Best 602 quotes in «affection quotes» category

The use it and lose it problem is pervasive, affecting more than 40,000 Californians a year.

The word is a sign or symbol of the impressions or affections of the soul.

The wives who are not deserted, but who have to feed and clothe and comfort and scold and advise, are the true objects of commiseration; wives whose existence is given over to a ceaseless vigil of cantankerous affection.

The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection.

Time, which grays hair and wrinkles faces, also withers violent affections, and much more quickly.

They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him.

This is not the land of my birth, but it is the land for which I hold the greatest affection, and I certainly will come back in the springtime

To be a leader, you have got to lead human beings with affection

To a heart formed for friendship and affection the charms of solitude are very short-lived.

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 them, my affections are wholly bound up.

‎"To Parlin's mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table.

To feel the affection that comes from those whom we do not know ... widens out the boundaries of our being, and unites all living things.

Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.

Those Women who boast the Affections of their Admirers, have a greater share of Vanity than Love.

To work without pleasure or affection, to make a product that is not both useful and beautiful, is to dishonor God, nature, the thing that is made, and whomever it is made for.

True affection and love have a purity which shall always prevail over bigotry.

True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection.

True happiness must arise from well-regulated affections, and an affection includes a duty.

True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection.

Venetians feel affection and loyalty to their city, rather than to the Italian state.

Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship.

Very often when I am introduced to women, I think, What is she really like behind the disguise which she wears? And very often I discover that she is pleasant enough, and probably would expand and glow if she received enough affection.

We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

We are spectacular splendid manifestations of life. We have language. We have affection. And finally, and perhaps best of all, we have music.

We all need basic human values rooted in trust and affection.

Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.

We care not how many see us in choler, when we rave and bluster, and make as much noise and bustle as we can; but if the kindest and most generous affection comes across us, we suppress every sign of it, and hide ourselves in nooks and covert.

We begin our public affection in our families. No cold relation is a zealous citizen.

Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time.

We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.

We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office; but as to esteem and affection, these are only due to their virtue.

We offer love to our customers. And in return, we receive the finest smiles. And even if we cannot return their affection, at least we can offer a rose.

We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection.

Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own.

We shall reach our goal, when we have the power to laugh as we destroy, as we smash, whatever was sacred to us as tradition, as education, and as human affection.

Whatever attracts the mind from God, whatever draws the affections away from Christ, is an enemy to the soul.

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

What I have always wanted for myself is much more primitive. It is probably nothing more than the affection of the people with whom I am in contact, and their good opinion of me.

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? What if that was enough for us? What if it didn't take a great band to evoke that kind of response from us in worship? What if His presence - His Word opened - what if it was enough?

What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.

When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul.

When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that.

What is it between Obama and Iran? That's the question we all ought to have. Because it sure seems to me like Obama's got some sort of affection for that nation.

When thier god and his exploiters cease to be adored and served, we shall live like comrades in mutual affection.

When I deeply look at a pious, I see no affection but fear; and when I look at an atheist, I see no fear but conceit!

When you make an omelet, as when you make love, affection counts for more than technique.

Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.

When someone fears losing your affection, he or she will strive to keep it. Perhaps you have strived to keep someone's affection, too. Fear of loss is not love.

Who can . . . guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes?