Tenderness Quotes

439 quotes by 318 authors

These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. There were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But… — Morrie Schwartz
Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions, the stronger and more disinterested becomes her tenderness. — Therese of Lisieux
Her pleasure in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last smiles of the year upon the… — Jane Austen
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts. — Henry Fielding
Every gay reader understands the secret self that is full and wonderful and has longing and tenderness and a desire for connection to other people.… — Lynda Carter
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart — Washington Irving
When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell. — John Dryden
The world is evolving from imperfection to perfection. It needs all love and sympathy; great tenderness and watchfulness are required from each one of us. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows. — Marlene Dietrich
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness. — Rollo May
Tenderness is a virtue. — Oliver Goldsmith
Tenderness is the rest of passion. — Joseph Joubert
We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. — Frederick William Robertson
When we exaggerate our friends' tenderness towards us, it is often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own virtue. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting. — Marlene Dietrich
The necessities of our condition require a thousand offices of tenderness, which mere regard for the species will never dictate. — Samuel Johnson
I understood that all the material of a literary work was in my past life, I understood that I had acquired it in the midst… — Marcel Proust
Like the Sweetness of Gardenias Mother, you died 15 years ago. pain, a rapier, cut until, finally, there was just peace like the sweetness of… — Wallace Stevens
How kind is our Sacramental Jesus! He welcomes you at any hour of the day or night. His Love never knows rest. He is always… — Peter Julian Eymard
Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility! Or why not my fortune adapted to its impulses! Tenderness without a capacity of… — Oliver Goldsmith

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