Francis de Sales Quotes

Kind words cost no more than unkind ones . . . and we may scatter the seeds of courtesy and kindliness around us at so little expense. If you would fall into any extreme let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists vigor and yields to softness.

A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn.

I am a little bit of a softie, yes. Actually I don't think it's softness, I think it's kindness.

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Tenderness is a virtue.

Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.

Better make penitents by gentleness than hypocrites by severity.

Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,--I mean good-nature,--are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.

All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that, it virtually rules out everything else.

People just deserve to be treated with kindness.

It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.

You know, I really am probably one of the sweetest, most sensitive people you'll ever meet.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

Be of love a little more careful than of anything.

I will say that as I get older and calmer and quieter in my own self, the one quality in a woman that I find more and more attractive is kindness. A sense of adventure and humor is important too, but I truly find kindness and consideration for others to be the most attractive thing in anyone.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.

Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

Is not general incivility the very essence of love?