Top 100 Soothe Quotes
#1. Books educate and inspire, and they soothe souls
like comfort food without the calories.
Elizabeth Berg
#2. Become abundant with your compliments to others. We're all so fragile, especially when we put on a brave face. A sincere compliment can penetrate beneath even the most sophisticated masks to soothe troubled souls.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
#3. Part of me wants to make this boy bruise, bleed, and sob, and part of me wants to soothe him and care for him. The tipically complex yearnings of the kinkily queer.
Jeff Mann
#4. A personality is our way of being for others. We hope that others will meet us half way or more, gratify our needs, be our audience, soothe our fears.
Susan Sontag
#5. You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone.
Robert Jordan
#6. It is not easy to soothe the immortal gods from their vengeance.
Sulari Gentill
#7. Over against the devil and his missionaries, the authors of false doctrines and sects, we ought to be like the Apostle, impatient, and rigorously condemnatory, as parents are with the dog that bites their little one, but the weeping child itself they soothe.
Martin Luther
#8. The nurses gave us meds to alleviate our tingling skins. And more meds to soothe our burning brains.
Gillian Flynn
#9. Kind words produce their own image in men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used.
Blaise Pascal
#10. There was no denying she could get him all hot and bothered, but she could also soothe him with a look, make him laugh when he felt like crying, and more importantly, he knew she would be there when he needed her to.
Sandra Panting
#11. Breathing slowly and rubbing his palm against his chest as if to soothe his heart.
Hanya Yanagihara
#12. I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By' ... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.
Jewel
#13. Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.
Josh Billings
#14. But the idea is to provoke and persuade, not to soothe. And the best way to make an argument is to make it, straightforwardly, honestly, passionately, without regard to whether people will like you afterward.
Maud Newton
#15. His heart hurt, like it was being squeezed in an iron fist. He heard some kind of sound come out of his throat, and then he wrapped her up tight in his arms and tucked his head against her neck, letting the soft warmth of her skin soothe him.
Susan Fanetti
#16. A warm soak can wash away life's worries and soothe an active mind. Choose self-care.
Amy Leigh Mercree
#17. Welhewan is charming us,' Sasha says in an unsure voice. 'It is trying to soothe us with its lullaby. Do not let yourself . . . Oh, a butterfly. Look how beautiful it is! No, don't look. The forest is making us happy, and we cannot let it.
Sarah Dalton
#18. Words do exist to soothe the savage beast. One just needs to find the right words.
K.C. Riley-Gyer
#19. My dear," Marcus said, "you are supposed to soothe the beast until you get the cage on him, not tease him into a rage while he's still unfettered.
Joey W. Hill
#21. It is true that there is nothing like a blaze in the hearth to soothe the nerves and restore order to a house.
Donald Antrim
#22. Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven that in a world of much evil there was still so good a thing as ale.
Rafael Sabatini
#23. The primal duties shine aloft, like stars;
The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless,
Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.
William Wordsworth
#24. She will blaze through you like a gypsy wildfire. Igniting you soul and dancing in its flames. And when she is gone, the smell of her smoke will be the only thing left to soothe you.
Nicole Lyons
#25. Brisk Confidence still best with woman copes: Pique her and soothe in turn-soon Passion crowns thy hopes.
Lord Byron
#26. Don't believe those lies about intellectual people. They're only written to soothe the majority.
E. M. Forster
#27. How terrible to be alcoholic. You just want to quietly soothe and maybe poison yourself, but you end up poisoning those around you as well, like trying to commit suicide with a gas oven and unwittingly murdering your neighbors.
Jonathan Ames
#28. This is the history of the world with perhaps a stronger dash of hypocrisy than usual to soothe our feelings.
Gregg Jones
#29. The photographer is filled with doubt. Nothing will soothe him.
Raymond Depardon
#30. My heart's made of gold
My soul is pure steel
Loved ones shall rise
Enemies will kneel
I soothe with water, attack with fire
For I am the master of my own empire.
Sarah Brownlee
#31. My soul longs for God, but a man is not just his soul, is he? Terrible to say, my clay lusts after the clay of nubile girl. To soothe my guilt, and please forgive my indelicacy, I have convinced myself that I seek to find God again in their arms and their unmentionable places.
K.J. Bishop
#32. Mine be a cot beside the hill;
A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear;
A willowy brook, that turns a mill,
With many a fall shall linger near.
Samuel Rogers
#33. It was amazing how the right words spoken by a man could soothe insecurities.
Karen Witemeyer
#34. Oh, how with more than dreams the soul is torn, ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
#35. There is a passion and drive for cruel deeds which only the awe and fear of God can soothe; there is a suffocating selfishness in man which only holiness can ventilate.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
#36. Like money used wisely, awareness comes & we let it go. Like life, it arises infinitely, to tease & to soothe, to flow through us.
Jay Woodman
#38. How could an argument soothe or settle a controversy when every word is a nest for a bird of doubt? (meaning of words as inferences)
Edmond Jabes
#39. I love words! I believe in their power to soothe, to comfort, to heal. I believe in their ability to inspire, to capture the unthinkable, to help us cope with the unimaginable.
Emma Kavanagh
#40. The reading of good books could soothe human stupidity, the problem is that human stupidity does not like to read.
Carl William Brown
#41. I have yet to learn that I am not designed to carry the burden of men. Rather, I am designed to carry the love of God so that I might soothe the burden of men.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
#43. Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.
Sam Kean
#45. I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.
Anne Frank
#46. Love has three hands: to touch the mind, to move the heart, and to soothe the soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#47. I will lead an exodus with my lips, and soothe the hearts of my lovers with my tongue. I will never cry wolf, trust me.
Key Ballah
#48. We spend most of our life cooking up all kinds of untrue things. Why? So we won't be afraid. The mind likes to soothe itself with stories, and after they get made up, we run around under their spell.
Deepak Chopra
#49. Sleep, thou repose of all things; sleep, thou gentlest of the deities; thou peace of the mind, from which care flies; who doest soothe the hearts of men wearied with the toils of the day, and refittest them for labor.
Ovid
#50. Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to reason, and how to ridicule; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly.
Henry Fielding
#51. Pain is unjust, and all the arguments That cannot soothe it only rouse suspicion.
Jean Racine
#52. One word can lift a mind.
One smile can soothe a heart.
One touch can heal a soul.
One act can change the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#53. Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
William Congreve
#54. I wish to soothe him; yet can I counsel one so infinitely miserable, so destitute of every hope of consolation, to live?
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
#55. You humble me, Nikki. Don't you see that? It must be clear from my expression that I do not, because he goes on. If I do all those things for you
soothe you, center you, give you strength
then that is worth more to me than every penny I have earned building Stark International.
J. Kenner
#56. He ran his hands along the faces of the machines, the flashing lights like happy eyes trying to soothe his anger, the electrical hum like whispers to their master, hoping to calm him.
Hugh Howey
#57. The best part of a woman's love is worship; but it is hard to her to be sent away with her precious spikenard rejected, and her long tresses, too, that were let fall, ready to soothe the wearied feet.
George Eliot
#58. Surgery can help to remove a damaged organ but only meditation and quiet time can remove emotions like anger and fear to calm and soothe a disturbed mind
Teresa Spelman
#59. Reading books you like can soothe an invisible wound that irritatingly bleeds one's mood.
Angelica Hopes
#60. The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans.
Jessica Lynch
#61. Some people write to please, to soothe, to console. Others to provoke, to challenge, to exasperate and infuriate. I've always found the second approach the more pleasing.
Edward Abbey
#63. No literature can ever soothe the hearts of those who have lost their loved ones.
Viraj J. Mahajan
#64. He's still warm, and like I've done my whole life, I selfishly take comfort from him. I'm nothing but rot, using Pike, even in his death, in an attempt to soothe myself.
E.K. Blair
#65. Love ... love is understanding. Love is knowing that other person so well, you can anticipate them. Like if someone knows you're uncomfortable, and they loosen your boot strings. Or if he knows you're deeply worried about something, and does his best to remedy it and soothe your fears.
Kate Noble
#66. It's human nature to want to help and soothe and save with your love, but it's also arrogant.
Deb Caletti
#67. A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than the fear of state-inflicted death, which chiefly serves to remind us how close we remain to the jungle.
Ramsey Clark
#68. She was sated and relaxed, which was quickly becoming his favourite look on her. Her sleep y smile wasn't meant to charm or soothe him. It wasn't a mask. This was Lex, stripped of all that bullshit she'd learned in Two. Not trying to be anyone's fantasy.
It made her his.
Kit Rocha
#69. A shadow? Oh, darling, all that lives in this house are shadows and reflections and creaks and groans. So you'd better soothe that boundless imagination of yours from now on. Edith
Nancy Holder
#70. I'll bring you a special tea ... to soothe your nerves, my dear. Is that fine?" Nyx spoke softly to Andy.
Andy nodded, "Yes, thank you."
Galen handed Andy a box of tissues. "I think she needs something stronger; vodka, perhaps?
Nely Cab
#71. Whether they soothe or snarl, cringe or strut, suicide notes do not seek to entertain. I
Martin Amis
#72. Except he and I know that some pain burrows so deep, no narcotic can ever soothe it. It's etched on your bones. It hides in your marrow, like cancer. If the boy survives, the pain is a memory he won't want.
Shaun David Hutchinson
#73. Words have power, my son. Words can cut to the heart and soothe the deepest hurts. They can be puzzles that leave another pondering for days. I prefer to cast my spells of words in ways that make others think. It is a fault, I fear, that has come with age.
Cheryl Matthynssens
#74. Look, then, into thine heart, and write!
Yes, into Life's deep stream!
All forms of sorrow and delight,
All solemn Voices of the Night,
That can soothe thee, or affright, -
Be these henceforth thy theme.
(excerpt from "Voices of the Night")
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
#75. Quite often, when a woman was agitated, she tried to soothe others whether they required soothing or not.
Robert Jordan
#76. Rock me on the water
Sister will you soothe my fevered brow
Rock me on the water
I'll get down to the sea somehow
Jackson Browne
#77. I wanted to soothe and comfort her, the way she had comforted her daughters.
A.B. Shepherd
#78. Can storied urn, or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death?
Thomas Gray
#79. Alas! those good old days are gone, when a murderer could wipe the stain from his name and soothe his trouble to sleep simply by getting out his blocks and mortar and building an addition to a church.
Mark Twain
#81. I pull my iPod out of my backpack and plug it in. It's the first thing I do every time I get in it, like a ritual. Music soothes the soul; at least it helps soothe mine.
Heather Gunter
#82. Celyn merely snarled and stalked away.
"You best go to him, sister, and soothe his hurt feelings."
"Why should I?"
"You know how men are. If you treat them nice and buy them gifts, they will suck your pussy like champion.
G.A. Aiken
#83. Not easily placated
by outdated
platitudes
used to soothe
or mask
the obtuse.
Take your nonsenses-
leave.
Cheri Bauer
#84. They are only safe That know to soothe the prince's appetite, And serve his lusts.
Philip Massinger
#85. Tick, tock," whispers Wiress. I guide her in front of me and get her to lie down, stroking her arm to soothe her. She drifts off, stirring restlessly, occasionally sighing out her phrase. "Tick, tock." "Tick, tock," I agree softly. "It's time for bed. Tick, tock. Go to sleep.
Suzanne Collins
#86. Love alone means nothing unless you have a tortured heart for it to soothe.
Piper Payne
#87. Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression. We soothe ourselves with the salve of attempted indifference, accepting the false pattern set up by the horrible restriction of Jim Crow laws.
Rosa Parks
#88. And then I realized I was high. I loved the sensation. It felt like medicine to soothe the soul and awaken the senses. There was nothing awkward or scary-I didn't feel like I had lost control-in fact, I felt like I was in control.
Anthony Kiedis
#89. 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.
Edith Sitwell
#90. Blazing? Droplets of thoughts can soothe it all. Don't feel depleted. Bask in the residue. That remains!
Deeba Salim Irfan
#91. Flannery craved a cigarette. Her nerves were so tense that only nicotine could soothe them, and for the first time, she genuinely understood how the drug worked. It wasn't just a prop or an affectation. It was a tool for mental health.
Sylvia Brownrigg
#92. She was smooth and beautiful under his rough, callused hands-an amorous balm to soothe the ugliness of war.
Madeline Martin
#93. In his entire life he'd never had the inclination to gather a woman up, cradle her against his chest and rock her just to soothe her - until now.
-Maxim's thoughts
Christine Feehan
#94. He that would soothe sorrow must not argue on the vanity of the most deceitful hopes.
Walter Scott
#95. My zoology thesis was a functional analysis of the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth. I chose the sloth because its demeanour - calm, quiet and introspective - did something to soothe my shattered self.
Yann Martel
#96. Oh, many a shaft at random sent
Finds mark the archer little meant!
And many a word at random spoken
May soothe, or wound, a heart that's broken!
Walter Scott
#97. Many in the world are searching, often intensely, for a source of refreshment that will quench their yearning for meaning and direction in their lives. They crave a cool, satisfying drink of insight and knowledge that will soothe their parched souls.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
#98. In following their line through, and those of Plantagenet and Tudor, there is but little to soothe the mind.
Charlotte Smith
#99. I need you." He licked her bruised lip to soothe it. "I can't think straight without you. My world is all turned around, and I go through it in pain, wanting to hurt someone.
Elizabeth Hoyt
#100. It is to heal the body, soothe the mind, and give joy to the heart, Because it is your beloved's lap that you are sitting on.
David Michie
