„Your gentleness shall forceMore than your force move us to gentleness.“

— William Shakespeare
„Their manners are more gentle, kind, than of our generation you shall find.“
— William Shakespeare
„More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness“
— Charlie Chaplin
„There is nothing stronger than gentleness.“
— John Wooden
„A gentle boy with a gentle soul, but every soul contains its own opposite, and the opposite of gentleness was ruthlessness—the beautiful wreckage of mercy.“
— Cassandra Clare
„I choose gentleness… Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.“
— Max Lucado
„Women are amazing creatures-sweet, soft, gentle, and far more savage than we are.“
— Robert A. Heinlein
„I am moved by fancies that are curledAround these images, and cling:The notion of some infinitely gentleInfinitely suffering thing.“
— T.S. Eliot
„…it is better to go on striking in the same direction than to move one's forces this way and that.“
— Carl von Clausewitz