It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am actually a very gentle person.
I am tough, and sometimes I tell it like it is. Tough love can work wonders.
There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
We've been taught to believe that actions speak louder than words. But I think words speak pretty loud all of our lives; we carry these words in our head.
To the extent that human spirits are made gentle by the social state, sensibility increases; as it increases, the severity of punishment must diminish if one wishes to maintain a constant relation between object and feeling.
My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept.
Actions lie louder than words.
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