Affection Quotes

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.

John Dryden

Most affections are habits or duties we lack the courage to end.

Henri de Montherlant

Does it really matter what these affectionate people do - - So long as they dont do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

Mrs. Patrick Campbell

We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language.... We have affection We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is about as close to a common goal of nature as I can guess at. And finally, and perhaps best of all, we have music.

Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail (1979)

The affections are like lightning; You cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.

Jean Baptiste Lacoraire

Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to point us to that realm which is the real and endless home of the heart.

Henry Ward Beeche

With affection beaming out of one eye, and calculation shining out of the other.

Charles Dickens

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. you yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

Buddha

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Buddha