Hug Quotes

• Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Love, Kissing, Needs

  LEO BUSCAGLIA, PH.D. (1982). “LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING”

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• We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

  Virginia Satir

  Love, Inspirational, Marriage

  "Magic Touch: Six Things You Can Do to Connect in a Disconnected World" by Carolyn Rosenblatt, www.forbes.com. January 18, 2011.

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• No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Money, Matter, Financial

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• Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.

  Princess Diana

  Children, Kindness, Parenting

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• A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.

  Bil Keane

  Love, Friendship, Real Friends

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• I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.

  Shel Silverstein

  War, Kissing, Winning

  Shel Silverstein, “Hug O'War”

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• HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.

  Princess Diana

  Kissing, Hands, People

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• They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.

  Bil Keane

  Valentines Day, People, Valentine's Day

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• I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

  Maya Angelou

  Kindness, People, Support

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• A hug is worth a thousand words.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Thousand

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• This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Smile, Confidence, Patience

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• When we hug, our hearts connect and we know that we are not separate beings. Hugging with mindfulness and concentration can bring reconciliation, healing, understanding, and much happiness.

  Nhat Hanh

  Happiness, Healing, Heart

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “Happiness (EasyRead Edition)”, p.95, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!

  Drew Barrymore

  Cute, Kissing, Octopus

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• The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you return it.

  Marge Piercy

  Friendship, Giving, Mind

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• When you hug someone,
  never be the first to let go.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Letting Go, Firsts

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• Millions and millions of years would still not give me half enough time to describe that tiny instant of all eternity when you put your arms around me and I put my arms around you.

  Jacques Prevert

  Love, Years, Giving

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• Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and loyalty and mix them thoroughly with faith; blend with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Wrap it regularly with lots of hugs. Serve generous helpings daily.

  Zig Ziglar

  Loyalty, Kindness, Laughter

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Oct 11, 2014

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• To be honest with you, I don't have the words to make you feel better, but I do have the arms to give you a hug, ears to listen to whatever you want to talk about, and I have a heart; a heart that's aching to see you smile again.

  Laura Ortiz

  Friendship, Smile, Romantic

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• Cute is when your personality shines through your looks. Like, when you see someone's personality in the way they walk and you just feel like hugging them every time you see them.

  Natalie Portman

  Cute, Personality, Shining

  "Natalie Portman - Cluttered and Loving It". Interview with Ted Demme and Ingrid Sischy, www.oocities.org. March 1996.

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• Sometimes it's better to put love into hugs than to put it into words. Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Soul, Lips, Lovers

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• The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.

  Hildegard of Bingen

  Arms, Mystery, Mystery Of God

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• I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

  Maya Angelou

  Pain, Heart, People

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 06, 2013

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• Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart.

  Steve Irwin

  Motivation, Inspiration, Heart

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• She had a lot of hugs to give, but not enough people to give them to.

  James Patterson

  People, Giving, Enough

  James Patterson (2008). “Sundays at Tiffany's”, p.33, Random House

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• I will not play at tug o' war, I'd rather play at hug o' war

  Shel Silverstein

  War, Play, Resolution

  Shel Silverstein, “Hug O'War”

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