Character Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Tenderness is the infancy of love.

— Antoine Rivarol

“Tenderness can be born only of respect for individualities. Tenderness builds its nest in little things, in the absurdities of a face, in personal…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Tenderness is the repose of Passion.

— Anonymous

Tenderness is the rest of passion.

— Joseph Joubert

Tenderness is the name for a lover's most exquisite sensation; protection is implied in his most generous and heart-thrilling impulse.

— William Godwin

Live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness. Tenderness awakens within the security of knowing we are thoroughly and sincerely liked by someone... Scripture suggests…

— Brennan Manning

Tenderness can be just as abstract as insanity.

— Anonymous

You have a different kind of tenderness for everybody you know.

— Allan Gurganus

Want of tenderness is want of parts, and is no less a proof of stupidity than depravity.

— Samuel Johnson

Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows.

— Marlene Dietrich

Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.

— Michel Houellebecq

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness.

— William James