Discipline Quote by Thomas à Kempis

“Often we withhold our affections, waiting first for love to be extended to us. The irony is that we are loved for loving.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Love, affection, even attention are not things that need pursuit. If they are not given freely, openly, willingly to you by another person, then…

— Charles F. Glassman

“Innately affectionate, and innately afraid of unreturned affection, and indomitably unwilling to let any of that stop her.”

— Peter Watts

“Affection conquers all obstacles, and the weakest and most inefficient girl that ever stepped, if she have strong within' her that love which, in…

— Edward Lloyd

If one has affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“The capacity for affection is the best part of humankind.”

— Jan Siegel

I do not permit affection, or lack thereof, to influence my actions. There is good, and there is evil. The good must be protected;…

— Neil Gaiman

“The problem is not that people make any bond of affection they like with people they like; the problem is calling that bond of…

— Daya Kudari

Never throw off the best affections of nature in the moment when they become most precious to their object; nor fear to extend you…

— Thomas Jefferson

“I like the word 'affection' because it signifies something habitual, and we are soon to meet to try whether we have mind enough to…

— Michael Kelahan

“Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.”

— Isabel Allende

“If you're avoidant, you connect with romantic partners but always maintain some mental distance and an escape route.”

— Amir Levine