quotes about Gentleness
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A woman's strength is most potent when robed in gentleness.
-- Alphonse de Lamartine -
Gentleness towards self and others makes life a little lighter.
-- Deborah -
I have seldom, if ever, seen money and gentleness go hand in hand.
-- Grace MetaliousSource : Grace Metalious (2011). “Peyton Place”, p.356, UPNE
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There is nothing in the world stronger than gentleness.
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The power of gentleness is irresistible.
-- Henry MartynSource : Henry MARTYN (1819). “Memoir of the ---”, p.198
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There is a gentleness in Michigan that you just can't replicate.
-- Jennifer Granholm -
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Patience and gentleness is power.
-- Leigh HuntSource : Leigh Hunt (1818). “Foliage; or Poems original and translated”, p.132
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I was surprised at her gentleness, her willingness to give in.
-- Lucy Christopher -
Who can wrestle against Sleep? - Yet is that giant very gentleness.
-- Martin Farquhar Tupper -
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
-- Max Ehrmann -
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The greatest strength a man can achieve is gentleness.
-- Monty RobertsSource : Monty Roberts (2002). “From My Hands to Yours: Lessons from a Lifetime of Training Championship Horses”, Monty & Pat Roberts Incorporated
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Who said to kill does not require gentleness?
-- Nawal El Saadawi -
The swallow is not ensnared by men because of its gentle nature. [Lat., At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo.]
-- Ovid -
Nothing is so strong as gentleness.
-- Ralph Washington Sockman -
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The great mind knows the power of gentleness.
-- Robert BrowningSource : Robert Browning, Charlotte Endymion Porter, Helen Archibald Clarke (1898). “Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau”
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Better make penitents by gentleness than hypocrites by severity.
-- Saint Francis de Sales -
I have become so great as I am because I have won men's hearts by gentleness and kindliness.
-- Saladin -
Part of him wanted to weep... but his purpose was rigid within him. He felt he could not bend to gentleness without breaking.
-- Stephen R. Donaldson -
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Being aggressive, you can accomplish some things, but with gentleness, you can accomplish all things.
-- Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche -
Gentleness! more powerful than Hercules.
-- Ninon de L'Enclos -
Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.
-- Hugh BlairSource : Hugh Blair (1827). “Sermons ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the life and character of the author, by James Finlayson ... A new edition, etc. With a portrait”, p.45