George Herbert Quotes About Heart

Quotes about: Heart

• A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

  George Herbert

  Love, Heart, Be Kind

  George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.170

• Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

  George Herbert

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

• God sees hearts as we see faces.

  George Herbert

  Disappointment, Heart, Faces

  George Herbert (2010). “Priest to the Temple, Or, the Country Parson His Character and Rule of Holy Life, with Selected Poems from the Temple”, p.21, Lulu.com

• Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee.

  George Herbert

  Sweet, Song, Heart

  George Herbert, Robert Eldridge Aris WILLMOTT (1855). “The Poetical Works of G. H. With a Memoir of the Author, and Notes, by ... R. A. Willmott”, p.65

• A good heart cannot lye

  George Herbert

  Love, Heart, Good Heart

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.354

• Enrich my heart, mouth, hands in me, With faith, with hope, with charity, That I may run, rise, rest with Thee.

  George Herbert

  Faith, Running, Heart

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.65

• Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

  George Herbert

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  George Herbert (1850). “Beauties of George Herbert: with Selections from “The Synagogue.””, p.14

• God's breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Men, Soul

  Marianne Dorman, George Herbert (2009). “Seven Whole Days to Praise Our God: An Arrangement of George Herbert's Poems for Christian Meditation”, p.48, AuthorHouse

• Humble Hearts have humble desires.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Humble, Humble Heart

  George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.292

• Surely if each one saw another's heart, There would be no commerce, No sale or bargain pass: all would disperse And live apart.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Would Be, Saws

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.131

• Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Long, Long Day

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.316

• The hearts letter is read in the eyes.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Eye, Letters

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.298

• Rise, heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing His praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With Him mayst rise: That, as His death calcined thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and, much more, just.

  George Herbert

  Easter, Heart, Dust

  George Herbert, William Jerdan (1853). “The Works of the Rev. George Hebert”, p.41

• Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Men, Mercenary

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.371

• A broken Altar, Lord, thy servant rears, Made of a heart, and cemented with tears.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Broken, Tears

  'The Altar', collected in The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (published posthumously, 1633).

• We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh till your hearts ake.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Men, Laughing

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.373

• Play not for gain, but sport. Who plays for more
  Than he can lose with pleasure, stakes his heart;
  Perhaps his wife's too, and whom she hath bore.

  George Herbert

  Sports, Heart, Gambling

  Jeremy Taylor, John Wheeldon, George Herbert (1768). “Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor”, p.102

• Who hath no head, needes no heart.

  George Herbert

  Heart

  George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.273

• Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God. Let mouth and heart be one; beat and speak together, and make both felt in action. It is for cowards to lie.

  George Herbert

  Lying, Heart, Men

• A small heart hath small desires.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Desire

  George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.247

• If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.

  George Herbert

  Art, Home, Speak

• Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

  George Herbert

  Love, Heart, Gentle

  George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.308

• Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with thoughts.

  George Herbert

  Heart, Hands

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.344

• Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart could have recovered greenness?

  George Herbert

  Heart

  George Herbert (2015). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of George Herbert (Illustrated)”, p.223, Delphi Classics

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