Affection Quotes

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The first basic need of a male is sexual fulfillment; for a female, affection. The second most basic need of a male is recreational companionship;… — Myles Munroe
Expressed affection is the best of all methods to use when you want to light a glow in someone's heart and to feel it in… — Ruth Stafford Peale
To be a leader, you have got to lead human beings with affection — J. R. D. Tata
A mistaken thought may be corrected easily, but an errant affection is nearly unmanageable. — Watchman Nee
Affection should not be too sharp eyed, and love is not made by magnifying glasses. — Thomas Browne
As to the origin of civil Societies or Governments; the Author of our Being, has given Man a Nature to be fitted for, and disposed… — Abraham J. Williams
Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders. — Nick Clooney
Concerning politics: "The American media is like a watchdog who has developed an affection for the burglar." — Ron Dart
He was the kind of man who was not ashamed to show affection. I guess that's what I hated about him. — Jack Handey
A child hasn't a grown-up person's appetite for affection. A little of it goes a long way with them; and they like a good imitation… — George Bernard Shaw
If both the physiological and the safety needs are fairly well gratified, then there will emerge love and affection and belongingness needs, and the whole… — Abraham Maslow
My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind — Thomas Jefferson
Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections. — David Platt
Most affections are habits or duties we lack the courage to end. — Henry de Montherlant
Chastity is sexual intercourse with affection. — Robert Owen
Love is the affection of a mind that has nothing better to engage it. — Theophrastus
Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for… — Mark Twain
[I have seen] workers in whom certain morbid affections gradually arise from some particular posture of the limbs or unnatural movements of the body called… — Bernardino Ramazzini
DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters. — Ambrose Bierce

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