Tenderness Quotes

Yes, but tenderness becomes me best - a sort of dyingness - you see that picture has a sort of a - ha, Foible? A swimmingness in the eyes. - William Congreve

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting. - Marlene Dietrich

With each word, your tenderness grows, tearing my fears apart. And that laugh, that wrinkles your nose touches my foolish heart. Your lovely, with your smile so warm and your cheek so soft, there is nothing for me but to love you. - Frank Sinatra

WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character. - Ambrose Bierce

When the road gets dark - And you can no longer see - Just let my love throw a spark - And have a little faith in me. - John Hiatt

When someone loves you, they don't always have to say it. You can always know it by the way they treat you. - Carson Kolhoff

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. - Louis Pasteur

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell. - John Dryden

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. - T.S. Eliot