Quotations
Quotes:
Jesu, good above all other,
Gentle Child of gentle Mother,
In a stable born our Brother,
Guve us grace to persevere. ('Jesu, good above all other')
View quotes by Percy Dearmer
'Vanitas vanitatum' has rung in the ears
Of gentle and simple for thousands of years;
The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare
Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair
View quotes by Frederick Locker-Lampson
'Only the gentle are ever really strong.'
View quotes by James Dean
Do not go gentle into that good night
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
View quotes by Dylan Thomas
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.
View quotes by Rene Char
He's a fallen hero, a very gentle man under that exterior. He's lived in an environment always ravaged by war and had to be realistic. He wants to use the ring against the enemy instead of destroying it. He doesn't understand the complexities this piece of metal can have on human beings. (on Boromir, Lord of the Rings)
View quotes by Sean Bean
I am not arguing with you - I am telling you. (The Gentle Art of Making Enemies 1890)
View quotes by James McNeil Whistler
Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole.
View quotes by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Be gentle with the young.
View quotes by Juvenal
By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows.
View quotes by Ovid
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
View quotes by Jean Paul Richter
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
View quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
View quotes by Douglas Macarthur
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other.
View quotes by Oscar Ameringer
No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness
View quotes by Alan Alda
The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
View quotes by C S Lewis
Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.
View quotes by Charles Lamb
Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on 'giving as good as they get.'
View quotes by Elbert Hubbard
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical athiest but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not.
View quotes by Eric Hoffer
Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.
View quotes by George Herbert
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Proverbs:
A Gentle Heart Is Tied With An Easy Thread
Gentle Is That Gentle Does
A Gentleman Without An Estate Is A Pudding Without Suet
The King Can Make A Knight, But Not A Gentleman
When Adam Delved And Eve Span, Who Was Then The Gentleman
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