Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Butler Yeats

I thought no more was needed Youth to prolong Than dumb-bell and foil To keep the body young. O who could have foretold That the heart grows old?

William Butler Yeats

Nothing but stillness can remain when hearts are full Of their own sweetness, bodies of their loveliness.

Wilhelm von Humboldt

The sorrow which calls for help and comfort is not the greatest, nor does it come from the depths of the heart.

Wilhelm Reich

Only one thing matters: live a good, happy life. Do your heart's bidding, even when it leads you on paths that timid souls would avoid. Even when life is a torment, don't let it harden you.

Walter Willett

Even the relatively small amount of trans fats are likely to be causing around 7,000 premature deaths from heart disease per year.

Walter Willett

We see clear evidence repeated in many studies that higher intake of trans fats is associated with higher risk of heart disease, and with many other conditions, such as diabetes and infertility.

Walter Russell

Courtesy will be in my heart to give to all.

Walter Russell

Down deep in his heart he knew that we all have the same promise of the unlimited help of the Universal Intelligence that guides all things. If we want it, we only have to plug into it with the master keys of desire and trust.

Walter Savage Landor

No truer word, save God's, was ever spoken, Than that the largest heart is soonest broken.

Walter Savage Landor

There is a gravity which is not austere nor captious, which belongs not to melancholy nor dwells in contraction of heart: but arises from tenderness and hangs upon reflection.

Walter Savage Landor

That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.

Walter Savage Landor

What is companionship where nothing that improves the intellect is communicated, and where the larger heart contracts itself to the model and dimension of the smaller?

Walter Savage Landor

We are poor, indeed, when we have no half-wishes left us. The heart and the imagination close the shutters the instant they are gone.

Walter Savage Landor

Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.

Walter Scott

Steady of heart and stout of hand.

Walter Scott

A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.

Walter Scott

A sinful heart makes feeble hand.

Walter Scott

...crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.

Walter Scott

I envy thee not thy faith, which is ever in thy mouth but never in thy heart nor in thy practice

Walter Scott

The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!

Walter Scott

I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!

Walter Hagen

You don't have the game you played last year or last week. You only have today's game. It may be far from your best, but that's all you've got. Harden your heart and make the best of it.

Walter Dean Myers

As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.

I've learned the hard lesson that you can't pin your heart on anything until it's a completely done deal.

Yo-Yo Ma

Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.

Yo-Yo Ma

When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.

Yitzhak Rabin

Indigenous programs and policy will come within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet because Indigenous policy and programs should not be an add - on, they should not be an afterthought, but they should be at the heart of a good Australian Government.

Yitzhak Rabin

For me, Jerusalem was united, will be under Israel sovereignty, will be the capital of Israel and the heart of the Jewish people.

Winona Ryder

I watched this documentary on Madonna. I remember I grew up hearing she wanted to rule the world. Actually, she worked really hard - really, really hard.

Winston Churchill

Anyone who is not a liberal in his youth has no heart. Anyone who remains so as he matures has no brain!

Winston Churchill

Vast and fearsome as the human scene has become, personal contact of the right people, in the right places, at the right time, may yet have a potent and valuable part to play in the cause of peace which is in our hearts.

Winston Churchill

To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy.

Winston Churchill

No sky is heavy if the heart be light