Hugging Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old hugging quotes, hugging sayings, and hugging proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Hugs can do great amounts of good especially for children. Princess Diana
A hug is like a strangle you haven't finished yet. Jenny Lawson
Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps. Harold MacMillan
Hugs may come less frequently from someone with autism but when they do, you know it means everything. Stuart Duncan
A hug from a samurai girl is warmer than a heap of blankets and more meaningful than a pile of words. Sandy Fussell
The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you return it. Marge Piercy
If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you. Peter Marshall
A hug delights and warms and charms, that must be why God gave us arms Anonymous
A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. Proverb
A hug is like a boomerang you get it back right away. Bil Keane
A hug makes you feel good all day. Kathleen Keating
Your hug should be more than an embrace of affection. It represents her safety and security. It should make her feel truly loved. Tony Curl
A hug's a happy thing while a shrug's so often destructive. Malcolm Forbes
Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism. Leo Buscaglia
Laughing together is as close as you can get to a hug without touching. Gina Barreca
Sometimes the right hug from the right person at the exact right time makes all the wrong in the world disappear. Sarah Ockler
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
Hugs are so vital a thing that there should never be so few of them that you can count the ones you've had. Christina Engela
There's something in a simple hug That always warms the heart, It welcomes us back home And makes it easier to part. Johnny Ray Ryder
Hugs should be available at the medical stores 24/7. Sometimes, they are the best healers for almost everything. Minhal Mehdi
A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more.True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. Charles Caleb Colton
Hugging has no unpleasant side effects and is all natural. There are no batteries to replace, it's inflation-proof and non-fattening with no monthly payments. It's non-taxable, non-polluting, and is, of course, fully refundable. Anonymous
A hug can lift pain and worries from the heart. Bringing hope and love back into the heart. Anonymous
The only thing to do is to hug one's friends tight and do one's job. Edith Wharton
Happiness is a great big hug, hugging us from the inside. allow yourself to feel its warmth and grace Micheline Jean Louis
Hugs are nourishment for the heart. Lynda Cheldelin Fell
If you hug someone for seven seconds, it gives you a chemical drop in your brain. Walt Dohrn
No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back. H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Sometimes all you can do is hug a friend tightly and wish that their pain could be transferred by touch to your own emotional hard drive. Richelle E. Goodrich
When you are hugging a child, always be the last one to let go. You never know how long they need it. Anonymous
When you hug someone, you learn something else about them. An important something else. E. L. Konigsburg
Hugs are God's way of reminding us how much we are loved. Gail Lynne Goodwin
If you hug someone goodbye and their response is what the hell are you doing? you may want to examine you're definition of close friend. Dov Davidoff
A hug is a smile with arms, a laugh with a stronger grip. Terri Guillemets
A hug is the perfect gift, one size fits all, everyone likes them and no-one cares if it is given back. Natalie
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
A hug is an amazing thing. It's just the perfect way to show the love we're feeling but can't find the words to say. Johnny Ray Ryder
A hug is a handshake from the heart Anonymous