#gentle

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#more #much #nobleman #though

I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#act #always #anybody #bad #check

It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state. ↗

— Rene Char

#behind #gentle #inner #spirit #state

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#complains #defects #gentle #imperfect #imperfection

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner. ↗

— Hugh Blair

#gentleness #manner #offensive #our #whatever

You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner." (Elizabeth Bennett) ↗

— Jane Austen

#behaviour #declaration #empowerment #gentlemanlike #gentlemen

So often, children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes, yet we adults have them all the time! We think if we don't nip it in the bud, it will escalate and we will lose control. Let go of that unfounded fear and give your child permission to be human. We all have days like that. None of us are perfect, and we must stop holding our children to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves. All of the punishments you could throw at them will not stamp out their humanity, for to err is human, and we all do it sometimes. ↗

— Rebecca Eanes

#discipline #gentle-parenting #humanity #parenting #parenting-tip

the voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#beauty #gentle #voice #beauty

Yet, it had been Dimitri’s gentleness and thoughtfulness mixed with that deadliness that made him so wonderful. The same hands that wielded stakes with such precision would carefully brush the hair out of my face. The eyes that could astutely spot any danger in the area would regard me wonderingly and worshipfully, like I was the most beautiful and amazing woman in the world. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#dimitri #dimitri-belikov #gentleness #love #rose

[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