Gentleness Quotes

Who can wrestle against Sleep? - Yet is that giant very gentleness.

Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.

The swallow is not ensnared by men because of its gentle nature. [Lat., At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo.]

How much better the world would be if we all gave gifts of understanding, and compassion, of service, and friendship, of kindness and gentleness.

[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how to find a bittersweet remark when it is needed!

Although our love is waning, let us stand by the lone border of the lake once more, together in that hour of gentleness. When the poor tired child, passion, falls asleep.

We must be gentle now we are gentlemen.

Every human being has appetites difficult to control but far fewer have humility, gentleness, and an awareness of their weaknesses.

If zeal had been appropriate for putting humanity right, why did God the Word clothe himself in the body, using gentleness and humility in order to bring the world back to his Father?

But perhaps, after so much talk and fighting, unspoken words do create a silence in whose gentleness the survivors of good and bad can sleep easy.

But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22

Spirit, Patience, Gentleness, All that can adorn and bless Art thou let deeds, not words, express Thine exceeding loveliness.

Good is latent in every living thing and simply needs to be called into active expression through the gracious application of respect, sympathetic understanding, gentleness and love.

Humility, in its turn, can be achieved only through faith, fear of God, gentleness and the shedding of all possessions.

Of all people who engage in controversy, we, who are called Calvinists, are most expressly bound by our own principles to the exercise of gentleness and moderation.

Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.

I started understanding that my strength is my gentleness. A leader isn't a dictator, a leader is a servant.

Force I will meet with gentleness; impatience with patience.

Let gentleness my strong enforcement be.

The process of breaking down fear was always my greatest challenge and it was made easier by the careful work and gentle voices of my female workers.

Women show men beauty in things beyond their ambitions. Women tell men to stop and smell the roses.

Part of him wanted to weep... but his purpose was rigid within him. He felt he could not bend to gentleness without breaking.

Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. (p.36)

A wise mother knows: It is her state of consciousness that matters. Her gentleness and clarity command respect. Her love creates security.

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

Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.

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

Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.

It'll be all right." Julia's gentleness makes it worse. "In the end, Jace." "It doesn't feel very all right." "That's because it's not the end.

The principals in elegantly simple. We learn to love by being loved, we learn gentleness by being gentled, we learn to be graceful by experiencing the feeling of grace.

You must be kind to others. You must foster a caretaker personality of gentleness and perseverance, even in the midst of adversity.

The women that I met were exceptional, extraordinary - tremendous purity, tremendous gentleness, self-giving and power.

There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving.

In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse. [In the husband wisdom, in the wife gentleness.]

Reproof, especially as it relates to children, administered in all gentleness, will render the culprit not afraid, but ashamed to repeat the offence.

Happiness is gentleness, peace, concentration, simplicity, forgiveness, humor, fearlessness, trust, and now.

Make good the good in you...and you will slowly steal into the Hawaiian heart, which is all of softness, and gentleness, and sweetness.

Strangers who have seen Shaw face to face are wont to report their surprise at his gentleness and consideration, his willingness to listen and his complete lack of pose.

I often don't go to sleep and work through the night. I can't seem to do my vocal takes if there's light outside. There's a gentleness to the night that leads me in my stride.

In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face shines out, full of grace and gentleness to poor, unworthy sinners.

Jesus never mistreated anyone just because they mistreated Him. He confronted them in a spirit of gentleness and then continued to love them.

With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.

I was surprised at her gentleness, her willingness to give in.

An appearance of delicacy is inseparable from sweetness and gentleness of character.

Learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity.

Through service to others, we develop a Christlike love and we experience joy. Service teaches patience and long-suffering as well as gentleness, goodness, and faith.

Gentleness and repose are paramount to everything else in woman.

For among other things he had been counseled to bring me to love knowledge and duty by my own choice, without forcing my will, and to educate my soul entirely through gentleness and freedom.

Sweet speaking oft a currish heart reclaims.

Kindness and gentleness never had a gender, and neither did empathy.