Leigh Hunt Quotes

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

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

Keep a cool head and a warm heart.

Humility is attentive patience.

It takes strength to be kind; it's not a weakness.

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

Argument cannot be answered with insults. Kindness is strength; anger blows out the lamp of the mind.

Have charity; have patience; have mercy. Never bring a human being, however silly, ignorant, or weak--above all, any little child--to shame and confusion of face. Never by petulance, by suspicion, by ridicule, even by selfish and silly haste--never, above all, by indulging in the devilish pleasure of a sneer--crush what is finest and rouse up what is coarsest in the heart of any fellow-creature.

The great mind knows the power of gentleness.

Patience puts up with those you'd like to put down

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.

A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

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

It doesn't do any good to argue. Be kind.

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.

The super power that I would choose would be compassion. Because that's what I think it takes to make it through life-an understanding, a give and take. It saves an awful lot of resentment.

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

I would never talk bad about anybody, even if they have something derogatory to say about me. I'm the bigger person.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Being humble and sweet is the hardest thing you can do.

Nonviolence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be nonviolent

Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.

One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.