Quotes about Tenderness
Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions, the stronger and more disinterested becomes her tenderness.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness.
— Pope Francis
The only thing that you can never have too much of is love.
— Brian Tracy
Nothing is too much trouble for Love.
— Desmond Tutu
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
— Charles Dickens
Every Christian is a missionary to the extent that he or she bears witness to God's love. Be missionaries of God's tenderness!
— Pope Francis
The most important medicine is tender love and care.
— Mother Teresa
The Sacraments are the manifestation of the Father's tenderness and love towards each of us.
— Pope Francis
Love never reasons, but profusely gives, Gives, like a thoughtless prodigal, its all, And trembles then, lest it has done too little.
— Hannah More
Friendship, compounded of esteem and love, derives from one its tenderness and its permanence from the other.
— Samuel Johnson
Each of us has a "soft spot": the place in our experience where we feel vulnerable and tender. This soft spot is inherent in appreciation and love, and it is equally inherent in pain.
— Pema Chodron
Do not hesitate to love and to love deeply.
— Henri Nouwen