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We are meek in the way we follow and fierce in the way we fight. In this manner, gentle and fierce meet and are comfortable.
— Lisa Bevere
Art to be art must soothe.
— Mahatma Gandhi
When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.
— Acts 18:20
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
— Deuteronomy 32:2
Talk peaceful to be peaceful.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Because life is very small, you can never see it happening. Have you ever seen a tree actually grow? Can you see a child grow? Growth is too gentle, too tender. Life is basically hidden.
— Henri Nouwen
A death-like sleep, A gentle wafting to immortal life.
— John Milton
The voice of the Spirit is as gentle as a zephyr, so gentle that unless you are living in perfect communion with God, you never hear it.
— Oswald Chambers
AFFABLE  (A'FFABLE)   adj.[affable, Fr. affabilis, Lat.]1. Easy of manners; accostable; courteous; complaisant. It is used of superiours. He was affable, and both well and fair spoken
— Samuel Johnson
Perhaps it is easiest to define "meek" by saying Jesus was meek: "for I am gentle [same word as our beatitude] and humble31 in heart" (11:29). Moreover, in entering Jerusalem on a donkey, Jesus fulfilled an Old Testament expectation of the meek king (21:5).
— Scot McKnight
Aren't you grateful for a gentle God? The Almighty could intimidate us with His outside voice, but He woos us with a whisper. And His whisper is the breath of life.
— Mark Batterson
I finally did a series of teachings called "The Lionhearted Lamb" because I began to get a revelation from God that if I did not have a lamb-like nature, I would not have the power of the Holy Ghost manifesting in my ministry. But at the same time I was told that the righteous are to be as bold as a lion. So then I understood that I needed to be meek, sweet and gentle toward people, but bold, tough and aggressive with the devil—because that is the way he is with us. From
— Joyce Meyer