“The sun enriched the old poles grandly... The mothers expressed all womanhood - the big wooden hands holding the child were so full of tenderness they had to be distorted enormously in order to contain it all. Womanhood was strong in Kitwancool.” ChildrenHandsBigsMotherOrderStrongSunGenderTendernessWomanhoodHand Holding Book:The Emily Carr Omnibus Source: The Emily Carr Omnibus
“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.” MenGivingMotherLaysBraveFaithfulKneesTendernessShedStrainBeamFondness Book:Silas Marner ; And, Scenes of Clerical Life Source: Silas Marner ; And, Scenes of Clerical Life
“I don't think God is a gender. He presents himself as a father but he comes to us with the tenderness of a mother. In some of the parables, he is the housewife who cleans the house looking for the lost coin.” ThinkingMotherFatherHouseLostGenderTendernessCoinsHousewifeParables Author:Max Lucado
“The loss of a mother is always keenly felt, even if her health be such as to incapacitate her from taking an active part in the care of the family. She is the sweet rallying-point for affection, obedience, and a thousand tendernesses. Dreary the blank when she is withdrawn!” IfsCareMotherFeltLossSweetThousandAffectionActiveObedienceTendernessBlankDrearyRallyingRallying Point Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“Friendship hath the skill and observation of the best physician, the diligence and vigilance of the best nurse, and the tenderness and patience of the best mother.” MotherFriendshipSkillsObservationNurseTendernessPhysiciansDiligenceVigilanceBest Mother Author:Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
“What a proof of the Divine tenderness is there in the human heart itself, which is the organ and receptacle oft so many sympathies! When we consider how exquisite are those conditions by which it is even made capable of so much suffering--the capabilities of a child's heart, of a mother's heart,--what must be the nature of Him who fashioned its depths, and strung its chords.” HumansHeartChildrenMadeMotherSufferingConditionsDivineCapableDepthProofCapabilityOrgansTendernessHuman HeartChordsExquisite Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“They want to play at being mothers. So let them. Expressing tenderness in their own way will not prevent girls from enjoying a successful career in the future; indeed, the ability to nurture is as valuable a skill in the workplace as the ability to lead.” WayWantPlayMotherGirlEnjoyAbilityCareersSuccessfulSkillsValuableTendernessNurtureWorkplaceBeing A MotherSuccessful Career Author:Anne Roiphe