Gentle People Quotes: top 27 famous quotes about Gentle People

Gentle People Quotes & Sayings

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Funny how gentle people get with you once you're dead. — William Holden

People respond to gentle words than scolding — Mary Kawena Pukui

This is no world for gentle people — Yasunari Kawabata

We must be ruthless with ideas, but gentle with people. — Robert Sirico

The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty. — Zora Neale Hurston

The higher up you go, the more gentle you have to reach down to help other people succeed. — Rick Castro

[Using humor to explore serious issues] disarms people. It's a way in. It's gentle, but at the same time it's subversive, and I like that duality. — Lisa Loomer

I hated the world. I hated what it did to gentle people. — Michael Grant

Whatever you do, be gentle. People might have forgiven your harsh words but they may never forget how it stabbed their heart at that time! — Mufti Ismail Menk

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. — Garrison Keillor

The gentle art of gastronomy is a friendly one. It hurdles the language barrier, makes friends among civilized people, and warms the heart. — Samuel V. Chamberlain

We must be kind and gentle gardeners with people and nature. — Bryant McGill

I admire people with gentle manners who treat other people as human beings. — David Ogilvy

Isn't it strange that its easier to be gentle with the feelings of people we care less about than those of our children, whom we love so much? — Stephanie Martson

Trees bend low with ripened fruit; clouds hang down with gentle rain; noble people bow graciously. This is the way of generous things. — Bhartrhari

Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. — Isaac Of Nineveh

Lots of people make the stage and it can seem very violent and over the top, but it's not really. It's always a kind of gentle ballet. — Steven Morrissey

I don't understand how people can take a gentle, loving life and treat it with such cruelty. — Mark Ruffalo

Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle. — George Eliot

Gentle. Which people see as weak. — Patrick Rothfuss

You act in love to be kind, be gentle and be peaceful. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The Russian people, sober, are said to be a gentle people. — Lincoln Steffens

The ones who die are always the gentle, sweet, and beautiful people. — Osamu Dazai

Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror. — Napoleon Bonaparte

People love gentle larceny. — Dan Aykroyd

Even gentle people recognize that sometimes the decision not to kill is a decision to die. — Orson Scott Card

We're the gentle people, sweetheart. We're the losers!...it's what makes us stronger, in a way. — Peter Coyote