Tender Quotes

705 Tender quotes by 522 unique authors

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
WOMEN preserve the culture of this country with greater tenacity and faith. They keep men on the moral path and inspire them to follow spiritual… — Sathya Sai Baba
Strange indeed is human nature. Here were these men, to whom murder was familiar, who again and again had struck down the father of the… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Socrates dies with honor, surrounded by his disciples listening to the most tender words -the easiest death that one could wish to die. Jesus dies… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Men that look no further than their outsides, think health an appurtenance unto life, and quarrel with their constitutions for being sick; but I that… — Thomas Browne
The girl who I will marry will have a heart so wise that in the hollow of her eyes my heart will want to tarry.… — Jacques Brel
We must feel toward our people as a father toward his children; yea, the most tender love of a mother must not surpass ours. We… — Richard Baxter
In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by… — Henry David Thoreau
May tender memories soften your grief, May fond recollection bring you relief, And may you find comfort and peace in the thought Of the joy… — Helen Steiner Rice
Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. The struggle for equality continues unabated, and the woman warrior who… — Maya Angelou
She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright… — Kate Chopin

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