Tender Quotes

705 quotes by 539 authors

Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all… — Martin Luther
Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and… — Laozi
Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses. — Ovid
Habit is not mere subjugation, it is a tender tie; when one remembers habit it seems to have been happiness. — Elizabeth Bowen
If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame. — Ugo Betti
Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us practice valor; we are tense,… — Nancy Gibbs
Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk... — Geoffrey Chaucer
When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell. — John Dryden
Your afflictions may only prove that you are more immediately under the Father's hand. There is no time that the patient is such an object… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small. — Richard J. Foster
We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colours of… — George Santayana
I learned respect for womanhood from my father's tender caring for my mother, my sister, and his sisters. Father was the first to arise from… — Robert D. Hales
Blood transforms the warm bath water and, in it, I see weakly that this was a mistake. The razor's cut is not deep, nevertheless the… — Joyce Carol Oates
No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance, or to extinguish the desire of fond… — Samuel Johnson
Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. — Ruth Graham
O neglectful Nature, wherefore art thou thus partial, becoming to some of thy children a tender and benignant mother, to others a most cruel and… — Leonardo da Vinci
All we have to do is to receive what we are given...We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm in crisis, to… — Vernon Howard
As a tender and loving friend is grieved at the unkindness of his friend... so is it with this tender and loving Spirit, who hath… — John Owen
And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo everything that is tender, sympathizing and benevolent in the heart of man. — Thomas Paine

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