#heart

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

#already #aspires #heart #look #mind

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#advance #becomes #developed #difficult #difficulties

I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

#doing #english #experience #experienced #found

I was 48-years old before anybody talked me into it for medicinal purposes, instead of some of these drugs that they give you that will lead you to heart surgery and things of that nature. ↗

— Merle Haggard

#before #give #heart #i #instead

I don't feel a day older when it comes to my approach to music or what gets me off than when I was a teenager. I've always been into different kinds of stuff and when I play I like to play loud. I like my arm hairs to move and I like my body to vibrate 'cause I like the feel of it; I'm still a teenager at heart. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#approach #arm #been #body #cause

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#cinematographer #heart #i #i am #more

Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke - even death. ↗

— Daryl Hall

#causes #chronic #death #even #heart

Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that's what we are. ↗

— Mickey Hart

#blood #hearts #life #machine #our

Don't overthink things. Sometimes you can convince your head not to listen to your heart. Those are the decisions you regret for the rest of your life." Faith Barnett From Texas Tangle ↗

— Leah Braemel

#heart #love #over-thinking #regret #faith

She bowed her head, clasping her hands tightly before her upon the arm of his chair, for her heart yearned towards him, yet could not reach him, and it made her throat ache with unhappiness to meet that look of his that rested on her face without seeing it. ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#before #bowed #chair #could #face