Quotes about Gentleness
Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength.
— James Faust
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
— Teresa of Avila
While most activists could use a good dose of gentleness, I think most believers could use a good dose of holy anger.
— Shane Claiborne
Jeanne de Chantal, seventeenth-century founder of the Order of the Visitation, said, "No matter what happens, be gentle with yourself.
— Shane Claiborne
Do not hurry as you walk with grief; it does not help the journey. Walk slowly, pausing often: do not hurry as you walk with grief. Be not disturbed by memories that come unbidden. Swiftly forgive; and let Christ speak for you unspoken words. Unfinished conversation will be resolved in him. Be not disturbed. Be gentle with the one who walks with grief. If it is you, be gentle with yourself. Swiftly forgive; walk slowly, pausing often. Take time, be gentle as you walk with grief.
— Shane Claiborne
It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
— Stephen Covey
Leo Roskin taught, "It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
— Stephen Covey
It is in deep solitude and silence that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brother and sister.
— Thomas Merton
Dare to contend without being contentious. Preserve the truth without hurting people. Love and be charitable.
— AW Tozer
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
— Charles Dickens
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest.
— Max Lucado
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace.
— Max Lucado