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Heart Quotes

"Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart."

"Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart."

Thomas Boston, Scottish Clergyman

Heart, Fire, Temptation

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"A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart."

"A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart."

Pietro Aretino, Italian Poet

Heart, Cowardice, Mind

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"Heart is really just forgetting to fail."

"Heart is really just forgetting to fail."

R. A. Delmonico, American Author

Heart, Forgetfulness, Resilience, Emotion

15

"My heart is in the Church of England but not my mind."

"My heart is in the Church of England but not my mind."

Alister Hardy, British Scientist

Heart, Church, England, Mind

15

"I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have."

"I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have."

Alice Walker, American Author

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"The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences."

"The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind."

"Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

Heart, Mankind, Tradition, World

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"To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart."

"To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart."

Phyllis Theroux, American Author

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"Knock on the heart's emotions and its gates will be widely opened, but nock on reason and doubt will come charging at you."

"Knock on the heart's emotions and its gates will be widely opened, but nock on reason and doubt will come charging at you."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Heart, Emotion, Reason, Doubt

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"I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion."

"I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion."

Paul Simon, American Musician

Heart, Eye, Fashion, Open

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"Let your love be stronger than your fear."

"Let your love be stronger than your fear."

Kate McGahan, American Author

Heart, Love, Strength, Fear, Courage

14

"Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all."

"Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Heart, Truth, Love, Today, Future

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"True love comes from the heart and not from the words."

"True love comes from the heart and not from the words."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Heart, Love, Truth, Word

14

"It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it."

"It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it."

Barry Switzer, American Coach

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"Love had failed. Love was an emotion through which you occasionally enjoyed yourself. it could not do things."

"Love had failed. Love was an emotion through which you occasionally enjoyed yourself. it could not do things."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Heart, Love, Emotion, Failure, Reality

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"How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?"

"How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?"

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

Heart, Fear, Wonder

14

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

14

"Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart."

"Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

14

"It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see."

"It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

14

"My heart dances with joy and sings with passion when it hears the music of love."

"My heart dances with joy and sings with passion when it hears the music of love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Heart, Joy, Love, Passion

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"I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ."

"I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Heart, Opinion, Race, Right

14

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Heart, Charm, Tenderness

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"Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart."

"Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Heart, Memories, Mind

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"In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart."

"In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Heart, Prayer, Words

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"If it were not for hopes, the heart would break."

"If it were not for hopes, the heart would break."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"My mother never met a gadget she didn't like. There were tube pans for baking the angel food cakes my father could have after his first heart attack, and Bundt pans and loaf pans and baking pans and grilling pans."

"My mother never met a gadget she didn't like. There were tube pans for baking the angel food cakes my father could have after his first heart attack, and Bundt pans and loaf pans and baking pans and grilling pans."

Janet Fitch, American Author

Heart, Family, Love, Memory, Home

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"Now mine eyes see the heart that once we did search for, and I fear this heart shall be mended, nevermore."

"Now mine eyes see the heart that once we did search for, and I fear this heart shall be mended, nevermore."

Marissa Meyer, American Author

Heart, Love, Loss, Fear

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"If what you create seems to turn out much stranger than who you are as a person, it's probably because your heart is talking."

"If what you create seems to turn out much stranger than who you are as a person, it's probably because your heart is talking."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Heart, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Creativity

13

"When the heart is beautiful, its light shines though the eyes, vocal tones and actions of its owner."

"When the heart is beautiful, its light shines though the eyes, vocal tones and actions of its owner."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Heart, Beauty, Light, Action

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"O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked."

"O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Heart, Intention, Man

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"Jeane Dixon tells us that May and June are going to be pretty bad. June may be worse than May. But everything will turn out to be fine and to be of stout heart and all that."

"Jeane Dixon tells us that May and June are going to be pretty bad. June may be worse than May. But everything will turn out to be fine and to be of stout heart and all that."

Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity

Heart, June, May, Pretty

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"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to."

"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Heart, Mind, Poet, Khalil Gibran

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"Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?"

"Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?"

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Heart, Body, Measure, Violence

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"Your heart is the gateway to the divine."

"Your heart is the gateway to the divine."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

13

"The intellect is always fooled by the heart."

"The intellect is always fooled by the heart."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Heart, Intellect

13

"While we tediously check our weaponry before entering into battle, do we check our hearts? For without exception, that is the greatest weapon of all."

"While we tediously check our weaponry before entering into battle, do we check our hearts? For without exception, that is the greatest weapon of all."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Heart, Wisdom, Truth, Power, Inspirational

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"I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it."

"I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

Heart, Nothing, Want, Will

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"The heart lives in that space between harmonic regularity and chaotic uncertainty."

"The heart lives in that space between harmonic regularity and chaotic uncertainty."

R. A. Delmonico, American Author

Heart, Harmony, Chaos, Uncertainty

12

"The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech."

"The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Heart, Mind, Speech

12

"It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray."

"It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Heart, Attitude, Body

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"One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling."

"One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling."

William James, American Philosopher

Heart, Enemies, Feeling, Will

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"Its harder to gain the heart that loves than the heart that hates."

"Its harder to gain the heart that loves than the heart that hates."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Heart, Love, Hate, Difficulty

12

"Falling in love might be the hardest one, as it encompasses a lot."

"Falling in love might be the hardest one, as it encompasses a lot."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Heart, Love, Emotion, Choice

12

"A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child."

"A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

12

"What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own."

"What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

12

"A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income."

"A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Heart, Complaint, Income, London

12

"The logic of the heart is absurd."

"The logic of the heart is absurd."

Julie de Lespinasse, French Author

12

"My heart is aching for the people of Nice, Italy. I am so sad that I have no words to express my frustration."

"My heart is aching for the people of Nice, Italy. I am so sad that I have no words to express my frustration."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Heart, Sadness, Frustration, Nice

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"Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft."

"Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Heart, Misfortune

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"The mind is always the patsy of the heart."

"The mind is always the patsy of the heart."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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