No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle and deep. Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side? - Chris LeDoux Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again. Mitt Romneyīe gentle to all and stern with yourself. If every child could drift to sleep feeling wrapped in the love of their family – and God’s love – this world would be a far more gentle and better place. Mary Anne RadmacherĪll the laws and legislation in the world will never heal this world like the loving hearts and arms of mothers and fathers. Now I will live large, love boldly, reach to the edges of my unfurled heart and fully enrolled hope. This moment is the moment to love, the moment to serve, the moment to seize the legacy instead of the small. I embrace this holy moment and assert, Now. I look forward with festive anticipation. My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man. The safest road to hell is the gradual one – the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. That’s why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant. Roald Dahlĭaddy was real gentle with kids. Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. I choose gentleness… Nothing is won by force. And keep on writing love letters to yourself. Embrace transformation as an opportunity. Sometimes you try to fit your old way of being into new circumstances rather than becoming new yourself. LOVE LETTERS TO YOURSELF This is taken from a love letter (a gentle reminder) I wrote to myself recently. 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. Jean PaulĬriticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots. Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. I knew Rita Hayworth only enough to know that she was just a tender, sensitive, beautiful human being. 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. Kent Nerburnįlirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun. Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. Edward GibbonĮven in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. Their peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and abused the advantages of wealth and luxury. The gentle but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the provinces. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valour. In the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilised portion of mankind.
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