First of all, Scripture draws our attention to this, that if we want ease and tranquility in our lives, we should resign ourselves and all that we have to the will of God, and at the same time we should surrender our affections to him as our Conqueror and Overlord.
The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of greed.
Those Women who boast the Affections of their Admirers, have a greater share of Vanity than Love.
It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.
Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.
Mother Liberty caresses with generous affections. . . [those] who, armed with the weapons of high-minded honesty,. . . have grasped that the freedom of each is rooted in the freedom of all.
There is nothing but death Our affections can sever, And till life's latest breath Love shall bind us for ever.
The clemency of Princes is often but policy to win the affections of the people.
There are few mortals so insensible that their affections cannot he gained by mildness, their confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn or neglect
Afflictions tend to wean us from the world - and to fix our affections on things above.
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.
Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections. . . nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.
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.
Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground
When the affections so kindly break loose, Joy, is another name for Religion.
The misfortune is, that religious learning is too often rather considered as an act of the memory than of the heart and affections; as a dry duty, rather than a lively pleasure.
Intellectual life requires for its expansion and manifestation the influences and assimilation of the interests and affections of others.
A woman's best qualities do not reside in her intellect, but in her affections. She gives refreshment by her sympathies, rather than by her knowledge.
Purity of heart means the control of the imagination and the rigorous care of the affections.
The priceless treasure of boyhood is his endless enthusiasm, his high store of idealism, his affections and his hopes. When we preserve these, we have made men. We have made citizens and we have made Americans.