Active Quote by William Bartram

What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would…

— Abigail Adams

“Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our…

— Mary Shelley

Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration.

— W. Somerset Maugham

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

— William Godwin

[Animals] appreciate others' affection, they also have the sort of ability to show their own affection. And then as soon as we're born, child,…

— Dalai Lama

Looking at the pattern of our existence from birth to death, we can see the way in which we are fundamentally nurtured by other's…

— Dalai Lama

Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our…

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think…

— William Hazlitt

“Attachment divides the child's world into those the child likes and those the child is indifferent to, those who attract and those who repel,…

— Gabor Maté

“The parent who sedulously endeavors to form the heart and enlarge the understanding of his child has given that dignity to the discharge of…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Affection is the broadest basis of a good life.

— George Eliot

I am now pretty far advanced in life, and all my views are center'd in the Happiness and well-fare of my children; you will…

— George Mason