"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

"May your pen happily writes ...™ ©Leah C Dancel

2/21/11

Leah C. Dancel - Faith


2/20/11

Thought for Today - Diamond Consciousness

"When you look at the world through your physical eyes, you will see all the facets of our diversity: culture, race, personality, religion and so on. Seeing only through your physical eyes, it is easy to become stubborn and to try to prove yourself right. However where there is stubbornness there is no love. And trying to prove the self right is equally offensive. A diamond will sparkle even in the dust; you do not ever need to prove that you are right. In the face of the dangers that come from seeing only with the physical eyes, always think: now is the time to go beyond all divisions, beyond all that limits us and our sense of self. Whatever the race, the religion, the class - our consciousness now has to go beyond all of that." ~Thought for Today, UK

2/19/11

Thought for Today - Totally Happy

"My heart is full and open. Flowing with pure good feelings and good wishes for everyone. I follow my spontaneous instinct to give and I am totally happy." ~Thought for Today, UK

2/18/11

Thought for Today - Spiritual Love

"Just as a kite flies high, held only by a string, our intellect can rise to the heights of wisdom, pulled only by the thread of spiritual love." ~Thought for Today UK

Julito Medrano - facebook

"Civic Groups in Facebook are windows to what is really happening in our surroundings. It is the pulse of the people's aspiration, hope, admiration or even disgust and despair. From the comments, we pick up the weak points that need to be improved. In Public Service, there's no room for over sensitivity because everything done, good or bad is magnified to certain degrees. If something is foul, react and state one's side of the case. Silence means two things; either the issue is true or the issue is dismissed as petty that does not deserve a piece of an attention." ~Julito Medrano FB 19 July 2011

2/17/11

Quotes on HEART



"My heart is overflowing with a good theme.
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer." 
~ Psalm 45:1


"Lord, fill me
with deep affection,
patience, and appreciation
for the one
who holds my heart." ~Anon



"A caring heart that listens is often more valued than an intelligent mind that talks." ~Fb/joy of dad

"A contented heart is a calm sea in the midst of all storms." ~Anon

"A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity." ~Buddha

"A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread." ~George Herbert

"A good and loving heart is the most beautiful thing, and it spreads its love to all who are in its presence." ~Beth Bracaglia, Simply Inspired

“A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up.” ~Anon

"A good heart is both important and effective in daily life." ~Dalai Lama, The Power of Love

"A good heart will always be happy for everyone. But most of the time, a good heart gets hurt very badly because it expects only good things from others." ~Anon

"A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child. -Mencius

"A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility." ~Dalai Lama 

"A heart is like water that exist in many forms." ~Unattributed by Philip Reyes, FB

"A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others." ~Frank Morgan

"A heart that is focused on others will not be consumed with self." ~Our Daily Bread

"A heart that is kind is a heart at peace with oneself and with others." ~Richillo Oliveros

"A heart that loves is always young." ~Greek Proverb

"A heart that reaches out with love can heal a soul and change a life." ~Kiran Shaikh

"A hero's strength is measured by his heart." ~Michael Bolton

"A joyful heart is like a sunshine of God's love, the hope of eternal happiness, a burning flame of God...And if we pray, we will become that sunshine of God's love in our own home, the place where we live, and in the world at large." ~Mother Teresa

"A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy." ~Mother Teresa

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


"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge." ~Thomas Carlyle

"A loving heart is the truest wisdom." ~Charles Dickens

"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart." ~Goethe   

"A man's ego is as fragile as a womans heart." ~Eric Jerome

“A new heart for a New Year, always!” ~Charles Dickens 

"A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate." ~Philip Sydney

"A spring of love gush'd from my heart, and I bless'd them unaware." ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"A sound heart is the life of the flesh." ~Proverbs 14:30

"A thankful heart is a happy heart." ~Anon

"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues." ~Cicero

"A warm heart and a grateful mind attract beautiful things." ~Anon

"A warrior's strength is measured by the size of her heart. She is respectfully humble, she will stand with honor, she will fight with love. In the face of adversity and for the ones she loves, she will be a voice and a shield. She will be a beacon to light the way home for the old. She will gently make way for the young. She is a Sister, Mother, Daughter, Grandmother...She is a Warrior." ~Anon

"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart." ~Jonathan Swift

"A woman's heart is like a sea; it's both deep and rough and hides pearls." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir

"A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe." ~George Eliot (1819-1880)

"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her." ~Max Lucado

"A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.” ~Brian Jacques, Redwall

"All hearts are refillable, rechargeable and renewable. May yours be overflowing with love." ~Robert Clancy

"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“All the truth you’ll ever need to know is found when you trust the beauty in your heart.” ~Robert Clancy

"Although it's easy to draw a line in the sand, it’s always worth the extra effort to try to draw a heart." ~Robert Clancy

"Although the road is never ending, take a step and keep walking. Do not look fearfully into the distance. On this path, let the heart be your guide, for the body is hesitant and full of fear." ~Rumi

"Always follow your heart, but take your brain with you." ~Anon

“Always give away your pure love without expecting any love in return. The universe will fill your heart with an abundance of love, joy and happiness again and again.” ~Debasish Mridha

"Among all the chaos, love is the only constant in the universe that travels at the speed of your beautiful heart." ~Robert Clancy

“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.” ~Zig Ziglar

"An honest loving heart is the beginning of everything that is right with this world." ~from Quotes Mantra

"...and all along my heart was searching for what my soul already knew." ~Mila Bron

"And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy." ~Kahlil Gibran

"And that laugh that wrinkles your nose touches my foolish heart." ~Dorothy Fields (1904–1974), U.S. songwriter. "The Way You Look Tonight," Swing Time, Chappell Co. (1936).

"And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns." ~Thomas Moore

"And the song, from beginning to end, I found in the heart of a friend." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Above all, you must fight conceit, envy and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart." ~Abraham Cahan

"Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart." ~Phil Jackson

"Angelic love is every kind word gently whispered for your heart." ~Robert Clancy

"Around the rustling of many waters, may my heart find peace in Your presence, Lord. Please see us through this storm." ~Winnie Dacoco-Carmona

"As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all." ~Buddha

"As you live deeper in the Heart, the mirror gets clearer and cleaner!" ~Rumi

"Be everything with so much love in your heart that you would never want to do it any other way." ~Amrit Desai

"Be gentle with your thoughts. Be kind with your heart. Be at peace with your soul." ~A.D. Williams

"Be humble, for God speaks loudest within a peaceful heart, a heart that is a temple of love." ~Anon

"Be patient with the guarded hearts in your life. They’re protecting a true treasure." ~Robyn Reisch

"Be quiet a lot, speak little – and silence will come in your heart, and your spirit will be calm and full of peace.” ~Saint Seraphim of Sarov

"Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this." ~Homer (900 BC-800 BC)

"Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart, one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them." ~Di Riseborough-Intuitive Life Strategist

"Beginning anew is to change your mind and heart, to transform the ignorance that brought about wrong actions of body, speech, and mind, and to help you cultivate your mind of love." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"Behind all great and unforgettable events is the heart … Love and a selfless attitude underlie all truly great deeds." ~Amma

"Beautiful memories tell our story, and wrap themselves in ribbons of the heart." ~ Flavia

"Beauty can be found in just about everything, but the greatest amount is found right there in your heart." ~Robert Clancy on Self- Worth

"Because your heart is so beautiful , everything looks beautiful to you." ~Zen proverb

“Behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire.” ~Paolo Coelho, Warrior of the Light

"Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things." ~Joe Paterno 

“Brain development is important, but the biggest piece of intelligence is your heart. It’s vital that when educating our children’s brains we do not neglect to educate their hearts." ~Dalai Lama


"By putting the gift of yearning for God into every human being's heart, God at the same time draws all people made in God's image to God's self and into their own true selves." ~Roberta Bondi

“Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture your heart.” ~Native American Proverb

"Clarity of the heart is the ability to see with all your love." ~Robert Clancy


"Conversation flowing from the heart is a sign of true friendship." ~Rumi

"Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart." ~Henry Clay

"Don’t give in to your fears. If you do you won’t be able to talk to your heart." ~Paulo Coelho

"Do not give in too much to feelings. An overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Don't let your heart be a road everyone can walk on. Make it a place that can be reached only by those who really deserve it." ~Nametests

"Don't think that happiness will be possible only when conditions around you become perfect. Happiness lies in your own heart. You only need to practice mindful breathing for a few seconds and you’ll be happy right away." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed -- there's so little competition." ~Elbert Hubbard

"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"During the times that hurt the most, it is important to remember that the people we lose are never gone from us. They will always exist in the hearts of those they loved, in memories and in their legacy that will continue on forever." ~Tobin Brothers

"Each must discover his own way in life, and that way lies in his heart. Let him delve deeply into the depths of his being; his true centre is not far from there. ~N. Sri Ram

"Eat more green – you will have strong legs and a resistant heart, like the beings of the forest." ~Saint Seraphim of Sarov

"Even the softest and sweetest heart was made by design for extreme battle. Make no mistake about it, no matter how kind, meek, humble and soft your giving heart is — you are a warrior!" ~Bryant McGill

"Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart?" ~Ernesto Guevara

"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet." ~Plato

"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

"Everybody has a heart. Except some people." ~Bette Davis

"Everyone in your life will remain unfinished portraits until you paint them with all the beauty of your heart." ~Robert Clancy

"Eyes are blind. One must look with the heart." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Fill your heart with love.
Fill your mind with kindness.
Fill your soul with peace."
~A.D. Williams

"Fill your Heart with what is Important and be done with the rest." ~Di Riseborough

"Find sweetness in your own heart, then you may find sweetness in every heart." ~Rumi

“Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that” ~Richard Ford

"Find what makes your Heart sing and create your own music." ~Mac Anderson

"Follow your heart, but take your brain with you." ~Alfred Adler  

"Follow your heart, never surrender your dreams." ~Melissa Ososki

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul." ~Judy Garland

"For news of the heart ask the face." ~Cambodian Proverb

"Forgiveness doesn’t take a piece of your heart away…it carries your heart to a place of peace." ~Robert Clancy

"Forgiving: It’s true that you hold the key to your heart…just remember that same key also unlocks your chains of forgiveness." ~Robert Clancy

"Forgiving Hearts: A negative view of someone can be changed by embracing a change of heart." ~Robert Clancy

"Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One!" ~Don Moen

"God cushions our hurting hearts with soft pillows of comfort and hope." ~Judy Gordon

"God speaks to the depths of our hearts. He, through the Spirit, brings peace to our minds." ~Gene Parker

"God writes the spiritual mysteries on our Heart, where they wait silently for discovery." ~Anon

"GRATITUDE: A blessing doesn’t grow on a tree; it blossoms in your heart every time you give thanks." ~Robert Clancy

"Gratitude is a state of being in which we feel connected to everything in the universe. It is a fullness of the heart that recognizes the blessings of nature within and without. Gratitude is love for the goodness of life itself." ~Deepak Chopra

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart." ~Jean Baptiste Massieu

“Gratitude strengthens the heart. A grateful heart, is a grateful soul! When we have a grateful soul, we focus on the happiness and abundance present in our life, and this in turn attracts more abundance and joy towards us!” ~Angie Karan Krezos

"Grief is like living two lives. One is where you "pretend" everything is alright, and the other is where your heart silently screams in pain." ~Anon

"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts." ~Charles Dickens

"Handle my heart with care. Value my love like gold." ~Leah C. Dancel, 4 February 2015

"Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness." ~Anon

"Happy is the heart filled with love." ~Semplice Abbondanza

“Happiness, ultimately, is always measured in the contents of our hearts.” ~Anon

"He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help." ~Abraham Lincoln

"He heard her in his heart whispering from the mist." ~John Geddes

"He illuminates the riotous dangers of the natural world and the rocky terrain of the human heart." ~Over Sixty on Anthony Doerr

"Heart is not a basket for keeping tension and sadness. It is a golden box for keeping roses of happiness and sweet memories." ~Buddha's Teaching 

“Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.” ~Ralph Bunche

"Hearts that beat to the tune of kindness can change the rhythm of the world." ~C.J. Peterson

"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before - more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle." ~Charles Dickens

"Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water." ~Christopher Morley

"Her smile reflected a joyful heart." ~Sherry Elmer

"Here's my heart if you don't have one." ~Leah C. Dancel, 3 October 2013

"Here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with one’s heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson on Forgiveness


"Hold your dreams in your hands; wear them in your heart." ~Leah C. Dancel, December 22, 2008

"Hope: In your darkest hour, even the smallest ray of light will beckon your heart to never give up." ~Robert Clancy

"How noble is the sad heart whose sadness does not keep him from singing a song with happy hearts." ~Khalil Gibran

"I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strength, happiness and misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." ~Johann Wolfgang van Goethe

‪"I am willing to open my heart to the avalanche of love, well-being and abundance the universe has in store for me. And so it is!" ~Emmanuel Dagher

"I do not judge people by the scriptures of their faith or the scars from their past. I embrace them by the content of their hearts." ~Dodinsky

"I have a heart with room for every joy." ~Philip James Bailey

"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision." ~Maya Angelou

"I keep my heart and my soul and my spirit open to miracles." ~Patrick Swayze

"I love my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case heart might stop, Mind can forget. I love them with my soul. Soul never stops or forgets!" ~Rumi

"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process." ~Vincent Van Gogh

"I went inside my heart to see how it was. Something there makes me hear the whole world weeping." ~Rumi

"I will continue to open my heart to others as the reward of love is worth more to me than the risk of pain could ever be." ~Mountain Wisdom

"I will not give up the  flowers in my heart  for stones just because the world is a hard place. The world is only hard because it needs more flower hearted people." ~Nikita Gill 

"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain." ~Emily Dickinson

"If it’s good for the heart then its good for the soul." ~Your Life's Choices

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

"If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, the mist is dispelled when a woman appears." ~John Gay

"If there's empty spaces in your heart, they'll make you think it's wrong. Like having empty spaces, means you never can be strong. But I have learned that all these spaces, means there's room enough to grow and the people that once filled them were always meant to be let go. And all these empty spaces, create a strange sort of pull, that attract so many people, you wouldn't meet if they were full. So if you're made of empty spaces, don't ever think it's wrong, Because maybe they're just empty, until the right person comes along." ~E.H.

"If there is light in your heart you will find your way home." ~Rumi

"If two hearts are meant to be together, no matter how long it takes, how far they go, how tough it seems, fate will bring them together to share their love forever." ~LLL

"If we could look into each others hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care." ~Marvin J Ashton

"If we establish peace in our hearts, in our way of looking at things, and in our way of being with each other and with the world, then we are doing our best to make sure the next war will not come." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.” ~Pema Chodron from The Wheel of Illusion

"If you're being taken for granted, maybe it's time to let your absence make their heart grow fonder." ~Jonathan Wells

"If you could look into my heart, how quickly you would see the special place you hold there and how much you mean to me." ~Ron Tanmer

"If you feel like you can’t keep love in your heart, it’s because your heart is so beautifully open…and that’s the most precious thing about you!" ~Robert Clancy on Open Hearts

"If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble." ~Bob Hope

"If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert, you will have an audience." ~Khalil Gibran

"If you think my hands are full you should see my heart." ~Anon

"If you want to hear the angels sing, listen to the love songs preformed by the magnificence within your heart." ~Robert Clancy

"If you want to win hearts, sow the seeds of Love. If you want heaven, stop scattering thorns on the road." ~Rumi

"In all the world there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine." ~Maya Angelou

"In our quiet hearts and open minds, His Love will blaze its pathway of itself." ~W-pI.189.9:4

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

"In the heart of every winter there is a throbbing spring. And behind the black curtain of the night, the smile of a sunrise hides." ~Kahlil Gibran

"In the human heart, new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another." ~Francois de La Rochfoucauld

"In your heart is a volcano. How shall you expect flowers to bloom?" ~Khalil Gibran

"Isn’t it wonderful that the greatest strength that lies within you is also the softest part of your heart?" ~Robert Clancy

"It's better to guard your heart and be alone than to give it to the wrong one" ~from Carole Davies

"It is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even a greater gift is to discover that you have a beautiful heart." ~from Small Things are God's Blessings

"It is good to remind ourselves that the will of God comes from the heart of God and that we need not be afraid." ~Warren Wiersbe

"It's not the color of your skin that makes you native, it's what is in your heart." ~Chief Charles Red Cloud

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"It's not the size of your house that makes a home, it's the size of your heart." ~Jane Lee Logan

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

‪"It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened." ~Philip Sidney‬

"It is the tender heart that has the power to transform the world." ~Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

"It's what in the heart that counts." ~Our Daily Bread.

"It is with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"It only takes the compassion of one kind heart to make love a true reality." ~Robert Clancy

"It takes a big heart to help shape little minds." ~Anon

"It takes a big heart to teach little minds." ~Abbie Burke C. 

"It takes a strong heart to love, but it takes a stronger heart to continue to love after it's been hurt." ~from Quotes and Notes

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come." ~Chinese Proverb

"Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring." ~Oscar Wilde 

"Keep your heart above the world, and you will not be troubled by the changes in it." ~Brilliana Harley

"Keep your heart clear and transparent, and you will never be bound. A single disturbed thought creates ten thousand distractions." ~Ryokan

"Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there's a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living." ~from Encyclopedia of Quotes

"Kindness creates a magic that can only be matched by the enchantment you bestow upon the world with your beautiful heart." ~Robert Clancy

"Kindness has a beautiful way of reaching down into a weary heart and making it shine like the rising sun." ~Anon

"Kindness is a magic that can only be created by the enchantment you bestow upon the world with your beautiful heart." ~Robert Clancy

"Kindness is the mirror of your soul that reflects your beauty upon everyone who looks into your heart." ~Robert Clancy

"Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart." ~Mort Walker

"Learn how to lead your heart; start recognizing when something isn’t good for you and be strong enough to let it go. A person can only waste the time you give them an opportunity to waste. Stop trying to open doors for people who constantly shut you out. Make sure the interest is shown in the effort, the talk is supported by the actions, and the trust is earned through the consistency." ~Robert Hill Sr.

"Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God." ~Bob Pier

"Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts." ~Paramahansa Yogananda

"Let people catch something from your heart that will cause no discomfort, but help them to sing." ~Rumi

"Let the kindness of your heart be an outward reflection of the beauty of your soul." ~Nancy Oliver

"Let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!" ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Let your heart be your guide and your mind be your companion." ~Anon

"Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely." ~Littlefoot's Mother

"Life is a game, you live so you play. Follow your dreams and win what your happy heart desires." ~Roel van Sleeuwen

"Life is not so much about trying to bring the world to your feet, but rather to hold the hearts of others in your hands." ~Robert Clancy on Life's Lessons

"Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for." ~Kabir

"Listen to the quiet of your heart. It wants to share deep truths that cannot be understood through words." ~Butterflies and Pebbles

"Listen with your heart; it hears the unspoken." ~Heart and Soul matters

"Listen with your heart. Learn from your experiences, and always be open to new ones" ~Cherookee Proverb

"Listening to our hearts gives us a sense of direction even when the road is not well marked." ~Andrea Van Steenhouse

"Listening to your heart is the first step in becoming fluent in love." ~Robert Clancy on The Language of Love

“Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.” ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau on Love

"Look into your own heart, discover what it is that gives you pain and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anybody else." ~Karen Armstrong

"Look, then, into thine heart, and write!" ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice." ~Nora Roberts

"Love doesn’t start in the heart. It begins the moment you believe in it with all your heart." ~Robert Clancy

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.” ~Joan Crawford

"Love is sweetness within the heart." ~unattributed from FB

"Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart." ~Alphonse Marie de la Martine

"Love is the glorious magnificence of everything you are. Wear that crown proudly for your soul was created to rule that beautiful kingdom within your heart." ~Robert Clancy on Angelic Love

"Love is the only blanket that’s woven by the kindness within your heart." ~Robert Clancy

“Love is to the heart what the summer is to the farmer’s year--it brings to harvest all the loveliest flowers of the soul.” ~Anon

"Love may be spoken fluently in every language, but is best articulated by a kind heart." ~Robert Clancy on Speak Love

“Love may move mountains, but it’s even more amazing when it stirs your heart to do the same.” ~Robert Clancy

 "Love never dies ... may this restore your spirit and comfort your heart." ~Victoria Triggs

"Love requires all…every ounce of your heart, every thought in your mind and every fiber of your soul." ~Robert Clancy

“Love stretches your heart and makes you big inside.” ~Margaret Abigail Walker

"Magic happens when you don't give up even though you want to. The Universe always falls in Love with a stubborn heart." ~Rumi

"Make your heart the most beautiful thing about you." ~Anon

"Many a beating heart is silenced by the tyranny of indifference." ~Michael Faudet

"May my heart be kind, my mind fierce, and my spirit brave." ~Kate Forsyth

"May all those who have hurting hearts and worried minds today be encircled in a WAVE OF LOVE AND CARE! Blessings!!!" ~Pamela Bounds Olsen

"May the flowers fill your heart with beauty." ~Chief Dan George

"May the gratitude in my heart kiss all the universe." ~Hafiz

"May your heart always be unblocked with my arms holding you and with our love as we rest our heads on your sweet pillow and sleep happy." ~MPW

"Maybe all we need at all is not just a flaunting inflammed brain but also a tender heart that extends kindness." ~Nina Joyce Sarmiento Casis

"My bursting heart must find vent at my pen." ~Abigail Adams

"My child, never judge a man because of his race. Never. God looks at the heart. So should we. We are all made in God's image." ~Robin Lee Hatcher

"My heart has a history of silent catastrophes." ~Johnny Ox

"My heart is always loving to the one I love." ~MPW

"My heart is like a singing bird." ~Christina Rossetti

"My heart opens to the dawn.
My soul flies in wonder
to the heart of the new day.
The inside me that calls
to life rises in love
to a once-more beginning."
~Robin Korth

"My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure." ~Alfred Lord Tennyson

"Never allow another to take the hopes from your heart, the dreams from your mind, or the goodness from your soul." ~ A.D. Williams

"Never give up. When your heart gets tired, walk with your legs - but move on." ~Paulo Coelho

"Never hurt a heart that loves you because the same heart might never learn to love you again." ~Lessons Taught by Life

"Never let someone else's boundaries stand in the way of reaching out for what your own heart and soul desires." ~Eileen Dielesen...the WOMAN WITH A DREAM ‪

"Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do." ~Thyme and Again

"Never loan your heart to hatred; it pays you back with self-destruction. Majority of people living are not aware that anger is an acid that destroys its own container."
~Israelmore Ayivor

"Never throw anyone out of your heart." ~Neem Karoli Baba

"No amount of physical beauty will ever be as valuable as a beautiful heart." ~Anon

“No one is without troubles, without personal hardships and genuine challenges. That fact may not be obvious because most people don't advertise their woes and heartaches. But nobody, not even the purest heart, escapes life without suffering battle scars.” ~Richelle E. Goodrich

“No Voice; but oh! the silence sank like music on my heart." ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"Nobody goes through more crap in life than a person with a good heart." ~WOMEN WORKING

"Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold." ~Zelda Fitzgerald

"Nothing gives me as much joy as the sailing boat of my silent heart." ~Rumi

“Nothing hurts a good soul and a kind heart more than to live amongst people who cannot understand it.” ~Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

"Of course we can buy a present from the market and we put a lot of love into it. But to tell you the truth, my hut in Upper Hamlet in not large enough to store all these kinds of presents. I would like to have a kind of present that I can enjoy every day and you also can enjoy every day - a present that can last for a long time, a present of the heart." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

“On this path let the heart be your guide.” ~Rumi

"One day we will realize that big hearts will bring us more peace than big weapons." ~A.D. Williams

"One day your heart will stop beating, and none of your fears will matter. What will matter is how you lived." ~Henri Juntilla

"One grace each child of God can show
is giving from a willing heart;
Yet, if we wait till riches grow;
It may be that we'll never start."
~D. De Haan

"One hug comforts two hearts." ~A.D. Williams

"One is nearer to God's heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth." ~Dorothy Frances Gurney

"One of the hardest things in life is to have words in your heart that you just cannot say." ~Creating Connections

"Only an open heart will catch a dream." ~from Native American

"Only from the heart can you touch the sky.” ~ Rumi

"Only your heart can see beyond memory's horizon." ~Neale Donald Walsch

"Open your heart and let your loving vibes levitate. Set your spirit in motion and let your soul fly freely, defying gravity." ~Melanie Moushigian Koulouris

"Open your heart and you will be amazed at the transformations taking place all around you." ~the Rev. Ed Bacon

"Our blindness don't let us see the light that shines from our hearts making us already whole and complete. We must feel it so that it can lighten up our world." ~Anon

"Our conduct is the only proof of the sincerity of our heart." ~Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

"Our days are always better when we share a piece of our heart." ~Anon

"Our first teacher is our own heart.” ~Cheyenne

"Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt. We show no more mercy to the affection that reveals its utmost extent than we do to another kind of prodigal who has not a penny left." ~Honoré de Balzac, Le Père Goriot (1835)

"Our hearts are what reflect our true beauty and it shines from the inside - out. No make-up, jewellery or fancy clothes can hold a candle to see the beauty within." ~Yen Ayen

"Our hearts have a limitless capacity to love. If we each tried to fill our hearts to capacity, the world would know peace." ~A.D. Williams

"Out of the depths of my happy heart wells a great tide of love and prayer for this priceless treasure that is confided to my lifelong keeping. You cannot see its waves as they flow toward you, darling, but in these lines you will hear...the distant beating of its surf." ~Mark Twain

"Paradise is open to all kind hearts." ~P. Beranger

"Pay attention to your dreams — God's angels often speak directly to our hearts when we are asleep." ~Anon

"Peace is always at your heart’s door. It’s up to you to open it." ~Robert Clancy

"Peace of mind is a beautiful thing to see, but peace of heart allows you to see the beauty in everything." ~Robert Clancy

"Peace was given to your soul upon creation. Your heart simply has to rediscover it during your journey through life." ~Robert Clancy

"Put your heart, mind, and soul into even the smallest acts. This is the secret of success." ~Swami Sivananda

"Raise the blinds of your heart so the light of a thousand endless summers will shine down upon it." ~Robert Clancy

"Rare is the soul who holds my heart." ~Rumi

"Real faith is the one inside. The rest simply washes off. There is only one type of dirt that cannot be cleansed with pure water, and that is the stain of hatred and bigotry contaminating the soul. You can purify your body through abstinence and fasting, but only love will purify your heart." ~Shams Tabrizi

"Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will." ~Aiden Wilson Tozer

"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage." ~Francis of Assisi

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." ~Steve Jobs

"Righteousness in the heart produces beauty in the character." ~Our Daily Bread

"Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy." ~Buddha

"Singing is meditation that massages the heart and brings your mind into the magic of the present moment." ~Woman with A Dream

"So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." ~Psalm 90:12

“So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.” ~Sir Walter Raleigh

"So when tomorrow starts without me don't think we're far apart, 
For every time you think of me
I'm right here in your heart." 
~David M. Romano 

"Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow." ~Khalil Gibran

"Some people come into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never ever the same." ~Flavia Weedn

"Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts." ~Martin Buxbaum

"Sometimes even the naughty smile of a little child brings gladness to the heart." ~‪Georix Alertze‬

"Sometimes in solitude there is healing. Speak to your soul. Listen to your heart. The answers are often found in the absence of noise." ~Dodinsky

"Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Author

"Sometimes the simplest acts of kindness that come from a pure place are the ones that last forever in the hearts of others." ~Robert Clancy on Kindness

"Sometimes we need to be alone and feel the serenity of our hearts in tune with our Creator." ~Dra. Crispin's Vedra-Diego

"Speak from your soul and every heart will understand." ~Margaret M. Painter, Life's a Dance

"Speak Love: The story of your life isn’t written in a book, it’s told by the kindness in your heart." ~Robert Clancy

"Stand in your own heart and be still." ~Ronald Johnson

"Strange is the heart! You never know what rises from it and where it takes you." ~Romain Rolando

"Take a spiritual journey toward someone else's heart." ~Anon

"Take counsel from your heart, even though others may disagree. The truth is within you." ~Rumi

"Tears and laughter cleanse the heart." ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.” ~Paulo Coelho, "The Alchemist"

"Tend to your vital heart, and all that you worry about will be resolved." ~Rumi

"The beautiful voice within your heart will always speak louder than any thunder roaring around you." ~Robert Clancy

"The best thing on God's green Earth is the human soul. Even the littlest of miracles of kindness leave me in awe. I admire the persistence of rationality when facing superstition or despair. I am amazed by humanity, by people and by their kind hearts." ~Ionel George Bunda

"The biggest hearts are always overflowing." ~Cam Richmond

"The brave, impetuous heart yields everywhere to the subtle, contriving head." ~Matthew Arnold

"The character of your children tomorrow depends on what you put into their hearts today." ~Our Daily Bread

"The easiest way to fill our hearts with joy is to fill the hearts of others with joy." ~A.D. Williams

"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart." ~St. Jerome

"The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote." ~Sarah Dessen

"The greatest bridge you can cross in life is the one that connects your heart with another’s." ~Robert Clancy on Love

"The greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us." ~Dorothy Day

"The greatest stress in out society is that we've set happiness upon the horizon instead of in our heart. In doing so, we've turned happiness into a race, a chase, and a finish line that we will one day, hopefully, eventually, finally, arrive at." ~Robert Holden

"The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart." ~Anon

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of." ~Blaise Pascal

"The heart has no tears to give, it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence." ~Harriet Beecher Stowe

"The heart has no wrinkles. The soul has no age." ~The Journey Home

"The heart has reasons that reason does not understand." ~Jacques Benigne Bossuel

"The heart is deep with many ravines and crevices... the mysteries of how and why we love, why we feel, can be found within those shadows and depths. Dive deeply into your heart.." ~I Must Be A Mermaid

"The heart is the bridge between the mind and the soul. First get out of your mind and into your heart space. From there it is a quick jump into your soul." ~Neale Donald Walsch

“The heart is the garden that always has room for the flowers of kindness and friendship to bloom.” ~Anon

“The heart is the thousand-stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love." ~Hafiz

"The heart is to the body, as the family is to the soul." ~Rick Beneteau

"The heart knows nothing of suffering...only the mind can think that the heart is broken.The heart is love...let it rule over the mind and be happy." ~Eileen Dielesen

"The heart, like the mind, has a memory. And in it are kept the most precious keepsakes." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"The heart never becomes wrinkled." ~Madame De Sevigne

"The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too." ~Vincent Van Gogh

"The heart of the giver makes the gift precious." ~Martin Luther

"The heart often feels what the eye doesn't see." ~Willy Nywening on The Journey Home

"The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe." ~Joanna Macy

"The heart that discerns is our guiding light to the path we tread." ~Leah C. Dancel, December 8, 2021

"The heart that's meant to love you will fight for you when you want to give up, pick you up when you're feeling down, and will give their smile when it's hard for you to find yours. They will NEVER get strength from seeing you weak, power from seeing you hurt, or joy from seeing you cry. The heart that's meant to love you wants to see the BEST YOU, not the hurt you! Never forget that." ~Trent Shelton

"The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it's been broken into a million pieces." ~Robert James Waller

"The human heart is a strange organ. It can feel both love and bitterness towards the same person at the same time." ~Leslie Bocobo

"The human heart is an incredible expression of life. It can be broken a thousand times and will live again a thousand and one times. That is true and unflinching beauty." ~S.C Lourie

"The intellect is a beautiful servant but a terrible master. Intellect is the power tool of our separateness. The intuitive, compassionate heart is the doorway to our unity." ~Ram Dass

"The language of the heart by comparison is distinctly non-verbal." ~Jonathan Cainer

“The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction.” ~Charles Haddon Spurgeon

"The mark you leave in another's heart is always left in yours; for better or worse." ~Bryant McGill

"The moment an inspiring thought enters your heart, appreciate it as a dear guest visiting you that day." ~Rumi

"The more time I spend in my heart, the more I think my heart is really where I should live from." ~SC Lourie

"The most beautiful place on earth-
The very center of your heart is where life begins."
~Rumi

"The most guarded of hearts are often the most beautiful." ~The Mind Unleashed

"The most valuable possession is an open heart and the most powerful weapon is an instrument of peace." ~Carlos Santana

"The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart." ~Rumi

"The only place you should ever truly be lost is within all the love in your heart." ~Robert Clancy

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. With all matters of the heart, you'll know it when you find it." ~Steve Jobs

"The real dirt is not outside, but inside, in our hearts. We can wash all stains with water. The only one we can’t remove is the grudge and the bad intentions sticking to our hearts." ~Shams Tabrizi

"The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility." ~Vaclav Havel

"The silence sank like music on my heart." ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Mariner

"The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven." ~Khalil Gibran

"The star is bright in the heart of he who follows what he loves, for he knows that love will lead him home." ~Anon

"The sun glints through the pines, and the heart is pierced in a moment of beauty and strange pain, like a memory of paradise. After that day. . . we become seekers." ~Peter Matthiessen

"The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains." ~Josephine Baker

"The trouble with heart disease is that the first symptom is often hard to deal with: sudden death." ~Dr Michael Phelps

"The very center of your heart is where life begins – the most beautiful place on earth." ~Rumi

"The voice of the heart is the greatest voice of them all." ~Beth Brownlee

"The Warriors greatest strength is his heart." ~Native Americans

"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart." ~Anon

"The way we speak to our child matters, for those words travel beyond their ears, settling into the creases of their hearts and the crevices of their self worth. " ~Anon

“There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” ~Mahatma Gandi

"There are no rules of worship. He will hear the voice of every heart that is sincere." ~Rumi

"There are people who are so wonderfully kind that simply being in their presence warms your heart like a beautiful sunrise." ~Robert Clancy on volunteers

"There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled." ~Rumi

"There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first. When you learn to live for others, they will live for you." ~Paramahansa Yogananda

"There is a window from one Heart to another Heart." ~Rumi

"There is more power in the open heart than in the clenched fist." ~Our Daily Bread

"There is no instinct like that of the heart." ~Lord Byron

"There's nothing better than running up a hillside while singing your heart out." ~Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music

"There is nothing more beautiful in this world than when two hearts come together to become a greater one." ~Robert Clancy

"There is so much of you in my heart." ~Anon

“There is something greater and purer than what the mouth utters. Silence illuminates our souls, whispers to our hearts, and brings them together.” ~from "The Broken Wings" by Kahlil Gibran

"There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate." ~Robert Frost

“There shall be an eternal summer in the grateful heart.” ~Celia Thaxter

"Thou who hast given so much to me, give one thing more-a grateful heart." ~George Herbert

“Through an open heart one hears the universe.” ~Ram Dass

“To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.” ~Oscar Wilde

"To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.” ~Thomas Bailey Aldrich

"To make the world a place of peace, you first have to start by making your heart a peace-filled place." ~Robert Clancy

"To share every piece of your heart, you have to find all the peace in your heart." ~Robert Clancy on Peace of Heart!

"To strengthen the muscles of your heart, the best exercise is lifting someone else's spirit whenever you can." ~Dodinsky

"To survive today, other animals must endure global warming, pollution, and fewer habitats. More tragically, they must endure the silence of human hearts." ~ A.D. Williams

"Touch the hearts of others without leaving a mark." - Thought for Today

"True love dares to confront." ~Our Daily Bread

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding." ~Proverbs 3:5

"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Truth lifts the heart like water refreshes thirst." ~Rumi

"Understand that you own nothing, everything that surrounds you is temporary, only the love in your heart will last forever." ~Anon

“Until you have suffered much in your heart, you cannot learn humility.” ~Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

"Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving." ~Kahlil Gibran

"We are most alive when our hearts are filled with Love and kindness." ~Anon

“We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.” ~Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart

"We see right through to your heart and soul." ~Mena Canonico, DARE to be REAL

"What a Joy, to travel the way of the HEART." ~Rumi

"What comes from the heart, goes to the heart." ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"What happens when people open their hearts? They get better." ~Haruki Murakami

"What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart." ~Orison Swett Marden

"What riches are ours in the world of nature, from the majesty of the distant peak to the fragile beauty of a tiny flower, and all without cost to us, the beholders! No person is poor who has watched a sunrise or who keeps a mountain in his or her heart." ~Esther Baldwin York

"When a heavenly spirit is alone on a walk before the elements of open space, water, air and earth . . . gentle hearts respectfully bow." ~Edward Soliangco

"When a thing disturbs the peace of your heart, give it up." ~Prophet Muhammad

"When it comes from your heart, you will always be in the right place at the tight time." ~Shannon Kaiser

"When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object." ~Milan Kundera

"When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found." ~Sufi Proverb

"When the mind and heart are in harmony, the soul is content." ~A. D. Williams

"When truth has taken hold of a heart, she empties it of all but herself." ~Mansur al-Hallaj

"When two hearts are meant for each other, no distance is too far, no time is too long, and no other love can break them apart." ~Lessons Learned in Lfe

"When you feel me in your heart, just look up. I will be right there." ~Anon

"When you have a good heart; You help too much, you trust too much, you give too much, you love too much and it seems like you’re the one who gets hurt the most." ~Anon

"When you have light in your mind, you shine.
When you have light in your heart, you glow.
When you have light in your soul, you rise."
~Matshona Dhliwayo

"When you open your heart, you add light to the world." ~Adele Basheer

"When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty." ~Kahlil Gibran

“When your heart becomes the grave of your secrets, that desire of yours will be gained more quickly. The prophet said that anyone who keeps secret his inmost thought will soon attain the object of his desire. When seeds are buried in the earth, their inward secrets become the flourishing garden.” ~Rumi

"When your heart is pure and true, God has a way of making sure everything works out in your favour." ~from Be Positive Be Happy

"When your heart is ready, PEACE will come looking for you." ~Ajahn Chah

"When your heart speaks, take good notes."~Joseph Campbell

"Where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. (Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and Boston Bay), you think paltry places, and the ear loves names of foreign and classic topography. But here we are; and, if we tarry a little, we may come to learn that here is best. See to it, only, that thyself is here;--and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels, and the Supreme Being, shall not absent from the chamber where thou sittest." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Where we hold peace in our heart.... so peace can reign upon earth... we are the creators and we are the peacemakers... the choice is ours." ~Sally Claridge Teixeira

"Where your heart goes your feet will most certainly follow, but more importantly, your soul will find a home." ~Robert Clancy

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

"Wherever you go, leave a heart print." ~Anon

"Winter is on my head, but Eternal Spring is in my heart." ~Anon

"With each person our heart loves, our soul becomes stronger." ~A.D. Williams

"You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart." ~Franz Kafka

“You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.” ~C. JoyBell C.

“You cannot heal a heart with the same hands that broke it, stop tracing blood trails back to the past expecting to find love in the same places it died." ~from Thyme and Again

"You could set out to write your name in the stars, but you’ll have a much grander time painting the world with your heart." ~Robert Clancy

"You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love." ~Martin Luther King Jr.

"You have no idea how hard I've looked for a gift to bring You. Nothing seemed right. What's the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or water to the ocean. Everything I came up with was like taking spices to the Orient. It's no good giving my heart and my soul because you already have these. So I've brought you a mirror. Look at yourself and remember me." ~Rumi

"You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” ~Rumi

"You have woken up late, lost and perplexed. But don't rush to your books looking for knowledge. Pick up a flute instead and let your heart play." ~Rumi

"You know you've made the right decision when your heart feels at peace." ~Anon

"You see behind the masks and beneath the fears to the beauty within every heart." ~Jim Johnson

"You were born with all the tools necessary to communicate with another, the greatest of which is your heart." ~Robert Clancy

"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say." ~Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart." ~George Michael

"Your biggest growth will happen by committing to what you know is truly aligned with your heart and spirit." ~Stacy Vajta

"Your body is away from me, but there is a window open from my heart to yours." ~Rumi

"Your heart and my heart are old friends." ~Hafiz

"Your heart and your mouth will be in two separate parts of your body if you again forget in whose presence you stand." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it clean of the dust of veil which has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the Light." ~Shayk Abd-al Qadir al-Jilani

"Your heart becomes fully aware of its beauty the moment it connects with another’s." ~Robert Clancy

“Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.” ~Bob Dylan

"Your heart is not broken. Hearts don't break. What you are feeling is growing pains. Your heart is expanding in wisdom, compassion, and strength, so one day, you can love even more." ~Bryant McGill

"Your heart is the mirror to your soul! After taking a close look at your heart, we are certain that you use your heart for all great decisions in life." ~Anon

"Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths." ~Rumi

"Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths. Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart. I have come to drag you out of yourself and take you into my heart." ~Rumi 

"Your heart is the softest place on earth, take care of it." ~Nayyirah Waheed

“Your heart knows the answer your mind has been searching for.” Emersonine Hiraldo

"Your heart knows the answers so let your head listen." ~Allison Dubois

“Your heart knows things that your mind can’t explain.” ~Anon

"Your heart knows your song, but you have to be willing to listen to the words." ~Sue Rock

"Your heart may be fractured and it may be broken, but the light can only enter something that’s open." ~Robert Clancy

"Your heart was made to hold God. Many times, though, people fill their lives with other ideas, interests, values, loves, and commitments." ~Rick Warren

"Your heart will let more light in when it’s fully open, but that’s also how you enlighten everyone around you." ~Robert Clancy on Be the Light

"Your heart will never be more open than when you’ve poured it all out in kindness for another." ~Robert Clancy

"Your love should be a warm ocean breeze of smiles washing over someone's lips; an angel’s song whispering endlessly their ears; and the light of a thousand celestial sunrises radiating from your beautiful heart. That's love!" ~Robert Clancy

"Your real home isn't the house you live in. It's the stillness and peace in your heart." ~Ahjahn Brahm


OTHERS:

"A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me it when my memory fails." ~Donna Roberts

"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination." ~Nelson Mandela

"A Smile is complete when it begins in your heart, reflects in your eyes and ends with a glow on your face." ~I Love My Family

"Angelic prose is all the beauty your precious heart will ever need to say." ~Robert Clancy

"At any moment you have the power to say “this is enough” and radically change the course of your destiny. Have the faith and courage to follow your hearts calling." ~Jenni Young

"Every lesson is a widening of the mind beyond its conceptual limits; a stretching of the heart beyond its emotional boundaries." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr

"Faith, Hope and Love: Faith exists because you believe with all your heart. Hope exists because you hold on to it with every part of your heart. Love thrives because of your beautiful heart." ~Robert Clancy

"Friends are medicine to a wounded heart, and vitamins for a hopeful soul." ~Steve Maraboli

"Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behaviour. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides." ~Anne Lamott

"I have looked into the eyes of many animals. Each time I get a special feeling that is quite different from human eye contact. It touches my heart and my soul." ~A.D. Williams

"Just work on yourself. We can work on your mouth. But your heart is where it is. We waited for that kind of heart for a long time. Just be yourself and we’re all here to help you.” ~Irene Santiago

"Kindness matters just as much as life itself...in fact kindness brings every heart to life." ~Robert Clancy

"Music is the universal language par excellence and it is enough to put your mouth to your heart and everything begins to flow.  Very grateful for such a valuable gift." ~Alex Gonzalez

"Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone." ~Lawrence Ferlinghetti

"PRAISE FLOWS naturally from a GRATEFUL HEART!" ~Anon

"Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking." ~Rumi

"Sometimes when others make you feel like you are nothing, look inside your heart and read what your soul wrote inside, “I am enough.” ~Dodinsky

"Stay clear in the heart, very clear." ~Divine Mother Online

"The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

“The faith waiting in the heart of a seed promises a miracle of life which it cannot prove at once." ~Rabindranath Tagore 

"The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters." ~Thomas Jefferson

"The only things you can take with you when you leave this world are, the things you've packed inside your heart." ~Susan Gale

"The sea, to be happy, like hearts, must be stirred." ~Will Advise

"There are friendships imprinted in our hearts that will never be diminished by time and distance." ~Dodinsky

“There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” ~Mahatma Gandi

“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” ~John Holmes

"There is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer." ~Anon

"To create peace on earth, you must first discover the peace that has always existed within your heart." ~Robert Clancy

"To keep a warm heart in a cold world is the real victory." ~Marty Rubin

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” ~Thomas Campbell

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

"Underneath the hard exterior is a heart which is filled with compassion and a genuine desire to help and serve." ~RG San Luis on PRRD, August 28, 2017

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” ~Thornton Wilder

"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is one which makes the heart run over." ~James Boswell (1740-1795)

"We come with nothing, we go with nothing, but one great thing we can achieve in our beautiful life is … a little remembrance in someone's mind and a small place in someone's heart." ~On Wings of Hope

"We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts."  ~William Hazlitt

"We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart." ~Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French mathematician and philosopher

"What brings joy to the heart is not so much the friend's gift, but the friend's love." ~Aelred of Rievaulx,12th century Monk. (From The Friendship Book: A Thought For Each Day 2014 sent by MPW of Hants).

"When someone paints your universe with their smiles, your heart becomes a beautiful starlit canvas." ~Robert Clancy

“When we realize heart and earth are made with the same letters, it all starts to make sense.” ~Anon 

"Wildflowers are the stuff of my heart!"  ~Lady Bird Johnson

"You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart." ~Louise Erdrich

"You will always be in my heart because in there, you are still alive." ~Jamie Cirello

"You will never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart." ~Anon

"Your flaws are perfect for the heart that is meant to love you." ~Anon

"Your heart should be just like the Earth—filled with life while you spin endlessly ‘round a beautiful light that warms your soul." ~Robert Clancy

"Your magnificence is always quietly singing its song in your heart. Let the song become so loud that the whole world will hear it and will sing it with you." ~Eileen Dielesen....the "Woman with a Dream"

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain." ~from THE PROPHET (1923) - Khalil Gibran

"Your treasure - your perfection - is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the busy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart." ~Elizabeth Gilbert, (Eat, Pray, Love)

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"A loving heart over looks many imperfections.
It will see goodness even in the most shallow soul.
It will smile at the most unlovable and forgive the unforgivable.
It is wise for it does not judge but only accepts.
It doesn't hold on to love but gives it away freely.
The heart is fertile and love blooms endlessly
As it is given to all in need." ~Betty A. Cooper, FB

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"Every peaceful sunrise is born to shine upon your beautiful heart.
Every wave in the ocean is meant to flow over your precious soul.
Every star in in the universe shines for your loving spirit."
~Robert Clancy

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It's all I have to bring today,
this, and my heart beside,
this, and my heart, and all the fields,
and all the meadows wide.
Be sure you count, should I forget
someone the sun could tell-
this, and my heart, and all the bees
which in the clover dwell.

~Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), American Poet


"The human heart, has hidden treasures,
In secret kept, in silence sealed; -
The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,
Whose charms were broken if revealed." ~Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)

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Francis Gay - natural power

"There is a natural power at work in our bodies, minds and spirits which tends towards perfection and wholeness."~ Francis Gay, TFBFG 1983

2/16/11

JOHN MILTON Quotes


"Accuse not Nature,
she hath done her part;
do thou but thine."
~John Milton (1608-1674)

"Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them." ~John Milton (1608-1674)

"Be strong, live happy, and love, but first of all Him whom to love is to obey." ~John Milton

"Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them." ~John Milton

"Grace was in all her steps, Heav'n in her Eye, In every gesture dignity and love." ~John Milton

"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world." ~John Milton

"He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king." ~John Milton

"I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war." ~John Milton (1608-1674)

“Join voices, all ye living souls: ye birds, That singing up to heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.” ~John Milton on Praise

"Millions of spiritual creatures walk the Earth unseen, both when we sleep and when we wake." ~John Milton, Renowned English Poet (1608-1674)

"None can love freedom heartily but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license which never hath more scope than under tyrants." ~John Milton

“So many laws argues so many sins.” ~John Milton

"Solitude is the perfect society." ~John Milton 

"Some cursed fraud Of enemy hath beguiled thee, yet unknown, And me with thee hath ruined." ~John Milton on Fraud

"The end of learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love Him and imitate Him" ~John Milton

"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." ~John Milton (1606-1674)

"The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving." ~John Milton on Oracle

"They also serve who only stand and wait." ~John Milton

"Those who serve only also stand and wait." ~John Milton

"Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold." ~John Milton

"To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable." ~John Milton (1608-1674)

"Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power, After offense returning, to regain Love once possess'd." ~John Milton

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Others

"So when the sun in bed,
Curtain’d with cloudy red,
Pillows his chin upon an orient wave."
~John Milton

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“The bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour,
Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.”
~John Milton on Eagles

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"When the waves are round me breaking,
As I pace the deck alone,
And my eye in vain is seeking
Some green leaf to rest upon;
What would not I give to wander
Where my old companions dwell?
Absence makes the heart grow fonder,
Isle of Beauty, fare thee well!"
~John Milton, Paradise Lost

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“Where glowing embers through the room
Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.”
~John Milton on Light

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Marilyn Monroe Quotes


“A smile is the best make up a girl could wear” ~Marilyn Monroe

"Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can come together." ~Marilyn Monroe

"Friends will always be there for you don't worry about the fakes worry about the people who had your back from the start." ~Marilyn Monroe

"Give a girl the right shoes and she’ll conquer the world." ~Marilyn Monroe

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” ~Marilyn Monroe

"I'm pretty, but I'm not beautiful. I sin, but I'm not the devil. I'm good, but I'm not an angel." ~Marilyn Monroe

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." ~Marilyn Monroe 

"Keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about." ~Marilyn Monroe

"The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space." ~Marilyn Monroe

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2/15/11

Leah Dancel - Joy


Demosthenes Quotes

"He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach." ~Demosthenes

"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises." ~ Demosthenes

2/14/11

Francis Gay - sense of wonder

"We should never take for granted the marvel and mystery of the world about us. To keep our sense of wonder is to find life endlessly surprising and satisfying." ~Francis Gay, TFBFG 1984

Francis Gay - interludes

"Though life has its disciplines and duties, it also offers us many breaks and pleasant interludes to which we should be truly grateful." ~Francis Gay, TFBFG1984

Alexander Smith Quotes


"A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor." ~Alexander Smith

"Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition." ~Alexander Smith

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2/13/11

Francis Gay - smile

"Even the most ordinary face can be completely transformed and beautified by the simplest of things-a friendly smile." ~Francis Gay, TFBFG 1979

Francis Gay - patience

"Patience can work wonders." ~ Francis Gay, TFBFG 1979

2/12/11

CHARLES R. SWINDOLL Quotes


"I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun." ~Charles R. Swindoll

"LIFE IS 10% what HAPPENS to you and 90% HOW you REACT to IT!" ~Charles R. Swindoll

"The habit of always putting off an experience until you can afford it, or until the time is right, or until you know how to do it is one of the greatest burglars of joy. Be deliberate, but once you’ve made up your mind–jump in.” ~Charles R. Swindoll

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes." ~Charles R. Swindoll from Simple Reminders, FB

"The past is over… forget it. The future holds hope… reach for it." ~Charles R. Swindoll

"The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude." ~Charles Swindoll

"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." ~Charles R. Swindoll

"We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude." ~Charles Swindoll

"When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic." ~Charles R. Swindoll

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2/8/11

Sam Keen Quotes


"Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability." ~Sam Keen

"We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." ~Sam Keen

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Margaret Fairless Barber - refresh the eye

"To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward." ~Margaret Fairless Barber

2/5/11

Thought for Today - The Colour of Flowers

Leave worries aside and you will be surprised by the beauty of the sky and the colour of flowers, of the freshness of the breeze and the generosity of the sun. You will feel you are part of creation, and life will start to make sense. The greatest wealth is to appreciate what we have and what we are. ~ Thought for Today, UK

Francis Gay - encouragement

"We adults are equally sensitive when it comes to disapproval or a disheartening sneer. Lack of appreciation has made many a man abandon what might have been a great career. Encouragement costs so little. We should never grudge giving it where it is deserved." ~Francis Gay, TFBFG 1981

2/3/11

Prophet Muhammad Quotes

"A man's true wealth here after is the good he does in this world to his fellow man." ~Prophet Muhammad

"If a fly falls down to your vessel, drown it then remove it, for one of its wings has the ailment and the other has the cure." ~Prophet Muhammad

"Seek knowledge from cradle to grave" ~Prophet Muhammad

"When a thing disturbs the peace of your heart, give it up." ~Prophet Muhammad

2/2/11

Isabelle Eberhardt - Character

"The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character." ~Isabelle Eberhardt

Leah C. Dancel - focus

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"It's part of life that from time to time, there will be distraction that would allow us to get out of focus. Then, something within us will pull and guide us back to that focus." ~Leah C. Dancel, 25 August 2009 reply to Ebie on her comment to a Beautiful Road blog