Quotes about Tenderness
In the love of a brave and faithful man there is always a strain of maternal tenderness; he gives out again those beams of protecting fondness which were shed on him as he lay on his mother's knee.
— George Eliot
The absence of sentimentalism in Christ's relations with men is what makes His tenderness so exquisitely touching.
— Phillips Brooks
To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love is to open up a horizon of hope.
— Pope Francis
The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart
— Washington Irving
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.
— Henry David Thoreau
There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.
— William James
We are all sinners. But God heals us with an abundance of grace, mercy and tenderness
— Pope Francis
The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealing, and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God's Word.
— Oswald Chambers
Confession is the sacrament of the tenderness of God, his way of embracing us.
— Pope Francis
Be missionaries of God's tenderness!
— Pope Francis