The Gospel teaches us what Jesus' kingdom requires of us... Reminds us that closeness and tenderness are the rules of life. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Where does such tenderness come from And what do I do with it, you, sly, Adolescent, vagabond singer, Whose lashes couldn’t be… — Marina Tsvetaeva Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as tough love. Love is kind, love is compassionate, love is tender.” — Heather Wolf Copy Share Image
The nourishment of Cezanne's awkward apples is in the tenderness and alertness they awaken inside us. — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Women are the best teachers in the universe, because they teach men how to love in a very innocent way. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A woman's true tenderness, like the true virility of man, is expressed in action of a conquering kind.” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
At times I feel myself overtaken by an immense tenderness for these people around me who live in the same century. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Surely there was something taught her by this experience of great need; and she must be learning a secret of human tenderness… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
It's a strange thing that every human being has a sort of dignity or wholeness in him, and out of that develops… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
[Love] can be found in making little dresses for stuffed birds, or in a garden of tenderness like I have done -… — Annette Messager Copy Share Image
Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“[It] was the first time in my life I ever knew the meaning of that rare thing, tenderness. A quality different from… — Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Copy Share Image
“Only when I dropped the notion that I was the creator of my own peace or oneness, or that I was powerful… — Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Copy Share Image
The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
Women are at once the guardians and the well-spring of the world's faith, morality, and tenderness; and if ever they are degraded… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Royal Young has accomplished a rare feat in his fresh and riveting debut: he manages to recount his fascinating youth and unconventional… — Kristen Johnston Copy Share Image
Bedding her could be anything from tenderness to riot, but to take her when she was a bit the worse for drink… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Juliette," he says. He touches my hand so gently it startles me. "Did you notice? it seems I am immune to your… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
When you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born, And what is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He let out a sigh. With my head there against his chest, I could faintly make out the sound of his heart… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
Today, with the abundance of books available, it is the mark of a truly educated man to know what not to read.… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Looking a dead insect in the sack of basmati that had come all the way from Dehra Dun, he almost wept with… — Kiran Desai Copy Share Image
Love life first, then march through the gates of each season; go inside nature and develop the discipline to stop destructive behavior;… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
“I thought you might supply some tenderness I lacked But out of all the things I offered you took my breath away… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
I have understood that the most important things are tenderness and kindness. I can't do without them. — Brigitte Bardot Copy Share Image
“A great deal of tenderness, but it was the tenderness of a hospice nurse - of one committed to caring but too… — Hannah Pittard Copy Share Image
We should always look back on our own past with a sort of contempt, as long as the tenderness is there -… — Dennis Potter Copy Share Image
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“It is curious what patches of hardness and tenderness lie side by side in men’s dispositions. I suppose he has some test… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Seek a man that doesn't ask you to prove your love. Seek a man that will prove God's love.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“When I sat down beside them, their silence was lined with tenderness. We have to admire the world for not ending on… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down… — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
The most defenseless tenderness and the bloodiest of powers have a similar need of confession. Western man has become a confessing animal. — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Some women feel power is important, some women feel that looks are important, tenderness, intelligence...but sense of humor seems to permeate all… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Its a cold gloomy weather. I'm freezing and I need a comforter. I wonder if your available so you can spare a… — Romeo Huerbana Copy Share Image
“Until we say the truth, there can be no tenderness. As long as there is desire, we will not be safe” — Tony Hoagland Copy Share Image
“(A)t least simulated vulnerability is bearable/for those/who cannot/withstand unreasonable tenderness.” — Chelsey Minnis Copy Share Image
![“[Love] can be found in making little dresses for stuffed birds, or in a garden of tenderness like I have done - mixing writing, photography, and real spaces. There are all kinds of acts of love.” quote by Annette Messager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/annette-messager-44479_acts-of-love_love-can-be-found-in-making-little-dress_1187354.jpg)
![“[It] was the first time in my life I ever knew the meaning of that rare thing, tenderness. A quality different from kindliness, affectionateness, or benevolence; a quality which can exist only in strong, deep, and undemonstrative natures, and therefore in its perfection is oftenest found in men.” quote by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/dinah-maria-mulock-craik-54372_first-time_it-was-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-ever_1963424.jpg)
