Heart Quotes

"When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks"

Patricia Neal, Actress

"The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey"

Sarah Fielding

"The decision I've made has come from my heart. That's me, to follow my heart"

Craig Stevens, Athlete

"Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake"

John Bunyan, Clergyman

"I think that one of Elvis' charms was that he could sing almost any kind of music. I am sure that in his heart, which I don't know what was there, but just from his singing I could feel that he was very partial to gospel music"

Patti Page, Musician

"Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort"

Humphry Davy, Scientist

"What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it"

Hugh Blair, Theologian

"For support, I fall back on my heart. Has a man any fault a woman cannot weave with and try to change into something better, if the god her man prays to is a mother holding a baby?"

Haniel Long, Author

"People who are employed in a way they don't like - my heart cries for them"

Fred L. Turner, Businessman

"When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart"

Donna Reed, Actress

"You're creating an intimacy that everybody feels, that it's their experience, not yours. I'll never introduce a song and say, now this song is about 'my' broken heart"

Diana Krall, Musician

"People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it"

Anthony de Mello

"Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur"

Alfred Eisenstaedt, Photographer

"If I'm not living from my heart, I get sick"

A. J. Langer, Actress

"Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way"

Kate Seredy, Writer

"The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart"

Julien Green, Novelist

"My heart was beating out of my chest"

Swoosie Kurtz, Actress

"The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire - the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain"

Helena Petrova Blavatsky, Author

"I have crushed the cup of youth like a rose between my fingers but its nectar never warmed my weary heart"

Jon English, Musician

"The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart"

Norman Lear, Producer

"I don't have any illusion that The Creeper is as popular or will ever be as popular as any of the classic movie monsters, but I think in the heart of every young horror fan is his desire to create his own creature"

Victor Salva, Director

"At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and loved since childhood"

Samuel West, Actor

"The heart hid still in the dark, hard as the Philosopher's Stone"

Paul Celan, Poet

"Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned"

Henry Brooks Adams

"Home is where the heart is"

Pliny the Elder, Author

"A personal offense is like a scratch on a phonograph record. I couldn't move my thoughts beyond my pain. It kept repeating, as if I were stuck within its grooves. There was only one way to play beyond it. I had to forgive them, so my heart could take its form again"

Laurel Lee

"It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed to a major label it was such a sell out! But now... unless you've signed to a big label, you're a failure now"

Mike Peters, Cartoonist

"What happens in the heart simply happens"

Ted Hughes, Poet

"I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that"

Mark McGwire, Athlete

"Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart"

Ruth Graham, Celebrity

"The very heart of being a sovereign nation is providing security of one's borders, of one's internal situation, and security against anyone attacking one's nation. That is the very heart of what I believe is sovereignty"

John Warner, Politician

"Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God"

John Buchan, Politician

"Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden"

Carl D. Anderson, Scientist

"What I have to do now is figure where my passion is, and follow my heart; I've proven that if I have the passion for something then I can succeed. I haven't been listening to my heart in the last little while"

Clara Hughes, Athlete

"Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace"

Kent Nerburn, Author

"The true character of ministry is a servants heart"

Harold Warner

"There's a lot of pain in my heart because what I accomplished was second to none. I'm not losing any sleep, but I do pay attention every year at this time"

Bob Hayes, Athlete

"I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not take it lightly, and not be too casual, is something I take deeply to heart"

Max Weinberg, Musician

"A man must be strong in that profession, he must have vigor of body and mind, yet I am all out of breath if I walk up a hill; I have not the heart to crush even a fly"

Gregorio M. Sierra

"You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it"

Faith Baldwin, Novelist

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