#hea

Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But she wouldn't consent to my having music lessons, for she feared I might end up as she had done - unable to play except from paper. ↗

— Mary Lou Williams

#consent #done #encourage #end #except

When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.' ↗

— Mary Lou Williams

#doing #first #get #here #kid

I started practicing yoga. I started learning some hands-on healing stuff. And I found really good chiropractors, really good massage therapists, and what I found is I've been able to actually peel off layers of trauma on my body and actually move better now than I did. ↗

— Ricky Williams

#actually #been #better #better now #body

When I write, I put one foot in front of the other. It's an act of faith. I just follow my heart. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#faith #follow #foot #front #heart

The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my ranking. I think I can hit the ball. It's just about my body cooperating. It's about being able to play matches in a row. Right now, I'm not sure how much I can do with that, but we'll see. ↗

— Venus Williams

#about #ball #being #big #body

The more you are able to forgive then the more you are able to love. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#forgiveness #forgiveness-men-women #forgiving #healing #self-help

It's a pretty heavy thing that happens to me when I'm at competitions. I get so sucked in, I can't really turn it off. ↗

— Shaun White

#get #happens #heavy #i #me

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness. ↗

— Nathaniel Parker Willis

#goodness #gratitude #heart #his #homage

Sometimes a great wound or concussion of the head, especially which happens by falling headlong from an high place, brings a prejudice and weakness to the animal faculty, dulling the understanding. ↗

— Thomas Willis

#brings #dulling #especially #faculty #falling

If you measure your life by what you own, the cavern of your heart will never be filled. ↗

— James D. Maxon

#heart #meaning #philosophy-of-life #life