Welcome to our collection of affection quotes, where words of love, tenderness, and warmth come together to celebrate the beauty of human connection. Affection is a universal language that transcends boundaries, cultures, and time. It’s the gentle touch, the heartfelt gesture, and the kind words that create bonds and deepen relationships.
In this curated selection of affection quotes, we explore the myriad expressions of love and fondness that enrich our lives. From the profound to the playful, these quotes capture the essence of affection in all its forms romantic, familial, platonic, and beyond. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for expressing your feelings to a loved one or simply wish to revel in the beauty of affectionate sentiments, you’ll find words here that resonate with the depths of your heart.
We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. George Eliot
Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections. Joseph Butler
The public has always had affection for gay entertainers. The time was right for an out gay entertainer. Julian Clary
It’s hard for anybody who’s been with me not to feel starved for affection when I’m making love to my ideas. Maybe it’s not meant for me to settle down and be married. Jim Carrey
Christlike communications are expressions of affection and not anger, truth and not fabrication, compassion and not contention, respect and not ridicule, counsel and not criticism, correction and not condemnation. They are spoken with clarity and not with confusion. They may be tender or they may be tough, but they must always be tempered. L. Lionel Kendrick
Shopmas now begins on Thanksgiving Day. Apparently, escaping the families you cannot stand to spend another minute with on Thanksgiving Day to go buy them gifts is how some Americans show their affection for one another. Weird. Barry Ritholtz
I am overwhelmed with all the love, affection, and warmth that I have been receiving for ‘Dheere Dheere.’ It is one of my most special works, and I am glad that so many million hearts have taken to it in such a manner. Yo Yo Honey Singh
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. Jane Austen
A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years. Mahesh Babu
The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking. Wendell Berry
It’s an odd situation: I could not write about someone for whom I felt no affection or admiration. Claire Tomalin
Grief is only the memory of widowed affections. James Martineau
A therapist might suggest my generosity is a way of buying affection. But buying people’s love has never been an issue for me. Generally speaking, I don’t want their love. Julie Burchill
Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection. Franklin D. Roosevelt
My books are about ordinary people, like you, me, people on the street, people who really have an expectation of reasonable happiness in life, want their life to have a sense of security and predictability, who want to belong to something bigger than them, who want love and affection in their life, who want a good future for the children. Khaled Hosseini
Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them. Michel de Montaigne
My affection for Taiwan… is witnessed by everyone. My wife is Taiwanese and I am a son-in-law of Taiwan. I am half Taiwanese. Jackie Chan
I think it’s wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that’s how it should be. But I don’t necessarily know that it’s the wisest thing in the world to expect that it ends there, or that it should, 30 years down the road, still look as it did on the night of your first kiss. Elizabeth Gilbert
The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. George Bernard Shaw
During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave me there with the others, although the Governor offered them one hundred pounds sterling for me, on purpose to give me a parole to go home. Daniel Boone
Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who’ll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you’re in the wrong house, that’s what it means. Henny Youngman
The whole reason people fill their homes with furry carnivores and not with, say, iguanas and turtles, is because mammals offer something no reptile ever will. They give affection, they want affection, and respond to our emotions the way we do to theirs. Frans de Waal
The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior. Abraham Maslow
My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony. Dalai Lama
Expressions of affection, like putting your arm around someone’s shoulder, holding hands, or giving a kiss good night, involve the principle of honesty. John Bytheway
I’m a person with a lot of affection for adventure – I scuba dive, skydive, fly helicopters. Sebastian Pinera
I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give affection to the mongrel banner invented for the League of Nations. Henry Cabot Lodge
We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened… what harm is there in this?… these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the ‘Most Great Peace’ shall come. Baha’u’llah
Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it’s more important to make yourself feel good. Ina Garten
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
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart’s affections, and the truth of imagination. John Keats
I have often thought that if a well-grounded affection be not really a part of virtue, it is something extremely akin to it. Robert Burns
Our party is – we don’t have the problems that the other party has. We’re not divided. We don’t have to worry about, you know, what people are saying on the side or about their affection for the president or – we don’t have those problems and we don’t have the reinvention convention. David Axelrod
That is America. That is America. Those bonds of affection; that common creed. We don’t fear the future; we shape it. We embrace it, as one people, stronger together than we are on our own. Barack Obama
My favorite type of pet has always been a dog. They’re loyal, kind, and offer endless affection. My friend Eric says, ‘The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.’ Funny thought. Brendon Urie
When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love’s conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God. Radhanath Swami
Everybody is looking for validation, no matter who you are, and I think that’s a need of the human condition – to look for affection or recognition or validation. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
I just don’t know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life. Tupac Shakur
If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. W. H. Auden
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn’t have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were all for other men. Larry Kramer
Trust is the most important part of a relationship, closely followed by communication. I think that if you have those two things, everything else falls into place – your affection, your emotional connection. Vanessa Lachey
Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. Pindar
My father, who died a few years ago, was a good, simple, very honest man. His faith and affection for his family was just unassailable, without question. David Ogden Stiers
If you’re like me, food is a medium for communication. It’s an expression of love and affection. Lidia Bastianich
If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave. Theophile Gautier
The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do. Nan Fairbrother
Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. Victor Hugo
Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members of our happy confederacy new motives for patriotic affection and support. Andrew Jackson
The first thing I do each morning is get out of bed and give my dog, Audrey, a hug. She’s a Jack Russell. I think having an animal is a wonderful thing, particularly dogs. They are great levelers, there’s no nonsense with them, and they just want simple affection. Donatella Versace
In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past – a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared. Henri Frederic Amiel
There is a time for risky love. There is a time for extravagant gestures. There is a time to pour out your affections on one you love. And when the time comes – seize it, don’t miss it. Max Lucado
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal… one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. Theophile Gautier
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. Khalil Gibran
My childhood lacked affection and ambience. Jacqueline de Ribes
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. C. S. Lewis
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence. Mercy Otis Warren
Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots. Nathaniel Hawthorne
I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it. Audrey Hepburn
To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. Adam Smith
Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster. Agnes Smedley
What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up? Robert Southey
Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, but not the boundary, of the affections. Mary Baker Eddy
The essential elements of giving are power and love – activity and affection – and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other. Mark Hopkins
My dog doesn’t worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn’t get her breakfast, but she doesn’t sit around worrying about whether she will get fulfilled or liberated or enlightened. As long as she gets some food and a little affection, her life is fine. Joko Beck
I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration. William P. Young
I loved what I did. I remember cruel mothers who would pinch their children to make them cry in a scene, but my mother encircled me with affection. Shirley Temple
The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him. Xun Kuang
Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding. David Hume
And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart. Mary Shelley
When you’re the object of everyone’s affection, make no mistake about it: you are an object. People don’t have any interest in loving you for you. Their love for you is for who they think you are. Jennette McCurdy
I never thought ‘Mein Hoon Na’ will do so well in Pakistan. Whenever I meet Pakistanis in London or the U.S., they have so much love and affection for me because of ‘Mein Hoon Na,’ which was my most criticised film in India. Farah Khan
Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to. Alfred A. Montapert
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child. Alexander Pope
You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections: There is nothing like it in this world. Charlotte Bronte
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it. Christian Nestell Bovee
When you’re a young person, the solace one can get from popular music is something I just have tremendous nostalgia for, affection for. I still have it. Greg Mottola
The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections. Maria Montessori
It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying. Marcel Proust
True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection. Prayer is the utilization of the love wherewith He loves us. Mary Baker Eddy
I have a great affection for Indian culture and music. John McLaughlin
My affections are easily swayed and I can be very unfaithful. Dusty Springfield
We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. Dalai Lama
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, – a mere heart of stone. Charles Darwin
Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart. Basil Rathbone
I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for. Deepak Chopra
I love dogs. They live in the moment and don’t care about anything except affection and food. They’re loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated. David Duchovny
While I am aware of no counsel on whether kissing should be reserved only for post-mission dating or courtship, I am aware of plenty of counsel concerning honesty in our actions and treating others with respect and kindness. Casual attitudes about expressions of affection such as kissing can cause much grief and heartache. John Bytheway
Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation. Jane Addams
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price. St. Jerome
Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God. Christopher Hitchens
I think ‘Horace Silver’ was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along with most players of my generation, I have a real affection for the music of ‘Horace Silver.’ David Sanborn
It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good. Maria Mitchell
Jealousy is the grave of affection. Mary Baker Eddy
From the beginning to the end of a drama, it’s most important that I’m focused on the project that I’m responsible for and feel affection towards it. Then I get faith that the project will end up being good before getting fully engaged in it. Lee Min-ho
If you have other gods before the Lord, your heart will be turned away from serving the only true and living God, who requires the whole heart, the undivided affections. All the heart, all the soul, all the mind, and all the strength, does God require. He will accept of nothing short of this. Ellen G. White
I want the Congress to become an instrument for dialogue among the Indian people – all of us, from all corners of our great country, all religions, all ethnicities, all ages, genders and people – and for our dialogue to always be led by love and affection. Rahul Gandhi
All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it. George Bernard Shaw
In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity. Summer is more wooing and seductive, more versatile and human, appeals to the affections and the sentiments, and fosters inquiry and the art impulse. John Burroughs
Supporters – they’re where the heart is. They don’t need ‘merch.’ They don’t need to show their affection by wearing a sandwich board on their bodies, logos. No, no, no… people who support The Dream are a little bit more sophisticated than that. Velveteen Dream
