“Beware how you give your heart.”

“Beware what you set your heart upon. For it surely shall be yours.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and woman to fill our day;
But when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers & Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.”

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist

“You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.”

Derek Walcott (1930–2017) Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright

“You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it were not so how could we take it back without asking?”

Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer

“Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.”

Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist

“Give your heart to everybody you meet. The rest is pretense.”

Ethan Hawke book Ash Wednesday

“Beware the viper in your closet. Isn’t that another thing you’re always saying, Father? Ambition and jealousy are at the heart of all betrayals. (Ryssa)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

“You know when you give your love away
it opens your heart,
everything is new.
And you know time will always find a way
to let your heart believe it's true.”

Enya (1961) Irish singer, songwriter, and musician

“Do not give your heart to that which does not satisfy your heart.”

Poemen (340–450) Egyptian monk and desert father