Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old gentle quotes, gentle sayings, and gentle proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
Be gentle, kind and beautiful, yet firm and strong, both mentally and physically.Keiko Fukuda
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It's important for us to be kind to other people and treat other people the way that we want to be treated.Michele Bachmann
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Being kind is more important than being right.Andy Rooney
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You must be kind to others. You must foster a caretaker personality of gentleness and perseverance, even in the midst of adversity.Frederick Lenz
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A gentle focus of attention is all it takes to free the body of minor imbalances.Deepak Chopra
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Be gentle and forgiving with yourself, abandon any and all shame, and refuse to engage in any self-repudiation.Wayne Dyer
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The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.Edmund Spenser
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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.Solomon
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Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.Seneca The Younger
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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.William Hazlitt
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Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.Carl Sandburg
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The one good thing about being kind of shy is that nobody bugs you when you want to be left alone.Laurie Halse Anderson
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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.Dylan Thomas
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.Wendy Mass
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Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.Richard Paul Evans
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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
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Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain.Charles Fenno Hoffman
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A kind heart speaks kind words.Anthony D. Williams
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Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.Dalai Lama
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.Saint Francis De Sales
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A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.George Herbert
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Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.Benjamin Franklin
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Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.Oliver Herford
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Be gentle and kind all the time.Heather Wolf
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Choose being kind over being right and you'll be right every time.Richard Carlson
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.Sophocles
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Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.R.J. Palacio
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Kindness to self will put you in the perfect attitude and position to be kind to others.Alan Cohen
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Kindness is the best prayer.Debasish Mridha
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.James Dean
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You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.Isaac Newton
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Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.Juanita Kreps
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Take the yoke I give you. Put it on your shoulders and learn from me. I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest.Matthew 11:29
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Nothing as so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.St. Francis de Sales
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If you would reap praise, sow the seeds; gentle words and useful deeds.Benjamin Franklin
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A servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome; he must be kind towards all. He should be a good teacher, tolerant, and gentle when he must discipline those who oppose him.2 Timothy 2:24-25
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The fruit of the spirit is...gentleness.Galatians 5:22
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Soft words are hard arguments.Thomas Fuller
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Only the truly strong and great can be truly tender. Tenderness is a mark of nobility, not of weakness.James Philip
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Be humble and gentle in your conversation; and of few words, I charge you; but always pertinent when you speak.William Penn
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Anger is quieted by a gentle word just as fire is quenched by water.Bishop Jean Pierre Camus
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To feel my spirit / just look up to the sky / and watch a beautiful sunset / while it slowly drifts by.Tabitha J. Bryson
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Never shout into the void / —when you can whisper to the heart.Kurt Philip Behm
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Simply I yearn to listen / Where no man can hear a sound / But watch the air glisten / And dream its gentle tone abound.Erwin Jung
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Constant, gentle pressure is my preferred technique for leadership, guidance, and coaching.Danny Meyer
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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
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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
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The voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls.
Nietzsche
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Funny how our hearts / were designed / to love / so fiercely. / but break / ever so gently.
Sanober Khan
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.Mahatma Gandhi
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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
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Be like the elephant my friend - with a strong character and a gentle soul.Abhijit Naskar
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Tenderness is not weakness. Rather, it is a decision to face the scathing brutality of life, but to refuse to allow brutality to set the terms of the engagement.Craig D. Lounsbrough
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The earth is gentle. And the earth allows the flowers to bloom. We need to be gentle. And the flowers will bloom in our life.Avijeet Das
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And realize that some people's heart's injured with far more ease than others and dance to quieter music.Mimi Novic
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Only kind people are truly tolerant. Only gentle people are truly strong.Cathy Burnham Martin
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