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Heart Quotes

"The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth."

"The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Heart, Christian, Earth, Moods

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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

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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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"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 human heart is so delicate and sensitive that it always needs some tangible encouragement to prevent it from faltering in its labor. The human heart is so robust, so tough, that once encouraged it beats its rhythm with a loud unswerving insistency."

"The human heart is so delicate and sensitive that it always needs some tangible encouragement to prevent it from faltering in its labor. The human heart is so robust, so tough, that once encouraged it beats its rhythm with a loud unswerving insistency."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Heart, Motivational, Emotion, Persistence

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"One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too."

"One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"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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"Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment, the spark that you always carry in your heart."

"Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment, the spark that you always carry in your heart."

Raisa Gorbachyova, Russian Celebrity

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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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"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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"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

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"The intellect is always fooled by the heart."

"The intellect is always fooled by the heart."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Heart, Intellect

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"When mind stuck, entertain your heart."

"When mind stuck, entertain your heart."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Heart, Truth, Happiness, Wisdom, Inspirational

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"Your heart is your temple."

"Your heart is your temple."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Heart, Temple, Truth, Self

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"My heart is an endless well of love and gratitude."

"My heart is an endless well of love and gratitude."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Heart, Love, Gratitude, Endless

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"I'm a nudist at heart."

"I'm a nudist at heart."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

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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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"There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart."

"There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Heart, Nothing, Tongue

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"There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you."

"There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Heart, May, Order, Pride

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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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"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

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"Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing, but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch."

"Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing, but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch."

Yoshida Kenko, Japanese Author

Heart, Nothing, Wind

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"The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe."

"The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Heart, First, Pain, Quail

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"If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it."

"If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

Heart, Laughter, Man, May

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"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

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"Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart."

"Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart."

George Eliot, British Author

Heart, Jealousy

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"Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text."

"Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Heart, Mind, Needs

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"Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song."

"Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song."

Konrad von Gesner, Swiss Scientist

Heart, Song, Thanksgiving

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"Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart."

"Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Heart, Will, Statesman

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"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

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"A closed heart is the most self limiting factor in life. Start to listen to your heartfelt desires."

"A closed heart is the most self limiting factor in life. Start to listen to your heartfelt desires."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Heart, Limitation, Listening, Desire

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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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"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

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"Your heart is the gateway to the divine."

"Your heart is the gateway to the divine."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

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"My home is my heart. I am wandering through the way of love."

"My home is my heart. I am wandering through the way of love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Heart, Home, Wandering, Love

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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

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"Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know."

"Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

2

"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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"The logic of the heart is absurd."

"The logic of the heart is absurd."

Julie de Lespinasse, French Author

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"When you have been just told that the girl you love is definitely betrothed to another, you begin to understand how Anarchists must feel when the bomb goes off too soon."

"When you have been just told that the girl you love is definitely betrothed to another, you begin to understand how Anarchists must feel when the bomb goes off too soon."

P. G. Wodehouse, English Writer

Heart, Love, Loss, Emotion, Understanding

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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

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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

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"Those who have a listening heart can hear the song of silence."

"Those who have a listening heart can hear the song of silence."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Heart, Listening, Silence

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"Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind."

"Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"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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"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

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"Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound."

"Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound."

Voltaire, French Writer

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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

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"The mind defines, decides, doubts and divides - only the heart truly binds."

"The mind defines, decides, doubts and divides - only the heart truly binds."

Rasheed Ogunlaru, British Motivational Speaker

Heart, Mind, Decision, Division

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