Tenderness Quotes

439 Tenderness quotes by 318 unique authors

After all that corrupt poets, and more corrupt philosophers, have told us of the blandishments of pleasure, and of its tendency to soften the temper… — Hannah More
Look, words are like the air: they belong to everybody. Words are not the problem; it's the tone, the context, where those words are aimed,… — Unknown Author
The Bible is not a book for the faint of heart -- it is a book full of all the greed and glory and violence… — Rich Mullins
I assure you very explicitly, that in my opinion the conscientious scruples of all men should be treated with great delicacy and tenderness: and it… — George Washington
Friendship, compounded of esteem and love, derives from one its tenderness and its permanence from the other. — Samuel Johnson
The future of the world depends on the full restoration of the Sacred Feminine in all its tenderness, passion, divine ferocity, and surrendered persistence. — Andrew Harvey
Truth is disputable; not taste: what exists in the nature of things is the standard of our judgement; what each man feels within himself is… — David Hume
It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but rather… — Teresa of Avila
Tenderness and respect-never selfishness-must be the guiding principles in the intimate relationship between husband and wife — Howard W. Hunter
An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men. — John Ruskin
The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus is the love… — Alexander MacLaren
His tenderness in the springing grass, His beauty in the flowers, His living love in the sun above- All here, and near, and ours! — Unknown Author
We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never are at odds.… — John Greenleaf Whittier
I doubt if anyone of any tenderness or imagination can see the hand of a child and not be a little frightened of it. It… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There are moments of mingled sorrow and tenderness, which hallow the caresses of affection. — Washington Irving
So rests the sky against the earth. The dark still tarn in the lap of the forest. As a husband embraces his wife's body in… — Dag Hammarskjold
At times I feel myself overtaken by an immense tenderness for these people around me who live in the same century. — Albert Camus
We, like the Mother of the World, become the compassionate presence that can hold, with tenderness, the rising and passing waves of suffering. — Tara Brach
Words lead to deeds, they prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness. — Mother Teresa
If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton. — Aaron Eckhart
Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness. — Anna Seward
The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films.… — Pedro Almodovar
For you see this scripture fulfilled this day and therefore I desire you as you tender the Lord and the church and commonwealth to consider… — Anne Hutchinson
Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones. — Frederick Tennyson
Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. — Mo Udall

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