Affection Quotes

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Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserve; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room. — Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses the… — Thomas Aquinas
The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place where every man… — Lyndon B. Johnson
O how unspeakable is this Sacrament which sets our affections ablaze with charity. ... It is the fulfillment of Christ's Mystical Body. — Thomas Aquinas
A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination. — Napoleon Bonaparte
We must serve the people worthily, and not occupy ourselves in trying to please them. The best way, to gain their affections is to do… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest, When the gray-haired New Englander sees… — John Greenleaf Whittier
We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection. — Saint Francis de Sales
To myself, mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery; in them, and in the forms of inferior landscape that lead to… — John Muir
People who take the risk make a tremendous discovery: The more things you care about, and the more intensely you care, the more alive you… — Arthur Gordon Webster
It is hard for the human soul not to love something, and our mind must of necessity be drawn to some kind of affection. — St. Jerome
Man has wants deeper than can be supplied by wealth or nature or domestic affections. His great relations are to his God and to eternity. — Mark Hopkins
People were very passionate and over the top about showing me their love and affection, and they memorized my songs in Spanish. — Thalia
The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it... Do not misunderstand me, but understand me fully… — Chief Joseph
You should not be hovering in the background, inflating the drama. Simply envelop him in love and affection and let him know that you will… — Amy Dickinson
The use it and lose it problem is pervasive, affecting more than 40,000 Californians a year. — John Garamendi
God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race - to enlarge our hearts; and to make us unselfish and full… — Mary Howitt
Embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important... — Pope Francis
Thereâ€™s nothing wonderful or interesting about unrequited love. I think itâ€™s shitty, just plain shitty. To love someone who doesnâ€™t return your affections might be… — Steve Toltz
Joy, like love, is an impenetrable, God-given state of being. The distinctions between joy and happiness and love and affection are important ones under the… — Criss Jami

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