67 Affection Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find amazing affection quotes and sayings.
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Short Affection Sayings
“Love is a holy affection.” —Lailah Gifty Akita
“Where there is love there is life.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“Set your affection to infinity and your hate to zero!” —Mehmet Murat ildan
“Jealousy is the grave of affection.” —Mary Baker Eddy
“Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement.” —Alain de Botton
“There is no power greater than true affection.” —Seneca The Younger
“Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.” —Mason Cooley
“The root of suffering is attachment.” —Gautama Buddha
“A woman’s whole life is a history of the affections.” —Washington Irving
“Affection is the broadest basis of a good life.” —George Eliot
“Most people would rather give than get affection.” —Aristotle
“With our love, we could save the world.” —George Harrison
“Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.” —James Martineau
“A great library easily begets affection, which may deepen into love.” —Unknown
“Affection cannot be created; it can only be liberated.” —Bertrand Russell
“The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend.” —Cali Rae Turner
“True and permanent love arises not from attraction but from affection.” —Srinivas Balla
“A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.” —André Maurois
“True love is deep spiritual affection.” —Lailah Gifty Akita
“Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.” —St. Jerome
“We fear rejection, want attention, crave affection and dream of perfection.” —Unknown
“Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“If equal affection cannot be,Let the more loving one be me.” —W.H. Auden
Affection Sayings
“Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.” —Isabel Allende
“Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops… If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?” —Dalai Lama
“A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.” —Arthur Helps
“There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.” —Elizabeth Gaskell
“Never chase love, affection, or attention. If it isn’t given freely by another person, it isn’t worth having.” —Ashley Purdy
“A person doesn’t know true hurt and suffering until they’ve felt the pain of falling in love with someone whose affections lie elsewhere.” —Rose Gordon
“Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart.” —Basil Rathbone
“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.” —Dalai Lama
“A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you.” —Neil Young
“Affection is like bread, unnoticed till we starve,and then we dream of it, and sing of it, and paint it.” —Emily Dickinson
“A man who isn’t generous with his money isn’t generous with his love and affection.” —Georgette Mosbacher
“Affection is easy to obtain.. But once gained, its difficult to maintain, and once lost, it can never be regained. So keep it safe in your heart.” —Unknown
“In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.” —Jane Austen
“Affection should not be too sharp eyed, and love is not made by magnifying glasses.” —Thomas Browne
“Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.” —Pindar
“True affection and love have a purity which shall always prevail over bigotry.” —Libba Brat
“A little bit of affection goes a long way toward reconciling one with the world.” —Marty Rubin
“Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.” —Phyllis Diller
“A man knows no more in religion than he loves and embraceth with the affections of his soul.” —Richard Sibbes
“The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui s, vanish, all duties even.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Affection is the source of self-confidence, happiness, security, and a comfortable mental state. ” —Amanda Mosher
“If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.” —Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The affection of parents makes infants feel safe in this dangerous world, and gives them boldness in experimentation and in exploration of their environments.” —Bertrand Russell
“You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections There is nothing like it in this world.” —Charlotte Bronte
“There are two sorts of affection – the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love.” —Unnown
“You yourself as much as anybody in the universe deserve your love and affection.” —Unknown
“The greater are our affections the deeper are our afflictions, and the more we love the more we have to weep.” —J.C. Ryle
“If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.” —Theophile Gautier
“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever.” —Alfred Lord Tennyson
“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.” —Audrey Hepburn
“The greatest feeling in the world,is to be loved by everyone around you unconditionally” —Unknown
“There’s nothing wrong in showing you care for someone. What’s wrong is expecting them to do the same.” —Unknown
Top Ten Affection Sayings
Here you will find Top Ten affection sayings selected by our team.
- “Jealousy is the grave of affection.” —Mary Baker Eddy
- “There is no power greater than true affection.” —Seneca The Younger
- “Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you.” —Neil Young
- “Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.” —Phyllis Diller
- “There are two sorts of affection – the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love.” —Unknown
- “Never chase love, affection, or attention. If it isn’t given freely by another person, it isn’t worth having.” —Ashley Purdy
- “If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.” —Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- The affection of parents makes infants feel safe in this dangerous world, and gives them boldness in experimentation and in exploration of their environments.” —Bertrand Russell
- Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops… If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?” —Dalai Lama
