64 Heartfelt Quotes For Inspiration

In a world awash with fleeting moments and endless distractions, finding words that truly resonate with the heart can be a profound experience. Quotes have the unique power to encapsulate deep emotions, offer comfort, and inspire action with remarkable brevity and beauty. Whether you're seeking solace during challenging times or a spark of motivation to pursue your dreams, heartfelt quotes can provide the gentle nudge or comforting embrace you need. In this collection, we've gathered some of the most stirring and transformative quotes that speak directly to the soul. Embark on this journey through words and let these timeless reflections inspire you to lead a more meaningful life.

1. “and he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happen. You couldn't live for very long without a heart.” - Jodi Picoult

2. “One love, one heart, one destiny.” - Robert Marley

3. “We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over. So in a series of acts of kindness there is, at last, one which makes the heart run over.” - James Boswell

4. “Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.” - Albert Einstein

5. “May your heart be lighter today.” - Harley King

6. “I was happy in the dream; but when I woke up it was with a feeling that I was falling apart, that I was cracking up from the inside and slowly falling to pieces. My heart was jumping and grating like a cold engine that doesn't want to start. My skin was crawling, and I couldn't manage a single clear thought. It was as if all my thoughts were crushed to bits just as they began to take shape. I didn't get much done that day.” - Ninni Holmqvist

7. “love being such, or such,the normal corners of your heartwill never guess how muchmy wonderful jealousy is dark” - E.E. Cummings

8. “I'm here!" I said..."I'm read to go home!" As if they couldn't see me. As if I couldn't remember what it had been like, fluttering next to someone's ear and whispering into it. How the whole earth was like a musical instrument that we could play effortlessly....I could not fly. My sister was not there. My heart was broken.” - Carolyn Turgeon

9. “I must do something or I shall wear my heart away...” - Charles Dickens

10. “Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart.” - Rainer Maria Rilke

11. “Then your heart is a black, shriveled thing, because you absolutely betray me.” - P.C. Cast

12. “rindu adalah badai yang mengkaramkan perahu hingga tiada yang terapung di lautan hati selain dia yang dirindu” - Riza Rahmi

13. “There can be, if I forebode aright, no power, short of the Divine mercy, to disclose, whether by uttered words, or by type or emblem, the secrets that may be buried with a human heart. The heart, making itself guilty of such secrets, must perforce hold them, until the day when all hidden things shall be revealed. Nor have I so read or interpreted the Holy Writ, as to understand that the disclosure of human thoughts and deeds, then to be made, is intended as part of the retribution. That, surely, were a shallow view of it. No; these revelations, unless I greatly error, are meant merely to promote the intellectual satisfaction of all intelligent beings, who will stand waiting, on that day, to see the dark problem of this life made plain. A knowledge of men's hearts will be needful to the completest solution of that problem. And I conceive, moreover, that the hearts holding such secrets as you speak of will yield them up, at that last day, not with reluctance, but with a joy unutterable.” - Nathaniel Hawthorne

14. “I love you," she said, and I knew she meant it because she spoke the words from the heart at the center of her chest. This, at least, had not been left behind at the hospital.” - Augusten Burroughs

15. “Draw a circle, not a heart, around the one you love because a heart can break but a circle goes on forever.” - Danny Kaye

16. “I hold the key to his heart right here." He lifted a briefcase from his side to show her. "All we have to do is wind it up again.” - Jennifer Hudock

17. “If you want to fight hell and the power of darkness that seek to destroy the hearts of our daughters, I know a type of spiritual warfare that creates value in a daughter's spirit. It is called "Taking your Daughter out for tea" or "Going to Her Soccer Game", and it works in direct opposition to the agenda of hell and darkness that wants to destroy their lives.” - Jim Anderson

18. “Powerful words harmonize heart and mind as if a symphony.” - Toba Beta

19. “What do you want me to say?" he asked, his voice sharp and moody. "That I had a moment of weakness when I saw it?That for an instant I felt the pang of being homesick? Yeah, I did. There, you now know the Dark-Hunter who has no soul has a heart. Are you happy? ""I already knew you had a heart. "He stopped at a red light and looked at her. A fierce frown creased his brow as if he were trying to figure her out."Believe it or not," she continued, "it shows in everything you do.” - Sherrilyn Kenyon

20. “For though your mind is active enough, your heart is darkened with corruption, and without a pure heart there can be no full or genuine sensibility.” - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

21. “I had killed our careful relationship by driving my tongue through its heart and pushing it off a cliff.” - Jeff Lindsay

22. “If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?” - Khalil Gibran

23. “But in the wake of 'Bullet,' all the guys wanted to know was, 'How's it doing? How's it selling?' How to tell them I didn't give a flying fuck how it was doing in the marketplace, that what I cared about was how it was doing in the reader's heart?” - Stephen King

24. “I've never minded it," he went on. "Being lost, that is. I had always thought one could not truly be lost if one knew one's own heart. But I fear I may be lost without knowing yours.” - Cassandra Clare

25. “Star-crossed lovers desperate to get home together. Two hearts beating as one. Romance.” - Suzanne Collins

26. “Take care of my heart won't you, Sophie? It's a little odd having it outside my body-but I'm planning to steal yours to make up for it.” - Nalini Singh

27. “But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fail of attracting a clever young man, unless circumstances are particularly untoward.” - Jane Austen

28. “Because you have my heart, Virgilia Wessex.” Softly, almost achingly. “Every black ounce of it. Scars and all.” - V.S. Carnes

29. “There is a great deal of difference between a penis and a heart.” - Patrick Rothfuss

30. “To love is to accept a soul entirely, not wishing that the person was otherwise, nor hoping for change, nor clinging to some ideal past. To love is to cherish the individual standing before you presently―charms, quirks, and all. To love is to give someone a piece of your heart that you will never, ever reclaim.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

31. “I climb aboard my tricycle and pedal my heart to the stars.” - Harley King

32. “Am auzit sau am citit că filoanele de aur au uneori la suprafață un înveliș de cuarț, din care e greu să extragi metalul. Presupun că și inima ta are un asemenea înveliș; înăuntru se află metalul prețios, dar afurisita asta de coajă nu s-a topit de tot...” - Henryk Sienkiewicz

33. “Hunger of the heart is much stronger than hunger for food.” - Amanda Comer

34. “Dreams are pathways for the heart. - Reminim the gnome” - T. William Watts

35. “As he was about to climb yet another dune, his heart whispered, "Be aware of the place where you are brought to tears. That's where I am, and thats where your treasure is.” - Paulo Coelho

36. “The real dance is a spontaneous body movement that in harmony with the beats of the music in your heart.” - Toba Beta

37. “But perhaps a heart takes experience and time to harden.” - Morgan Rhodes

38. “It's just hard now because... you're jealous. But your heart is so generous and warm, it will melt the bad feelings away." I am 100 percent positive that my mom is the wisest mother in the world.” - Jane O'Connor

39. “Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in… You can gain all the spiritual gifts in the world. You can take the most radical steps of obedience. You can share every meal with the homeless in your city. You can memorize the book of Leviticus. You can pray each morning for four hours like Martin Luther. But if what you do does not flow out of a heart of love - a heart that does those things because it genuinely desires to do them - it is ultimately worthless to God.” - J.D. Greear

40. “A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

41. “In every human heart is a place where you put all your broken dreams. When something doesn't work out, no matter what it may be, you just have to give it up and stuff it in with your broken dreams. And make sure you keep the lid on tight.” - Sayo Masuda

42. “My true-love hath my heart and I have his,By just exchange one for the other given:I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss;There never was a bargain better driven.His heart in me keeps me and him in one;My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides:He loves my heart, for once it was his own;I cherish his because in me it bides.His heart his wound received from my sight;My heart was wounded with his wounded heart;For as from me on him his hurt did light,So still, methought, in me his hurt did smart:Both equal hurt, in this change sought our bliss,My true-love hath my heart and I have his.” - Philip Sidney

43. “Your poor heart, in which God put appreciation for everlastingness, will not take electronic gadgets in lieu of eternal life. Something inside of you is too big for that, too terrible, too wonderful. God has set everlastingness in your heart. All the things of this world are here for but a moment and then are gone. None can satisfy the longing for that eternal ragging in the soul of every man.” - A.W. Tozer

44. “The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

45. “I am someone who has a cold heart. If I am beside a great grief I throw barriers up so the loss cannot go too deep or too far. There is a wall instantly in place, and it will not fall.” - Michael Ondaatje

46. “We'll see Heaven together. I promise with all my heart I'll never leave you alone.” - Stacey T. Hunt

47. “Let the inner god that is in each one of us speak. The temple is your body, and the priest is your heart: it is from here that every awareness must begin.” - Alejandro Jodorowsky

48. “Growth of consciousness does not depend on the might of the intellect but on the conviction of the heart.” - Wayne Gerard Trotman

49. “It is better to die, than dive heart-first, into a pool of love, only knee-high deep.” - Anthony Liccione

50. “The heart of a man is a small thing but it desires great matters. It is not big enough for a dog’s dinner but the whole world is not big enough for it. Man spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to defend himself, he kills to instruct himself, he kills to amuse himself, he kills for the sake of killing. From the lamb he tears its guts and makes his harp resound; from the wolf his most deadly tooth to polish his pretty works of art; from the elephant his tusks to make a toy for his child.(...)And who will exterminate him who exterminates all others?” - Paul Hoffman

51. “With each beat, the heart pumps nearly three ounces of blood into the arteries--seventy-five to ninety gallons an hour when the body is at rest.” - Ariel Gore

52. “...I'm not in control and without a firm spot, like Archimedes I can't move the world - let alone your heart..” - John Geddes

53. “...if it weren't for you, mornings wouldn't be so comforting - slippers wouldn't scrape through the rooms of my heart...” - John Geddes

54. “You know your heart and soul are stapled to that manuscript, but what we see are the words on the paper” - Teresa Nielsen Haydense

55. “Oh no! This is bad. I think my heart was just stolen a little” - Atsushi Otani

56. “When we stop judging others and ourselves, our heart begins to open.” - Swami Dhyan Giten

57. “Perempuan memang tidak bisa diajak berpikir jernih jika menyangkut perihal lelaki. Dalam situasi seperti ini, kepala mereka dipenuhi kabur merah muda bernama dopamine yang meracuni sel-sel kelabu mereka dengan berbagai ide romantis yang absurd.” - Windry Ramadhina

58. “My nose remembers more than my eyes. The sharp oily smell of eucalyptus combines with afternoon dust from the hockey field. But my heart feels the different then and now.” - Phyllis Theroux

59. “This pure little drop from a pure little source was too sweet: it penetrated deep, and subdued the heart” - Charlotte Brontë

60. “The gospel, if it is really believed, removes neediness - the need to be constantly respected, appreciated, and well regarded; the need to have everything in your life go well; the need to have power over others. All of these great, deep needs continue to control you only because the concept of the glorious God delighting in you with all His being is just that - a concept and nothing more. Our hearts don't believe it, so they operate in default mode. Paul is saying that if you want to really change, you must let the gospel teach you - that is to train, discipline, coach you - over a period of time. You must let the gospel argue with you. You must let the gospel sink down deeply into your heart, until it changes your motivation and views and attitudes.” - Timothy Keller

61. “The chandelier was wearing on its rubber support and the crack at the side of the ceiling hold was getting bigger. “One day that’s going to fall on us and spear you through the heart,” he said. I turned to kiss him on the shoulder and closed my eyes.” - Kate Chisman

62. “I went inside my heartto see how it was.Something there makes me hearthe whole world weeping.” - Rumi

63. “A man need not be ashamed of moist eyes when he gazes on the face of some loved one who is far away. It's human. It shows a kindly heart, an impressionable mind!("The Doomed Man")” - Dick Donovan

64. “In many ways, religion comes from the same place in us that art comes from. The language of the human heart if poetry” - Krista Tippett