1. change of heart - Noun
2. change of heart - Phrase
change of heart (plural changes of heart)
(idiomatic) A change of one's opinion, belief or decision.
He quit work on Friday, but on Monday he had a change of heart and decided to come back.
The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost. M. Scott Peck
Regeneration can come only through a change of heart in the individual. Henry Williamson
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart. Mahatma Gandhi
True repentance involves a change of heart and not just a change of behavior. Ezra Taft Benson
Strictly speaking, my interest is not in legal rights for animals but in a change of heart towards animals. J. M. Coetzee
The subtle and deadly change of heart that might occur in you would be involved with the realization that a civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless. James Baldwin