Quotes about Gentleness

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

Humble yourself, and you will find that Love is spreading a carpet of flowers beneath your feet.

Walk slowly, but not so slowly that you draw too much attention to yourself. This is a kind of invisible practice. Enjoy nature and your own serenity without making others uncomfortable or making a show of it.

But I think St. Peter and the twelve Apostles would have been rather surprised at the concept that Christ had been scourged and beaten by soldiers, cursed and crowned with thorns and subjected to unutterable contempt and finally nailed to the Cross and left to bleed to death in order that we might all become gentlemen.

When we appropriate God's great enablers-His grace and His peace-we can achieve gentleness and calmness even during hard times.

Kindness affects more than severity.

I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender.

Cowards are nice, they're interesting, they're gentle, they wouldn't think of shooting down people in a parade from a tower. They want to live, so they can see their kids. They're very brave.

The finest clothes anyone can wear are a kind heart and a loving soul.

The only weapon you are allowed to kill anyone with is kindness.

Take time to be Courteous. Courtesy lightens the burdens of toil. Courtesy demands respect. Courtesy is a little brother to Opportunity and follows her around through the hours of the busy day. Courtesy always leads a man higher up.

Gentleness is akin to divinity. Perhaps no quality is so far removed from all that is coarse, brutal and selfish as gentleness, so that when one is becoming gentle, he is becoming divine.