Quotes
Quotes about Art
Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it. -Braveheart.
It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.
When the heart grieves over what is has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell.
'Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in hell And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell. On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confessed.
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the cheif ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell dwells within myself.
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Into his nest again, I shall not live in vain.
Now, ye familiar spirits that are culled Out of the powerful legions under earth, Help me this once, that France may get the field.
Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.
The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
Ferryman ho! In the night so black Hark to the clank of iron; 'Tis heroes of the Yser, 'Tis sweethearts of glory, 'Tis lads who are unafraid! Ferryman ho!
The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head-winds right for royal sails.
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be common, nor the common heroic.
When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.
Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth.
[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
