Tenderness Quotes

439 Tenderness quotes by 318 unique authors

Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion. — Honore de Balzac
Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of compassion will bring… — Dalai Lama
Momma was home. She was the most totally human, human being that I have ever known, and so very beautiful. Within our home, she was… — Leontyne Price
Weakness indicates dependence, and there is a degree of trust and tenderness also in it. — Eugene Sue
...I put down these memorandums of my affections in honor of tenderness, in honor of all of those who have been conscripted into the brotherhood… — Edward Hirsch
I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I… — Mary Schmich
There is no difference between the pain of humans and the pain of other living beings, since the love and tenderness of the mother for… — Maimonides
If I can give you any advice, I beg you to get closer to the Eucharist and to Jesus... We must pray to Jesus to… — Mother Teresa
Every time I hear anyone speak of the Sacred Heart of Jesus or of the Blessed Sacrament I feel an indescribable joy. It is as… — Pope John XXIII
I believe that where the love of God is perfected and the true spirit of government watchfully attended to, a tenderness toward all creatures will… — John Woolman
All of us have had the experience of a sudden joy that came when nothing in the world had forewarned us of its coming -… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The key to happiness: You may speak of love and tenderness and passion, but real ecstasy is discovering you haven't lost your keys after all.… — Rajneesh
Through small apertures we glimpse abysses whose somber depths turn us faint .... Yet over the whole there hovers an extraordinary tenderness. — Gustave Flaubert
Death of the Father would deprive literature of many of its pleasures. If there is no longer a Father, why tell stories? Doesn't every narrative… — Roland Barthes
Youth, enthusiasm, and tenderness are like the days of spring. Instead of complaining, O my heart, of their brief duration, try to enjoy them. — Friedrich Ruckert
What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around. — Georges Bernanos
Not the least of the problems in clarifying one's consciousness is developing the stoic determination to criticize one's own softness or sentimentality toward oneself. Ego,… — Kenny Smith
What an antithetical mind! - tenderness, roughness - delicacy, coarseness - sentiment, sensuality - soaring and groveling, dirt and deity - all mixed up in… — Lord Byron
The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. Not only does a good army commander not need any special qualities, on the… — Leo Tolstoy
The older woman's love is not love of herself, nor of herself mirrored in a lover's eyes, nor is it corrupted by need. It is… — Germaine Greer

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