(27 quotes found)
“Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in.”
Edmund Burke
“When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed,and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name”
Charles H. Spurgeon
“Better a lie that soothes than a truth that hurts”
Czech Proverb
“Love's best habit is a soothing tongue”
William Shakespeare
“The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.”
Dame Edith Sitwell
“Nothing soothes me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled”
George Bernard Shaw
“The primal duties shine aloft, like stars;The charities that soothe, and heal, and blessAre scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.”
William Wordsworth
“When we win, we coach. When we lose, we soothe. It's an opportunity to get them to see things on the field. If they see it, they can apply it. It's time to get focused.”
Chuck Poetter
“Children will be soothed by routine, structure, and normality. Getting them back to routine is typically considered good,”
Catherine Cook
“Research shows, ... that while mothers tend to soothe their children and shield them from too much stimulation, the average father is inclined to arouse the emotions and stimulate a boy, playing with him zestfully and 'jazzing' him up. … That roughhousing between father and son that may make mom cringe is actually the rudimentary beginning of a boy's management of his aggression and his ability to substitute emotional mastery and mutual cooperation for violent interaction.”
William Pollack
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