"Tenderness is a virtue." —Oliver Goldsmith on Tenderness
"A soft answer turneth away wrath." —Proverb on Tenderness
"Words lead to deeds....
They prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness." —Anonymous on Tenderness
"A child's hand in yours -- what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength." —Marjorie Holmes on Tenderness
"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions." —Kahlil Gibran on Tenderness
"The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education." —Maya Angelou on Tenderness
"The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts." —Henry Fielding on Tenderness
"When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity." —George Eliot on Tenderness
