In Heart A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart. – ZeusDisney movie, Hercules, voiced by Rip Torn.
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I’m not a politician, I’m not an ideologue, I’m not an organizer anymore. I’m a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can’t force that feeling. – Hari Kondabolu
Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that. – Gay Talese
Make my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart does hold. – George Villiers
When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart. – Helen Rowland
To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell’s heart, I stab at thee; For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee. – Herman Melville
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.– William ShakespeareMacbeth, Act 1, Scene 7. Macbeth to his wife.
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.– William ShakespeareOthello, Act 1, Scene 1. Iago reveals his deceitful nature to Roderigo.
It takes a childlike heart to feel the promptings of the Spirit, to surrender to those commands, and to obey. That is what it takes to be nourished by the good word of God. – Henry B. Eyring
I am, after all, a thriller writer. I routinely delve into the darkest chambers of the human heart. I’ve written about murder, kidnapping, depravity, horror, violence, and disfigurement. – Harlan Coben
When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women. – Harriet Ann Jacobs
I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head – big darkness, soon come – but every once in a while you get a fair chance to have it both ways, and the annual NCAA basketball Tournament is one of them. – Hunter S. Thompson
My heart goes out to the Lindsay Lohans and Britneys who have really had childhood taken from them and probably missed important developmental steps. They have become sort of ‘public domain’ and something to be made money on. There’s no sense of self there, I’m sure of it. – Genie Francis
The heart was always seen as the noblest of the internal organs as well as the most vital. The hearts of martyrs or future candidates for sainthood would be preserved, but never their livers, say, or the entrails – at least not on their own; it was either the heart by itself or the whole lot together. – George Fetherling
By intensity of hatred, nations create in themselves the character that they imagine in their enemies. Hence it comes that all passionate conflicts result in an interchange of characteristics. We might say with truth, those who hate open a door by which their enemies enter and make their own the secret places of the heart. – George William Russell
My most earnest prayer is that every man and every woman will get it into his or her heart that they are in very deed the architects of their lives. – Heber J. Grant
It’s true; once you are a father, there’s no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?– William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 2.
