Tenderness Quotes

• Love doesn't mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary things with tenderness.

  Jean Vanier

  Love, Mean, Knowing

  Jean Vanier (2010). “Living Gently in a Violent World (Large Print 16pt)”, p.55, ReadHowYouWant.com

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  There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Girly, Healing

  Jane Austen (2008). “Emma: By Jane Austen”, p.343, MobileReference

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• There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Cute, Strong, True Strength

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• Our greatest strength lies in the gentleness and tenderness of our heart.

  Rumi

  Lying, Heart, Gentleness

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

  Marlene Dietrich

  Love, Inspirational, Passionate

  Marlene Dietrich (2012). “Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes”, p.119, Open Road Media

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• There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

  Robert Frost

  Kindness, Heart, Compassion

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 578, 1895.

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• Beauty comes from tenderness.

  Katherine Center

  Katherine Center (2009). “Everyone Is Beautiful: A Novel”, p.233, Ballantine Books

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• A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

  Victor Hugo

  Mothers Day, Mom, Mother Daughter

  Victor Hugo (2007). “Hugo's Works: Les Miserables (Fantine)”, p.160, Wildside Press LLC

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• When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand.

  Henri Nouwen

  Love, Friendship, Pain

  "Kindness Can Open Hearts and Unexpected Opportunities" by Kare Anderson, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 17, 2015.

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• Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Strength, Kindness

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• We are hungry for tenderness,
  in a world where everything abounds
  we are poor of this feeling
  which is like a caress
  for our heart
  we need these small gestures
  that make us feel good
  Tenderness
  is a disinterested and generous love,
  that does not ask anything else
  to be understood and appreciated.

  Alda Merini

  Heart, Generous Love, Feel Good

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• Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.

  Hafez

  Eye, Earth, Way

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• And there is not anything in the world stronger than tenderness.

  Han Suyin

  Kindness, Stronger, World

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• Real tenderness can't be confused, It's quiet and can't be heard.

  Anna Akhmatova

  Confused, Real, Quiet

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• Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world. You are willing to share your heart with others.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Beautiful, Real, Heart

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.34, Shambhala Publications

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• We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

  Frederick William Robertson

  Forgiveness, Winning, Conquer

  Frederick William Robertson (1861). “Sermons ...”, p.252

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• The emotional wisdom of the heart is simple. When we accept our human feelings, a remarkable transformation occurs. Tenderness and wisdom arise naturally and spontaneously. Where we once sought strength over others, now our strength becomes our own; where we once sought to defend ourselves, we laugh.

  Jack Kornfield

  Heart, Simple, Emotional

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• Tenderness is the infancy of love.

  Antoine Rivarol

  Infancy

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• When inward tenderness finds the secret hurt, pain itself will crack the rock and Ah! Let the soul emerge.

  Rumi

  Hurt, Pain, Rocks

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• But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips.

  Khalil Gibran

  Running, Spiritual, Song

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

  Victor Hugo

  Love, Powerful, True Love

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• Tenderness can be just as abstract as insanity.

  David Lynch

  Insanity, Abstract

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• We bear the sole, relentless tenderness.

  Pablo Neruda

  Bears, Relentless, Sole

  Pablo Neruda, “‘in The Wave-Strike Over Unquiet Stones’”

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• The heart is the toughest part of the body.
  Tenderness is in the hands.

  Carolyn Forche

  Love, Heart, Hands

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• Let us be patient with one another,
  And even patient with ourselves.
  We have a long, long way to go.
  So let us hasten along the road,
  The road of human tenderness and generosity.
  Groping, we may find one another's hands in the dark.

  Emily Greene Balch

  Dark, Hands, Long

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