Affection Quotes
You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you. All efforts to save me from you will fail.
John GreenJohn Green A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart’s affections, and the truth of imagination.
John KeatsJohn Keats First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw You set the standards for how you will be treated. People will treat you the exact way you treat yourself. So be good to you. Take time for yourself. Rest. Play. Shower yourself with affection, support, and gifts.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant We live by reposing trust in each other.
Pliny the ElderPliny the Elder That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up, and so should relatives who are without affection.
ChanakyaChanakya In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
Jane AustenJane Austen I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
Ralph EllisonRalph Ellison 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.
Pablo NerudaPablo Neruda You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
Alexander HamiltonAlexander Hamilton A woman gets angry when a man denies his faults, because she knew them all along. His lying mocks her affection; it is the deceit that angers her more than the faults.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen He had come to know quite thoroughly the world in which he lived. His outlook was bleak and materialistic. The world as he saw it was a fierce and brutal world, a world without warmth, a world in which caresses and affection and the bright sweetness of spirit did not exist.
Jack LondonJack London The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian.
David HumeDavid Hume Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle