Quotes about Heart
We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.
- St. Basil
O, Thou precious Lord Jesus Christ, we do adore Thee with all our hearts. Thou art Lord of all.
- Charles Spurgeon
As for reputation, though it be a glorious instrument of advancing our Master's service, yet there is a better than that: a clean heart, a single eye, and a soul full of God. A fair exchange if, by the loss of reputation, we can purchase the lowest degree of purity of heart.
- John Wesley
If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.
- Marc Chagall
The heart of Jesus glowed, because it was holy. Holy things glowed in general.
- Margaret Atwood
Me, it's the heart: that's the part lacking. I used to want one: a dainty cushion of red silk dangling from a blood ribbon, fit for sticking pins in. But I've changed my mind. Hearts hurt. — Margaret Atwood, from "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage ," Dearly: New Poems (Ecco, 2020)
- Margaret Atwood
They say that a nightmare can frighten you to death, that your heart can literally stop. Will this bad dream kill me, one of these nights? Surely it will take more than that.
- Margaret Atwood
Laura was flint in a nest of thistledown. I say flint, not stone: a flint has a heart of fire.
- Margaret Atwood
A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart.
- Charles Finney
The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.
- Francis Schaeffer
Worship comes from a thankful heart.
- Chris Tomlin
The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
- Martin Luther