Be Gentle Quotes

Have gentle utterances that will inspire a superior longing for all time.

Self-compassion is key because when we're able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we're more likely to reach out, connect, and experience empathy.

Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.

I never coached Sachin Tendulkar, I gave him gentle advice when he asked for it.

Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology toward the organic, the gentle, the elegant and beautiful.

O hushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow, Make the day seem to us less brief... Retard the sun with gentle mist; Enchant the land with amethyst.

Love was like the waves in the sea, gentle and good sometimes, rough and terrible at others, but that it was endless and stronger than the sky and earth and everything in between.

No one really knew Freddie. He was shy, gentle and kind. He wasn't the person he put over on stage.

It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.

Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.

Gentle in what you do, Firm in how you do it

A Gentle Man and a Gentleman.

The gazelles so gentle and clever Skip lightly in frolicsome mood.

Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others.

Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.

Light can be gentle, dangerous, dreamlike, bare, living, dead, misty, clear, hot, dark, violet, springlike, falling, straight, sensual, limited, poisonous, calm and soft.

I will not kill or hurt any living creature needlessly, nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will strive to save and comfort all gentle life, and guard and perfect all natural beauty upon the earth.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.

Gentle souls! You play your love on the violin. The crude ones play it on the drums violently. But can you turn yourselves inside out, like me And become just two lips entirely?

How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with your rapid reflections? Be silent and God will speak again.

Funny how gentle people get with you once you're dead.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.

Angels assist us in connecting with a powerful yet gentle force, which encourages us to live life to it's fullest.

The horse must perform from joy, not subservience. Praising a horse frequently with voice, a gentle pat, or relaxing the reins is very important to keep the horse interested and willing.

I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.

O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse.

Be gentle and forgiving with yourself, abandon any and all shame, and refuse to engage in any self-repudiation.

Scoundrels [...] simply don't die. The ones who die are always the gentle, sweet, and beautiful people. [...] Scoundrels live a long time. The beautiful die young.

Trees bend low with ripened fruit; clouds hang down with gentle rain; noble people bow graciously. This is the way of generous things.

It's so easy to laugh, It's so easy to hate, It takes guts to be gentle and kind.

I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.

One candle is enough. Its gentle light will be more suitable, will be more gracious when the Shades arrive, the Shades of Love.

Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand.

Be gentle with the earth.

If you like I'll be furious flesh elemental, or- changing to tones that the sunset arouses- if you like- I'll be extraordinary gentle, not a man but - a cloud in trousers.

He was a gentle and sensitive soul, and therefore had a short temper, which is why he went straight after everything with an ax.

Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

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.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Love is often gentle, desire always a rage.

It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts.

I try to take care and be gentle to them. Words and eggs must be handled with care. Once broken they are impossible things to repair.

Love is lost in immensities; it comes in simple, gentle ways.

Love is a feeling, the deepest and sweetest of all. It's incredibly strong and amazingly gentle at the very same time.

The Past Is Gone, And Cannot Harm You Any More & While The Future Is Fast Coming For You, It Always Flinches First. And Settles In As The Gentle Present.

I like someone who has a super gentle spirit and energy. I’m really gentle, and so I like a boy who will treat me that way.

On Hanukkah, the first dark night, Light yourself a candle bright. I'll you, if you will me invite To dance within that gentle light.