Affection Quotes

1417 quotes by 966 authors

Hope is the most beneficial of all the affections, and doth much to the prolongation of life... — Francis Bacon
Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary. When her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief. — Oscar Wilde
Your job is to control yourself. Your job is to discipline yourself. Your job is to deal with everything in life with affection, love and… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Marvelously entertaining, Gabrielle Donnellys The Little Women Letters evokes the spirit of Louisa May Alcotts Little Women with warmth and affection. I thoroughly enjoyed every… — Jennifer Chiaverini
My affection for CinemaScope initially was my affection for the horizontal line as I learned it from having been apprenticed to an architect who was… — Nicholas Ray
My God, since you are with me and since, by Your will, I must occupy myself with external things, please grant me the grace to… — Brother Lawrence
The fruit of solitude is increased sensitivity and compassion for others. There comes a new freedom to be with people. There is new attentiveness to… — Richard J. Foster
I live a perfectly happy and comfortable life in Blair's Britain, but I can't work up much affection for the culture we've created for ourselves:… — Jonathan Coe
Popularity doesn't bother me. It attests to the affection and comprehension of the public. The important thing is to retain the pioneer spirit. I profoundly… — Ennio Morricone
For emotional reasons, connected with my affection for my parents, I was a reluctant atheist, but giving up religion brought peace of mind because intellectual… — J. J. C. Smart
That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face… — Chanakya
I thought about how stupid it is, that all of us are born destined to desire somebody else, though desire brings with it such disappointment… — Sonya Hartnett
God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race -- to enlarge our hearts, to make us unselfish, and full of… — Mary Howitt
Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends. — Barbara Johnson
Food is one part. Love is another part. I cut their hair, I give them a shave, I give them bath. For them, to feel… — Narayanan Krishnan
The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking. — Wendell Berry
I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration. — William P. Young
Fill your affections with the cross of Christ that there may be no room for sin. — John Owen
Those moments in between the moments, those are the most interesting. What's unspoken, the way we talk around things, the way our actions are inconsistent… — Stanley Tucci
To risk reputation and affection for the truth's sake is so demanding that to do it constantly you will need a degree of moral principle… — Alistair Begg

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