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Heart Quotes

"There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity."

"There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity."

Washington Irving, American Writer

Heart, Adversity, Fire, Lies

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"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree."

"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree."

Roy L. Smith, American Clergyman

Heart, Christmas, Will

42

"Really, I don't see this heart-throb thing at all."

"Really, I don't see this heart-throb thing at all."

Javier Bardem, Spanish Actor

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"I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon."

"I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon."

Amy Lowell, American Poet

Heart, Fire, Moon, Want

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"I see Christ as the incarnation of the piper who is calling us. He dances that shape and pattern which is at the heart of our reality."

"I see Christ as the incarnation of the piper who is calling us. He dances that shape and pattern which is at the heart of our reality."

Sydney Carter, English Poet

Heart, Christ, Reality

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"Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe."

"Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Heart, Charity, Mind, Rest

42

"I'm really a romantic at heart."

"I'm really a romantic at heart."

Christopher Atkins, American Actor

Heart, Romantic

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"This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern."

"This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern."

Barbara Deming, American Author

Heart, Concern, Pressure

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"The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very difficult to play, or even indicate."

"The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very difficult to play, or even indicate."

Jeremy Brett, British Actor

Heart, Fact, Man, Play

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"Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame."

"Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame."

Thomas Kempis, German Writer

Heart, Blame, Praise, Tranquility

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"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

41

"To manifest your hearts desires you must BE what your heart desires."

"To manifest your hearts desires you must BE what your heart desires."

Joy Page, American Actress

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"In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world."

"In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world."

Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Musician

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"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

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"I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there-that's true in any of the arts."

"I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there-that's true in any of the arts."

Rosanna Arquette, American Actress

Heart, Artist, Being, Worry

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"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."

"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."

Washington Irving, American Writer

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"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

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"The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man."

"The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Writer

Heart, Evil, Man

41

"If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless."

"If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless."

Moliere, French Playwright

Heart, Integrity

41

"A man's heart may have a secret sanctuary where only one woman may enter, but it is full of little anterooms which are seldom vacant."

"A man's heart may have a secret sanctuary where only one woman may enter, but it is full of little anterooms which are seldom vacant."

Helen Rowland, American Writer

Heart, Man, May, Woman

41

"The heart is the best reflective thinker."

"The heart is the best reflective thinker."

Wendell Phillips, American Activist

41

"I acted my heart out."

"I acted my heart out."

F. Murray Abraham, American Actor

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"Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart."

"Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

41

"I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody."

"I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody."

Carly Simon, American Musician

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"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

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"My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed!"

"My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed!"

Anne Sullivan, American Educator

Heart, Joy, Light, Mind

41

"Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart."

"Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart."

Steve Irwin, Australian Scientist

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"It's a surer way to a woman's heart to be interested in what she's thinking than what she's wearing or not wearing."

"It's a surer way to a woman's heart to be interested in what she's thinking than what she's wearing or not wearing."

Tina Louise, American Actress

Heart, Thinking, Woman

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"Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind."

"Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind."

Leo Rosten, American Novelist

Heart, Absence, Mind, Sight

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"You have to pick the stories that you want to be involved with and the end game is you'd like to be a part of a hit. But I think your moral obligation is to follow your own heart."

"You have to pick the stories that you want to be involved with and the end game is you'd like to be a part of a hit. But I think your moral obligation is to follow your own heart."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

Heart, End, Obligation, Want

41

"Yes, you've got to sing from the depths of the heart."

"Yes, you've got to sing from the depths of the heart."

Nusrat F. A. Khan, Pakistani Musician

41

"I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name, and where I shall be born again with a new face and an untried heart."

"I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name, and where I shall be born again with a new face and an untried heart."

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, French Novelist

Heart, Country, Name, Past

41

"The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart."

"The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart."

Sam Rayburn, American Politician

41

"Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers."

"Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers."

Tecumseh, American Leader

Heart, Body, Country, Fathers

41

"The suit-and-tie job is very nice but it's not really who I am in my heart."

"The suit-and-tie job is very nice but it's not really who I am in my heart."

Boris Becker, German Athlete

40

"Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart."

"Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart."

Edwin Markham, American Poet

Heart, Dawn, Glory

40

"To measure the man, measure his heart."

"To measure the man, measure his heart."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Heart, Man, Measure

40

"It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body."

"It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

Heart, Body, Help, Laughter

40

"There are a hell of a lot of jobs that are scarier than live comedy. Like standing in the operating room when a guy's heart stops, and you're the one who has to fix it!"

"There are a hell of a lot of jobs that are scarier than live comedy. Like standing in the operating room when a guy's heart stops, and you're the one who has to fix it!"

Jon Stewart, American Entertainer

Heart, Comedy, Hell, Jobs

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"Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue."

"Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue."

Adam Clarke, British Theologian

Heart, Prayer, Tongue

40

"A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man."

"A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man."

John Adams, American President

Heart, Desire, Man

40

"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

40

"The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so."

"The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so."

George Whitefield, American Clergyman

Heart, Actions, Appearance, Duty

40

"I'm not talking ideas, or even presentation. It's like in politics: You have to sell something to become an electric player - like your skin or your heart."

"I'm not talking ideas, or even presentation. It's like in politics: You have to sell something to become an electric player - like your skin or your heart."

Keith Jarrett, American Composer

Heart, Ideas, Skin, Talking

40

"What we're dealt with hopefully is two arms, two eyes, two legs, a head, a heart. The variations, the extensions, the possibilities of the human body, what that can do."

"What we're dealt with hopefully is two arms, two eyes, two legs, a head, a heart. The variations, the extensions, the possibilities of the human body, what that can do."

John Guare, American Playwright

Heart, Body, Eyes, Possibilities

40

"The heart of standing is you cannot fly."

"The heart of standing is you cannot fly."

William Empson, English Poet

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"If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you."

"If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you."

Levon Helm, American Musician

Heart, Performance, Energy, Play

40

"Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee."

"Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

40

"Memory always obeys the commands of the heart."

"Memory always obeys the commands of the heart."

Antoine Rivarol, French Journalist

40

"It's true that Blake was emotionally disturbed - always has been - but he doesn't have murder in his heart. If he was going to do any damage to anything or anyone, it would be to himself."

"It's true that Blake was emotionally disturbed - always has been - but he doesn't have murder in his heart. If he was going to do any damage to anything or anyone, it would be to himself."

Tommy Bond, American Actor

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