Kristin Armstrong Quotes

I'm actually a little bit more tolerant than I thought I was. I've got kids, so I do have a lot of faces.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

When everything else is looking so grim and the world is changing so fast that it's scary, one thing that remains consistent is kindness.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.

Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.

One of the things I've learned by working on the 'Walking Dead' and other TV shows is to be more tolerant of other people's process.

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.

I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he's pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

It's important to show children love, affection and balance and invest time in their moral upbringing.

I try to teach my kids to be open.

I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

My wife tells me I need to learn to be more patient with my son.

Learn to know every man under you, get under his skin, know his faults. Then cater to him - with kindness or roughness as his case may demand.

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.

Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.

It isn't right to judge strength as better than good wisdom.

Kids teach you a lot of patience.