Tenderness Quotes

439 quotes by 334 authors

I don't run a car, have never run a car. I could say that this is because I have this extremely tender environmentalist conscience, but… — David Attenborough
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. — Jane Austen
My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he… — Teresa of Avila
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No… — Teresa of Avila
A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and… — Honore de Balzac
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. — Henry Ward Beecher
Passion is all but soft, it's not tender, it's violence to which you get hooked by pleasure. — Isabelle Adjani
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. — Josh Billings
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of… — Leo Buscaglia
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of… — George Washington Carver
The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea… — Agatha Christie
Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of confidence. It is the… — Frederick William Robertson
Simply let experience take place very freely, so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche
A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for, with a very… — Niccolo Machiavelli
To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not the… — Li-Young Lee
Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish for spiritual things then it… — Susanna Wesley
There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride; some soften the… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
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
The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends. — Samuel Johnson

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