Quotes about Affection
Man-made laws assure justice, but a higher law produces love. No code of conduct ever persuaded a father to love his children or a husband to show affection to his wife. The law court may force him to provide bread for the family, but it cannot make him provide the bread of love.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A wondrous subtle thing is love, for here were we two, who had never seen each other before that day, between whom no word or even look of affection had ever passed, and yet now in an hour of trouble our hands instinctively sought for each other.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love.
— Stephen Hawking
Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, though not the boundary, of the affections.
— Mary Baker Eddy
Let all that you do be done in love.
— 1 Corinthians 16:14
Love is not words, it's actions, and love isn't feelings, it's a decision.
— Steven Furtick
A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love.
— Catherine of Siena
It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
— Teresa of Avila
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
— Ignatius of Loyola
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.
— Mother Teresa
The measure of love is love without measure.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.
— St. Augustine