Our Affections Quotes
33 quotes by 28 authors
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Pray often rather than very long at a time. It is hard to be very long in prayer, and not slacken in our affections.
— William Gurnall
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Afflictions tend to wean us from the world - and to fix our affections on things above.
— John Angell James
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The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui s, vanish, all duties…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If our principal treasure be as we profess, in things spiritual and heavenly, and woe unto us if it be not so! on them will…
— John Owen
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We must cast away everything which hinders us upon our road towards heaven – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and…
— J C Ryle
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It is sweet to feel by what fine spun threads our affections are drawn together.
— Laurence Sterne
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
— Daniel Boone
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Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them....
— Euripides
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Riches should be admitted into our houses, but not into our hearts; we may take them into our possession, but not into our affections.
— Pierre Charron
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We spend so much time trying to put send to death that we don't spend enough time striving to know God deeply, trying to gaze…
— Matt Chandler
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COMMEMORATION Blessed art Thou, O Lord who didst bring forth of water moving creatures that have life, and whales, and winged fowls: and didst bless…
— Lancelot Andrewes
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The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to…
— William Hazlitt
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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
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The regenerate man's desires are rectified; they are set on God himself, and the things above... Before, he saw no beauty in Christ, for which…
— Thomas Boston
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What if all it took to bring us to our knees and to ignite our affections was the Word opened and the presence of God?…
— David Platt
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We do not want to lose our grief, because our grief is bound up with our love and we could not cease to mourn without…
— Phillips Brooks
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By affliction Christ shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, and…
— J C Ryle
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Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one's self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
— Demosthenes
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