Gentleness Quotes

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

Saint Francis de Sales

"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard."

Iain Thomas

"Always be a little kinder than necessary."

J. M. Barrie

"There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness."

Han Suyin

"Persuasion is better than force."

Aesop

"Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield."

"Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty."

Phaedrus

"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds."

“The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest.”

“The guarding of what is soft and tender is the secret of strength.”

“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.”

“As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, so let a sage dwell in his village.”

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

“Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”

W. B. Yeats

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

“Persuasion is better than force.”

Aesop

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

Francis de Sales

“By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”