Quotes about Gentleness

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Have the mind of a swam, the heart of a lion, the tongue of a serpent, the flair of a swam, and the soul of a dove.

His is a loving, tender hand, full of sympathy and compassion.

Christ is the expression of the humility of God embodied in human nature; the Eternal Love humbling itself, clothing itself in the garb of meekness and gentleness, to win and serve and save us. As the love and condescension of God makes Him the benefactor and helper and servant of all, so Jesus of necessity was the Incarnate Humility. And so He is still, in the midst of the throne, the meek and lowly Lamb of God.

And let each failure and shortcoming simply urge us to turn humbly and meekly to the meek and lowly Lamb of God, in the assurance that where He is enthroned in the heart, His humility and gentleness will be one of the streams of living water that flow from within us.

America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

Sometimes love isn't fireworks, sometimes love just comes softly.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.