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Letter "A" » Affection
«There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love»
Author: Arthur Wing Pinero
| About:
Affection,
Love,
Men and Women,
Relationships,
Respect
| Keywords:
affection, sorts
«The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.»
Author: Lee Iacocca
| About:
Affection
| Keywords:
affections, fallen, lightning, Lightning Strikes, strike
«The fact is that people are good, if only their fundamental wishes are satisfied, their wish for affection and security. Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.»
Author: Abraham Maslow
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Affection,
Humanity,
Wishes
| Keywords:
affection, behavior, fundamental, secure, security
«Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.»
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt
(President)
| About:
Affection,
Self-interest
| Keywords:
self interest
«Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.»
«The best way to hold a man is in your arms.»
«That trial is not fair where affection is judge»
«The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection»
Author: William Dean Howells
| About:
Affection
| Keywords:
benevolent, commands, conqueror, regarded, The conqueror
«Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide them, guide them»
«Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Affection,
Love
| Keywords:
bent, younger
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