A Thousand Words Spoken By The Heart

Put together a few quotes that inspire me, or that I can relate to, when it comes to the truths that matter the most.

Love and Hope

"Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses."

"Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've been betrayed, to those who still love even though they've been hurt before."

"To often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

"You don't love someone for their looks, their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear."

"I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person; love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, including the things you might be ashamed of; love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still getting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you."

FAITH

"Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible."

"Every character has an inward spring; let Christ be that spring. Every action has a keynote; let Christ be that note, to which your whole life is attuned."

"What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God."

"The true call of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way."

"In happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God."

MATTERS OF THE HEART

"You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see, but you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel."

"One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter."

"It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let the person know how you feel."

"It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone and a day to love someone - but it takes a lifetime to forget someone."

"Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with."

BEAUTY

"The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart."

"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting --- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing."

"Beauty is how you feel inside and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical."

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

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams."

OPTIMISM

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

"The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose."