look back vs take heart

look back

verb
  • To reconsider or regret. 

  • To think of (past events) in retrospect. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, back. 

take heart

verb
  • To be courageous; to regain one's courage. 

intj
  • Used when encouraging someone to bear or take up a difficult situation. 

How often have the words look back and take heart occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )