Affection Quotes · Page 21

Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world…

— J. C. Ryle

“You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you," he said.”

— John Green

Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide them, guide them

— Charles Dickens

I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out.

— Ethel Waters

There are moments of mingled sorrow and tenderness, which hallow the caresses of affection.

— Washington Irving

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Loving someone is not a bad thing, as long as it is done within limits of dignity

— Mak_786

For the Christian, all is not hopeless unless his affections are centered on the things of this world.

— Billy Graham

It's important to know where you've come from so that you can know where you're going. I probably chose my profession because…

— Cary Grant

There is a deep affection in Australia for the Queen. And I mean the Queen's been the Queen ever since I was…

— Kevin Rudd

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of…

— Abraham Lincoln

God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but then it is to be added that…

— Joseph Butler

Those who place their affections at first on trifles for amusement, will find these trifles become at last their most serious concerns.

— Oliver Goldsmith

In contrast to how my father treated me, I won't hit him, I won't call him evil, I'll give him affection, and…

— Jim Goad

Women, in all fields - whether mothers or not - still encounter an extraordinary number of obstacles. They have to hold too…

— Elena Ferrante

We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor…

— Brené Brown

I believe in God as I believe in my friends, because I feel the breath of His affection, feel His invisible and…

— Miguel de Unamuno

“Some people wonder if abusers can feel love or affection for their targets. The answer to that depends on your own definition…

— Shannon Thomas

“Affection is only one ingredient of love. To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients -- care, affection, recognition, respect,…

— bell hooks

I have never been much of a patriot. My father would not have allowed such a thing while he lived, and his…

— David Benioff

“You know, the act of feeding someone is the ultimate act of care and affection...sharing yourself with someone else through food." He…

— Sylvain Reynard

Our yearnings are homesicknesses for heaven; our sighings are for God, just as children that cry themselves asleep away from home, and…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“A wondrous subtle thing is love, for here were we two, who had never seen each other before that day, between whom…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Dogs are wonderful, and in many ways unique. But they are remarkably unremarkable in their intellectual and experiential capacities. Pigs are every…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow

— Thomas Bray

Always remember you have a lucky girl. Remind her you're lucky to have her. Respect her right, treat her like a Princess.

— Anonymous

Be proud of who you are and how you look because he will love you no matter what.

— Abhishek Tiwari

Nothing but love can answer to love; no affection, no kindness, no care, can supply its place: it is its own sweet…

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.

— Maria Mitchell

Venetians feel affection and loyalty to their city, rather than to the Italian state.

— Donna Leon

Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.

— Gloria Estefan

Staring at a hot guy and thinking...We are going to make beautiful babies.

— Anonymous

Friends are the leaders of the bosom, being more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Which role to love and affection are known difference of love he does not complain.

— Mak_786

I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.

— George Best

Hope is the most beneficial of all the affections, and doth much to the prolongation of life...

— Francis Bacon

To the loved, a word of affection is a morsel; but to the love-starved, a word of affection can be a feast.

— Max Lucado

I want a cute faithful Girlfriend that has nice teeth and cute Body... I don't ask for much.

— Armin Ferizovic

There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love.

— Arthur Wing Pinero

To be loved is the birthright of every mewling babe, but, once grown, a man is not assured of such affection.

— Katherine Marsh