Bible & Inspirational Quotes
Affections
Bible Quotes
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
(Romans 8:13) KJV
 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
(Deuteronomy 6:5) KJV
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
(Psalm 16:3) KJV
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.
(Psalm 42:1) NIV
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
(Psalm 84:1,2) KJV
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
(Psalm 106:12,13) KJV
My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.
(Psalm 119:20) NIV
Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
(Psalm 119:97) NIV
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
(Psalm 119:103) NIV
I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly.
(Psalm 119:167) NIV
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
(Matthew 10:37) NIV
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
(Matthew 24:12) KJV
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
(Mark 12:30) KJV
Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.
(Luke 8:13) NIV
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
(Romans 12:10) NIV
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
(2 Timothy 3:3) KJV
Inspirational Quotes from Famous People
You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and you will not find that person anywhere.
--Unknown
If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.
--Martin Delany quotes
What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?
--Robert Southey quotes (English Poet and Writer of prose. 1774-1843)
Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.
--Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes (American 32nd US President (1933-45), cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US president. 1882-1945)
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind that only pleases the sight but does not captivate the affections.
--Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra quotes (Spanish writer, author of the masterwork 'El quijote', 1547-1616)
Most people would rather give than get affection.
--Aristotle quotes (Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scientist and Physician, 384 BC-322 BC)
The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
--William Dean Howells quotes
Most affections are habits or duties we lack the courage to end.
--Henry De Montherlant quotes
Jealousy is the grave of affection.
--Mary Baker Eddy quotes (American Founder of the religious faith known as Christian Science, 1821-1910)
Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it.
--Bertrand Russell quotes (English Logician and Philosopher 1872-1970)
A woman's life is a history of the affections.
--Washington Irving quotes (American Writer called the first American man of letters. Best known for the short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. 1783-1859)
If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.
--W. H. Auden quotes (English born American Poet, Dramatist and Editor who achieved early fame in the 1930s as a hero of the left during the Great Depression. 1907-1973)7
References and notes
The above Bible Promises are from the following books:
1. The Bible Promise Book Barbour Publishing, Inc
2. Promise of the Psalms Compiled by Ellen W. Caughey Barbour Publishing, Inc
3. My Little Book of Promise - Christian Art Gifts
4. Dictionary.com - http://dictionary.reference.com
5. BibleInfo.com - http://www.bibleinfo.com/en
6. Famous Quotes - http://home.att.net/~quotations/bible.html
7. ThinkExist.com - http://thinkexist.com/
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All who reverently direct their affections and thoughts to God will have His peace:
"You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You."