should pain oneself in direct proportion to the amount of force exerted. Criss Jami

And stay, my dearstay...forever, as my quiet song, in my lilac dawn. Sanober Khan

You can’t substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. Mitch Albom

Always be humble and gentle with one another. Lailah Gifty Akita

Speak graciously to young men as you would to your brothers. Lailah Gifty Akita

Speak gently to young women as you would to your sisters Lailah Gifty Akita

May my touchalways...be tenderas i would strokemother's cheekswhen she cried. Sanober Khan

A man of God has many brothers. He is a wounded soldier - he is familiar with the pain one feels in his heart, as a close and loving brother, when a brother falls victim of evil men or turns to evil desires (the latter sometimes even betrayal). Because of this, too, he is and must be well-acquainted with and trained in the strengths of hope and the gentleness of forgiveness and mercy. Criss Jami

The attitude of others towards you is the reflection of their state of mind. Lailah Gifty Akita

Gentle walking is completely transformative for the body and mind. Bryant McGill

The weakest ones are the wickedest cruel When the strongest ones in gentleness rule! Ana Claudia Antunes

Remember:all the thoughts you have of yourself and others are written on your face. Make them kind. Kamand Kojouri

Tough love and brutal truth from strangers are far more valuable than Band-Aids and half-truths from invested friends, who don’t want to see you suffer any more than you have. Shannon L. Alder

Leave it to a dude to roll in with your technique, but use a jackhammer instead of jeweler’s screwdrivers. Roberto Hogue

In social life we hardly stop to consider how much of that daring spirit which gives mastery comes from hardness of heart rather than from high purpose, or true courage. The man who succumbs to his wife, the mother who succumbs to her daughter, the master who succumbs to his servant, is as often brought to servility by a continual aversion to the giving of pain, by a softness which causes the fretfulness of others to be an agony to himself, –as by any actual fear which the firmness of the imperious one may have produced. There is an inner softness, a thinness of the mind's skin, an incapability of seeing or even thinking of the troubles of others with equanimity, which produces a feeling akin to fear; but which is compatible not only with courage, but with absolute firmness of purpose, when the demand for firmness arises so strongly as to assert itself. Anthony Trollope

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens. Elizabeth George

The most effective form of creation is an act of cooperation, not force. Bryant McGill

What I know about you, Henry, ” he said. “Is that you, as big as you are, know how to walk gently on this earth. Laura Anderson Kurk

He'd wanted to - he didn't know. Break bottles. Break windows, crash cars. Burn down the world. Find solace at the bottom of countless more bottles of wine, this time consumed in solitude. In the end he did none of these things; while he knew the shapes and forms of rage and grief, he had, in truth, nothing more than gentleness inside to sustain him. Michael Montoure

The ability to be tough-minded remains useful; but by now, the fact that we are all in trouble in terms of both nature and culture can only be denied by those who become overly conservative and blindly reactionary. The more tender-hearted imagination that suggests we are all in this together and that there must be an underlying unity in life may be the only way to survive. Michael Meade

As the aperture of your heart opens to love you will receive more of the light of compassion, acceptance, gentleness, grace and understanding. Bryant McGill

Kindness is like a warm blanket of snow, softly covering and gently touching the heart. Heather Wolf

Be gentle and kind all the time. Heather Wolf

A man of worth is a man that sees the worth in others more than himself. Shannon L. Alder

We don’t have the right to forgive people; it is not only about our kindness or gentleness, it is about keeping the justice stable. M.F. Moonzajer

We need to learn to dance more softly. Nikki Rosen

One day you will be able to look over all the disaster and heartbreak and feel ok with it, today mighten be the day but one day you will. Nikki Rowe

Failure Is Not Permanent, So Is The Success. So, Don't Look Down Upon People Who Are Failed While You're Succeeded. Table Can Turn Anytime. Be Gentle To Every Creation, It Ain't Cost A Thing.... Muhammad Imran Hasan

Your body will heal itself, through gentle and peaceful cooperation with the inherent wisdom and intelligence within. Bryant McGill

Grace is neither gentleness nor fragility. Grace is treating yourself, others, and even inanimate objects with respect. Kamand Kojouri

For certain he hath seen all perfectness For certain he hath seen all perfectness. Who among other ladies hath seen mine: They that go with her humbly should combine To thank their God for such peculiar grace. So perfect is the beauty of her face That it begets in no wise any sign Of envy, but draws round her a clear line Of love, and blessed faith, and gentleness. Merely the sight of her inakes all things bow: Not she herself alone is holier Than all: but hers, through her, are raised above. From all her acts such lovely graces flow That truly one may never think of her Without a passion of exceeding love. Dante Alighieri

There are graceful ways of accessing your purpose and success, with time, invitation, gentleness, cooperation and surrender. Bryant McGill

On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes. Criss Jami

Love is often gentle, desire always a rage. Mignon McLaughlin

...I hardly ever see your profile, but have I told you it's beautiful? - like the soft gentle lines of snow... John Geddes

Nature's stern discipline enjoins mutual help at least as often as warfare. The fittest may also be the gentlest. Theodosius Dobzhansky

Be gentle and humble in heart. Lailah Gifty Akita

I hope we can inaugurate a new humility in our use of religious language, which for me is the very proof that it is authentic. Richard Rohr

When i speak to youi speak as thoughi am offering a rosein your hand. Sanober Khan

SUMMERthe cattails swayand the bamboodances gently intothe brightness ofa happy day. Tara Estacaan

Now, with regard to the people who have done things we call "terrorism, " I'm confident they have been expressing their pain in many different ways for thirty years or more. Instead of our empathically receiving it when they expressed it in much gentler ways -- they were trying to tell us how hurt they felt that some of their most sacred needs were not being respected by the way we were trying to meet our economic and military needs -- they got progressively more agitated. Finally, they got so agitated that it took horrible form. Marshall B. Rosenberg

When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants. To get, simply release, and then gently invite. Bryant McGill

The master tools of success are invitation, patience, time, gentleness, cooperation and surrender. Bryant McGill

May our lives and gentle spirit be evident to all that we are members of God's family. Lailah Gifty Akita

One tended to lose one’s bearings in the presence of willful and persistent acts of craziness, and the more gentle the act, the crazier it seemed, as if rage and violence, being closer to the norm, were easier to accommodate. Tom Robbins

There are times when, that which we wish to be, will come to be, when we let it be. Tom Althouse

Be gentle, kind and loving as often as you possibly can. Heather Wolf

He is a unicorn. I want to gently capture him and bring him back to my lab for research. Amanda Mosher

I'm nineteen tree rings and mashed acorns stop up my veins when I can't clot. Oh god, you beautiful person, I'll let you lick the salt off of my tattoos as if they were wounds, wounds made of ink and stories. Taylor Rhodes

That's my wish for our community, as it were, that during this very confusing and amazing time, we be gentle with ourselves, and with each other. Thea Hillman

Love comforts, it is gentle, it is warm and you can feel it within your entire being. Ellen J. Barrier

Injurious Personis not the Person who got Hurt, Its the person who Learned. Fahad Rashiq

I wish something would happen to me, something that would show me exactly how cruel and jealous and vengeful I can be. Then I could go back to gentleness because I chose it over brutality for its own sake, not because I didn't have the courage to be cruel. I might even like cruelty. I doubt very much that I would, but I ought to find out. Peter S. Beagle

There is some kind of elegant gentleness to Paris that I don't quite understand yet. Robert Black