Use gentle means before you come to extremity and whatever lesson you work him and never take above half his strength nor ride him till he is weary but a little at a time and often.

Above all it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East but strength.

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.

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

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

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

A gentle word a kind look a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Ladies and gentlemen it is with great sadness that I announce that I will resign as Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs. I am sad because I love this job. I'm totally dedicated to the work that we are doing in Australia's name around the world and I believe that we have achieved many good results for Australia and I'm proud of them.

I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.