#hearts

We're meant to stay connected to our hearts, you see. Feeling our feelings, present in the moments we're given. But we don't do that. And that's when we get in trouble. ... We mature and take responsibility for ourselves and others, and that's a good thing. But we're never meant to lose that alive quality, to get cut off from our true hearts. Growing up isn't the same thing as shutting down. ... We can fight it. We have to fight it. Because when our hearts shut down, we become mere shells of who we once were. We don't laugh—not honestly, not from the heart. We don't dream. We don't feel our feelings or use our gifts. We end up trying to just survive instead of live. It's like we've handed our hearts over to the enemy of our souls and said, 'Here you can have it. I'm giving up. ↗

— Denise Hildreth Jones

#living #our-hearts #dreams

Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed. ↗

— Alberta Hunter

#because #been #blues #disturbed #does

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#believe #defeat #feelings #hearts #i

Elevate your inside game. A negative attitude is below the horizon...a place for lonesome hearts. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#elevate #encouragement #game #hearts #horizon

I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#hearts #i #i believe #more #much

I fear that the hearts of the vast majority of mankind would beat on strongly and steadily and without any quickening if the league were to perish altogether. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#any #beat #fear #hearts #i

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#hearts #into #light #musician #people

Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people you'll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you. ↗

— Alice Duer Miller

#broken #college #course #dare #democracy

You may depend upon it that they are as good hearts to serve men in palaces as in cottages. ↗

— Robert Owen

#good #hearts #may #men #palaces

A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops. ↗

— Amos Oz

#conflict #ends #hearts #minds #people