“Nothing is so strong as gentleness nothing so gentle as real strength”

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.”

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.”

“That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness, and courage, and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. Shall not the heart which has received so much, trust the Power by which it lives? May it not quit other leadings, and listen to the Soul that has guided it so gently, and taught it so much, secure that the future will be worthy of the past?”

“Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he/she will have to accept that his life will be radically changed.”

“Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.”

“Nothing can work damage to me except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me and never am a real sufferer except by my own fault.”