Affection Quotes

1417 quotes by 966 authors

Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father. — Brennan Manning
Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married partners who are faithful to one another, is there not… — Andrew Greeley
No test tube can breed love and affection. No frozen packet of semen ever read a story to a sleepy child. — Shirley Williams
If I have any merit, it is getting along with individuals, according to their ways and characteristics. At times it involves suppressing yourself. It is… — J. R. D. Tata
I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father and he played a kid… — Rene Auberjonois
Remember your natural affection for all of creation. — Rob Brezsny
There is nothing, in itself, valuable or despicable, desirable or hateful, beautiful or deformed; but that these attributes arise from the particular constitution and fabric… — David Hume
Expressions of affection, like putting your arm around someone's shoulder, holding hands, or giving a kiss good night, involve the principle of honesty. — John Bytheway
Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no man… — Karl Philipp Moritz
Even the lifelong traveler knows but an infinitesimal portion of the Earth's surface. Those who have written best about the land and its wild inhabitants...have… — Edwin Way Teale
If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can. — Janis Joplin
Love is self-explanatory: the right person makes you feel well nigh immortal, vaccinating you with their affections. So long as you remain in their heart… — Jonathan Hull
A Universalist, your heart cannot but dilate, and your affections widen, until the divine expansion, like the ambient atmosphere, embraces every form, which is acted… — Judith Sargent Murray
If anyone feels offended by my words, I would respond that I speak them with affection and with the best of intentions, quite apart from… — Pope Francis
Military weapons are the means used by the Sage to punish violence and cruelty, to give peace to troublous times, to remove difficulties and dangers,… — Sima Qian
Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively selfish and cruel… — George Bernard Shaw
I have never understood why one's affections must be confined, as once with women, to a single country. — John Kenneth Galbraith
The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty, esteem, cordiality, sympathy, affection, readiness to aid, to help, to stick,… — B. C. Forbes
When you learn to embrace your self with a sense of appreciation and affection, you begin to glimpse the goodness and light that is in… — John O'Donohue
Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up… — Alfred Armand Montapert

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