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Heart Quotes

"The way of a man's heart will be foreshadowed by what goodness lies in him - coming from above, and from around; but a way foreshadowed is not a way made."

"The way of a man's heart will be foreshadowed by what goodness lies in him - coming from above, and from around; but a way foreshadowed is not a way made."

Donald G. Mitchell, American Essayist

Heart, Goodness, Lies, Man

15

"You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best."

"You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best."

Andrew Carnegie, American Businessman

15

"The way to a man's heart is through his chest."

"The way to a man's heart is through his chest."

Aaron Allston, American Novelist

15

"In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing."

"In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing."

Antonio Porchia, Italian Poet

15

"As long as your heart beats, one is never too old."

"As long as your heart beats, one is never too old."

Compay Segundo, Cuban Musician

15

"What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation."

"What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation."

Gale Norton, American Public Servant

Heart, Conservation

15

"I know my choices will be creative so long as I follow my heart."

"I know my choices will be creative so long as I follow my heart."

Huey Lewis, American Musician

Heart, Choices, Will

15

"Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them."

"Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them."

Louise Bogan, American Poet

Heart, Feeling, Innocence, Violence

15

"The human heart likes a little disorder in its geometry."

"The human heart likes a little disorder in its geometry."

Louis de Bernieres, British Novelist

Heart, Disorder, Geometry

15

"But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?"

"But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?"

Amelia Barr, American Novelist

15

"The reason my voice is sounding more passionate is because I'm singing directly from the heart."

"The reason my voice is sounding more passionate is because I'm singing directly from the heart."

Sammy Hagar, American Musician

Heart, Reason, Singing, Voice

15

"And right now I may just be living inside the heart of the body, and I one day hope to move to the brain."

"And right now I may just be living inside the heart of the body, and I one day hope to move to the brain."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

Heart, Hope, Body, Day

15

"Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment."

"Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment."

Arthur Helps, British Historian

Heart, Environment, Feet, Spiritual

15

"Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief."

"Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief."

Dan Brown, American Author

Heart, Belief, Christian, Questioning

15

"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

Vince Lombardi, American Coach

Heart, Battle, Cause, Fulfillment

15

"It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority."

"It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority."

Harry A. Blackmun, American Judge

Heart, Choices, Rights, Majority

15

"I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it."

"I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it."

Nat King Cole, American Musician

15

"In childhood I developed a serious throat infection, and my heart stopped beating. I recovered from that illness with a voice that boomed forth like Kate Smith's!"

"In childhood I developed a serious throat infection, and my heart stopped beating. I recovered from that illness with a voice that boomed forth like Kate Smith's!"

Patsy Cline, American Musician

Heart, Childhood, Illness, Voice

15

"The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers."

"The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers."

Deepak Chopra, American Philosopher

15

"My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today."

"My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today."

Richard Adams, English Clergyman

Heart, Friend, Running, Today

15

"Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America."

"Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Heart, America, First, World

15

"The heart is the only broken instrument that works."

"The heart is the only broken instrument that works."

T. E. Kalem, American Critic

15

"Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart."

"Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart."

Garrett Hardin, American Environmentalist

15

"Olivier said that drama is an affair of the heart, or it's nothing, and he was right."

"Olivier said that drama is an affair of the heart, or it's nothing, and he was right."

Pam Gems, English Playwright

Heart, Drama, Nothing, Right

15

"Series of syllables which have been learned by heart, forgotten, and learned anew must be similar as to their inner conditions at the times when they can be recited."

"Series of syllables which have been learned by heart, forgotten, and learned anew must be similar as to their inner conditions at the times when they can be recited."

Hermann Ebbinghaus, German Psychologist

14

"But a true diva has dismissed that drama. A true diva's heart is open, and she's ready to play by her own rules - rules that are gentle and kind."

"But a true diva has dismissed that drama. A true diva's heart is open, and she's ready to play by her own rules - rules that are gentle and kind."

Jenifer Lewis, American Actress

Heart, Drama, Open, Play

14

"By blood a king, in heart a clown."

"By blood a king, in heart a clown."

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet

14

"Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours."

"Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

14

"My own will and desires were now very much broken, and my heart was with much earnestness turned to the Lord, to whom alone I looked for help in the dangers before me."

"My own will and desires were now very much broken, and my heart was with much earnestness turned to the Lord, to whom alone I looked for help in the dangers before me."

John Woolman, American Clergyman

Heart, Help, Now, Will

14

"How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart."

"How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart."

Robert Mondavi, American Businessman

Heart, Giving, Goodness

14

"To measure the man, measure his heart."

"To measure the man, measure his heart."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Heart, Man, Measure

14

"Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do."

"Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

14

"Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?"

"Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?"

Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian

14

"So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds."

"So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds."

Countee Cullen, American Poet

14

"I would like to thank the press from the heart of my bottom."

"I would like to thank the press from the heart of my bottom."

Nick Faldo, English Athlete

14

"The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the close."

"The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the close."

Thomas Moore, Irish Poet

14

"Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion."

"Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion."

Kevin Mitnick, American Celebrity

Heart, Fear, Intention

14

"Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart."

"Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

Heart, Strength, Wishes

14

"And there had to be a dagger thrust in the heart of the left to tell them that you are no longer gonna give five years for a Smith Act prosecution or one year for Contempt of Court, but we're gonna kill ya!"

"And there had to be a dagger thrust in the heart of the left to tell them that you are no longer gonna give five years for a Smith Act prosecution or one year for Contempt of Court, but we're gonna kill ya!"

Julius Rosenberg, American Criminal

Heart, Act, Contempt, Court

14

"When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy that kills."

"When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy that kills."

Kate Chopin, American Author

Heart, Disease, Doctors, Joy

14

"My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes."

"My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes."

Christine Lahti, American Actress

14

"The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart."

"The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart."

Georg Trakl, Austrian Poet

Heart, Eyes, Gold, Night

14

"In my mind and in my heart, I feel okay. I cannot complain that I haven't lived long enough, but I'd like to live longer."

"In my mind and in my heart, I feel okay. I cannot complain that I haven't lived long enough, but I'd like to live longer."

Freddy Fender, American Musician

14

"I take none of that to heart. I don't feel like there's anything that I need to do for anybody else. I want to win bad enough for myself anyway, that nothing anybody can say can make me want to win any more."

"I take none of that to heart. I don't feel like there's anything that I need to do for anybody else. I want to win bad enough for myself anyway, that nothing anybody can say can make me want to win any more."

Danica Patrick, American Celebrity

Heart, Nothing, Want

14

"It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has."

"It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

14

"A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist."

"A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist."

Louis Nizer, English Lawyer

Heart, Artist, Man

14

"When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes."

"When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes."

Ella Maillart, Swiss Writer

Heart, Language

14

"It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart."

"It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart."

Yakov Smirnoff, Russian Comedian

Heart, Act, Spirit

14

"The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool."

"The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool."

Edwin Hubbel Chapin, American Clergyman

14

"The day breaks not, it is my heart."

"The day breaks not, it is my heart."

John Donne, British Poet

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