#gentle

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle and deep. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#gentle #how #knows #like #once

The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#enormous #except #gentle #haitian #haitian people

I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor. ↗

— Anjelica Huston

#gentle #humor #i #like #really

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

#gentle #stern #yourself

There is a gentleness in Michigan that you just can't replicate. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#just #michigan #replicate #you

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#economist #english #ever #gentleman #his

Gentlemen, I find the law very explicit on murdering your fellow man, but there's nothing here about killing a Chinaman. Case dismissed. ↗

— Roy Bean

#case #dismissed #explicit #fellow #fellow man

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner. ↗

— Hugh Blair

#gentleness #manner #offensive #our #whatever

In between every action and reaction, there is a space. Usually the space is extremely small because we react so quickly, but take notice of that space and expand it. Be aware in that space that you have a choice to make. You can choose how to respond, and choose wisely, because the next step you take will teach your child how to handle anger and could either strengthen or damage your relationship. ↗

— Rebecca Eanes

#children #emotional-regulation #emotions #gentle-parenting #parenting

[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

#beauty #clichés #distinction #empowerment #gender