Affectionate Quote by John Lubbock Download Open image “A kind word will give more pleasure than a present.” — John Lubbock ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affectionate Giving Kind Kind words Pleasure
Kind words are such a blessing to the needful, if one but knew the pleasure that they bring. — John McLeod Copy Share Image
A word spoken in loving kindness is worth far more than any gift. — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want. — Frank Butler Copy Share Image
Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
A gift--its kind, its value and appearance; the silence or the pomp that attends it; the style in which it reaches you--may decide the… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
'Pleasure' is a word I think about a lot, as opposed to 'entertainment.' They are very, very different. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
It's a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today. — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
“Presents are made for the pleasure of the one who gives them, not for the merits of those who recieve them” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
Savages have often been likened to children, and the comparison is not only correct but also highly instructive. Many naturalists consider that the early… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
Many savage nations worship trees, and I really think my first feeling would be one of delight and interest rather than of surprise, if… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
Art trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
“In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
“Our great mistake in education is, as it seems to me, the worship of book-learning–the confusion of instruction and education. We strain the memory… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
“Emira realized that Briar probably didn't know how to say good-bye because she never had to do it before. But whether she said good-bye… — Kiley Reid Copy Share Image
We must understand that God does not "love" us without liking us - through gritted teeth - as "Christian" love is sometimes thought to… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
There never was a tonic that would cure more social ailments than a healthy, happy home. There never was a greater source of social… — Richard L. Evans Copy Share Image
I am convinced that human nature is basically affectionate and good. If our behavior follows our kind and loving nature, immense benefits will result,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
With no other privilege than that of sympathy and sincere good wishes, I would address an affectionate exhortation to the youthful literati, grounded on… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
One realizes that human relationships are the tragic necessity of human life; that they can never be wholly satisfactory, that every ego is half… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
If I do manage to come up with a scheme [to naming], however, I stick to it, which is why my cats are named… — Ursula Vernon Copy Share Image
Josh Radnor is that rare thing: a writer-director who thinks like an actor but still knows how to create a comedy with shape and… — Owen Gleiberman Copy Share Image
Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection — Jack Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
I feel that a genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives. How one creates that smile largely depends on one's own… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and cultivate serenity… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
