"Although the world tells us to be assertive, the Word tells us to be gentle."—Florence Littauer
1st Timothy 3:3 (NIV) . . . not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "GENTLENESS".
