Quotes about Harsh

If pleasing people is your goal, you will be enslaved to them. People can be harsh taskmasters when you give them this power over you.

The first harsh, sparse, swift drops rush through the leaves and across the ground in a long sigh, as though of relief from intolerable suspense.

The gentleness of a mother is harsh compared with the gentleness of God.

Love in practice is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

Dostoyevsky says, "love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams" (The Brothers Karamazov).

But Wilberforce's exquisite voice was a force of nature itself, and as rude and harsh as the wind and rain were, Wilberforce's voice was glorious and beautiful.

O harsh surrounding cloud that will not free my soul.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Love in action is harsh and dreadful when compared to love in dreams.

We must, furthermore, realize that the harsh passages in the Bible are only contained in describing actions which were taken at particular moments and stand in sharp contrast with the compassion, justice and wisdom of the laws that were legislated for all times.

His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.