Sad Quotes About Life That Make You Cry

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer

“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.” ― Jean de La Fontaine

“Don’t cry over someone who wouldn’t cry over you.” ― Lauren Conrad

“Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.” ― Clive Barker, Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War

“We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim.” ― R.M. Drake

“The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” — Carl Jung

“Tears are words that need to be written.” ― Paulo Coelho

“Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.” ― Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam

“One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.” ― Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis

“Sadness is also a kind of defense.” — Ivo Andrich

“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.” — Jim Rohn

“There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have a feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well. So, I take the memories as they come, accepting them all, letting them guide me whenever I can.” ― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

“We’re taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear, and sadness, and to me, they’re of equal value to happiness, excitement, and inspiration.” — Alanis Morrisette

“Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative you can get beyond your pain or negativity.” — Yoko Ono

“Sad hurts but it’s a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel.” — J.K. Rowling

“There are two types of people in the world: Those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.” ― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

“With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley, “To a Skylark”

“It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.” — Miguel de Unamuno

“Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel.” — Tupac Shakur

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Some days are just bad days, that’s all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that’s just the way it is!” — Dita Von Teese

“In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.” ― William S. Burroughs, Queer

“Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep.” — Taraji P. Henson

“Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.” ― Christina Rossetti, Pre-Raphaelite Poetry: An Anthology

“We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.” — Pierre Corneille

“The good life is not one immune to sadness but one in which suffering contributes to our development.” — Alain de Botton

“Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not ‘yours,’ not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.” — Eckhart Tolle

“When you feel sad, it’s okay. It’s not the end of the world.” — Mac Miller

“It doesn’t hurt to feel sad from time to time.” — Willie Nelson

Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.” ― Victor Hugo

“Sad things happen. They do. But we don’t need to live sad forever.” — Mattie Stepanek

“The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.” — Bob Marley

“It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.” — Henry Rollins

“Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.” — Leonardo da Vinci

“A million words would not bring you back, I know because I tried, neither would a million tears, I know because I cried.” — Unknown

“One thing you can’t hide is when you’re crippled inside.” — John Lennon, “Crippled Inside”

“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.” — Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.” ― S. Lewis

Sad Life Quotes About Death

When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.
– Unknown

“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.“
– Kahlil Gibran

“Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.”
– Emily Dickinson

“Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.”
– Unknown

“He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”
– Kenji Miyazawa

“If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.”
– The Crow, written by James O’Barr, David J. Schow, and John Shirley, 1994

“Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was,’Did you bring joy?’ The second was, ‘Did you find joy?’”
– Leo Buscaglia

“Love is stronger than death even though it can’t stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can’t separate people from love. It can’t take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.”– Unknown

“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.”– Isaac Asimov

It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.” ―Samuel Butler

Don’t let the scars on your heart define the way you love.” ―Laura Chouette

Sad things happen. They do. But we don’t need to live sad forever.” –Mattie Stepanek

Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.” –Stephen Chbosky

Some people are going to leave, but that’s not the end of your story. That’s the end of their part in your story.” ―Faraaz Kazi

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.” –Paramahansa Yogananda

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” –Alexander Graham Bell

The good thing about pain is that it makes you think even about the person who hurts you most.”

Realizing that your pain will either be listened or it will become a topic of discussion is really heartbreaking.”

Sometimes saying the right thing leaves bad impression on someone’s heart.”

Speak out don’t wait for the worse to happen.”

People will come and go, true ones will remain forever.”

“Finishing everything is not the solution, your life is not just yours.”

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.” —Pierre Corneille

Be strong now because things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can’t rain forever.

What brings us to tears, will lead us to grace. Our pain is never wasted.” —Bob Goff

Sometimes you’ve got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding.”

What Is The Most Saddest Quote Ever

Don’t get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure. – Rumi

Trust is like an eraser, it gets smaller and smaller after every mistake. – Anonymous

If two people are meant to be together, they will eventually find their way back into each other’s arms… no matter what. – Anonymous

. You will never find the right person if you never let go of the wrong one. – Elizabeth Hollomon

I don’t like depending on people because people leave all the time. Because at the end of the day all you have is yourself and that has to be enough. – Anonymous

I try not to miss you, I try to let you go, but in the end, you’re always on my mind. – Anonymous

Keep smiling… and one day life will get tired of upsetting you. – Nitya Prakash

When someone lies to you, it’s because they don’t respect you enough, to be honest, and they think you are too stupid to know the difference. – Anonymous

It sucks, doesn’t it? Feeling like you’re not good enough. – Anonymous

Be strong now because things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can’t rain forever. – Anonymous

It hurts when you have someone in your heart but you can’t have them in your arms. – Anonymous

Don’t tell me I’ve changed, when in reality, I just stopped dealing with you. – Carson Kolhoff

You fall in love with the most unexpected person at the most unexpected time. – Anonymous

Stop trying to change someone who doesn’t want to change. Stop giving chances to someone who abuses your forgiveness. Stop walking back to the place where your heart ran from. Stop trusting their words and ignoring their actions. Stop breaking your own heart. – Trent Shelton

Forget all the reasons why it won’t work, and believe the one reason why it will. – Ziad K. Abdelnour

You can’t go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending. – C.S. Lewis

So sick of pretending that everything is alright because it’s not. – Anonymous

Memories have to be our most painful blessing. – Kanye West

Fight for what’s worth fighting for. – Anonymous

Nobody knows about the little meltdowns I have when I’m alone. They only know about the smiles and laughs I show them. – Anonymous

You still make me smile, even if you’re the reason why I’m sad. – Zakiya And Majid

You’ll never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have. – Bob Marley

You say you care but you leave me alone to cry. – Anonymous

What brings us to tears, will lead us to grace. Our pain is never wasted. – Bob Goff

The worst feeling is when you feel like you’re annoying the only person you wanna talk to. – Anonymous

Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions. – Stefan Kanfer

There are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone. – Nicole Krauss

Life is sad, life is a bust, all you can do is do what you must. – Bob Dylan

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying. -Charlie Chaplin

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. – Jim Rohn

I guess that’s what saying good-bye is always like–like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you’re in the air, there’s nothing you can do but let go. – Lauren Oliver

It’s sad to know I’m done. But looking back, I’ve got a lot of great memories. – Bonnie Blair

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart. – Washington Irving

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success. – Seneca

There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow. – Alfred De Musset

Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel. – Tupac Shakur

So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers. – John Sutherland Bonnell

Sad Quotes For Depressed Adults

If you’ve been up all night and cried till you have no more tears left in you – you will know that there comes in the end a sort of quietness. You feel as if nothing is ever going to happen again.” – C.S. Lewis

“You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn’t mean you’re defective – it just means you’re human.” – David Mitchell

“I wish people could understand that the brain is the most important organ of our body. Just because you can’t see mental illness like you could see a broken bone, doesn’t mean it’s not as detrimental or devastating to a family or an individual.” – Demi Lovato

“She’s battling things her smile will never tell you about.” – Jonny Ox

“People cry, not because they’re weak. It’s because they’ve been strong too long.” – Johnny Depp

“I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anybody else to feel like that.” – Robin Williams

“What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.” – Brene Brown

“Sometimes, all you can do is lie in bed, and hope to fall asleep before you fall apart.” – William C. Hannan

“People in therapy are often in therapy to deal with the people in their lives who won’t go to therapy.” – Unknown

“Never give up on someone with a mental illness. When “I’ is replaced by “we,” illness becomes wellness.” – Shannon L. Alder

I don’t hate people. I just feel better when they aren’t around.” – Charles Bukowski

“She wasn’t sad anymore, she was numb, and she knew somehow numb was worse.” – Atticus

“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive ones.” – Brene Brown

“It’s such a fine line between feeling everything and nothing at all.” – k. Tolnoe

“Do not be numb. If you wish to heal your wounds; first learn to feel where they are.” – A. Daniel

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.” – Paulo Coelho

“I withdraw from people and places from time to time, a world that is filled with millions of mouths that talks too much but never have anything to say.” – Kaitlin Foster

“They say “follow your heart” but if your heart is in a millon pieces which piece do you follow? – Unknown

“My darling, you hold so much sadness in your eyes, I can almost touch the scars of your soul and cry.” – Alexandra Vasiliu

Angry is just sad’s bodyguard.” – Liza Palmer

“Make peace with your broken pieces.” – r.h. Sin

“You have to die a few times before you can really live.” – Charles Bukowski

“She has love in her words, pain in her silence.” – Laura Jane

“My heart hides so many wounds that never bleed.” – Alexandra Vasiliu

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

“I am lonely in places I didn’t even know existed inside me.” – Nikita Gill

“When it is darkest, we can see the stars.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“No matter how tall the mountain is, it cannot block the sun.” – Chinese Proverb

“Every emotion has a story to tell.” – k. tolnoe

I don’t want to look back in five years’ time and think, ‘We could have been magnificent, but I was afraid.’ In five years I want to tell of how fear tried to cheat me out of the best thing in life, and I didn’t let it.” – Unknown

“If you haven’t healed it, every time you think about a negative event from your past, your body produces the exact same chemicals in the body as when it happened. That means you relive the experience hundreds of times simply because you haven’t let it go.” – Unknown

“You can make the decision now to have pain. Clean pain, that leads to a clean break, that allows you to heal. Or you can choose to hurt yourself over and over again until that big pain comes. Or you do it now.” – Unknown

“Just because you carry it well, doesn’t mean it’s not heavy.” – Unknown

“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” – Dan Millman

“The more we forgive, forget and let go, the less defined by our past we are.” – Unknown

“Life is way too short to spend it at war with yourself.” – Unknown

“Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, worrying won’t make it any better.” – Walt Disney

“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” – Mark Twain

“Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate.” – Renee Jain

Sad Relationship Quotes That Make You Cry

The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.” – Juliette Lewis

“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have the right to be here.” – Max Ehrmann

“Remember the times you could have pressed quit– but you hit continue.” – Shane Koyczan

“You are strong enough to face it all, even if it doesn’t feel like it right now” – Unknown

“Keep searching for the colors when everything turns grey.” – Christy Ann Martine

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller

“You aren’t the things that haunt you. You aren’t the pain you feel. You aren’t defective or broken. You’re human, you’re doing the best you can, and you have so much to offer the world than the demons you’re fighting.” – Daniell Koepke

“The real reasons for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.” – Ernest Hemingway

“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” – John Green

“You give the world such a great gift by being alive. Your time to leave this world will one day come, don’t cut life short.” – Unknown

Keep searching for the colors when everything turns grey.” – Christy Ann Martine

“In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller

“Your pain is an opportunity for you to learn about yourself.” – Gary Zukav

“I won’t let my pain turn my heart into something ugly. I will show you that surviving can be beautiful.” – Christy Ann Martine

“Somewhere there is a past you overflowing with so much pride looking at how far you’ve come.” – Unknown

“Whenever anything negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it, although you may not see it at the time.” – Eckhart Tolle

“It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.” – Napoleon Hill

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed, until it is faced” – James Baldwin

“What a plot twist you were.” – faraway

The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.” – Juliette Lewis

“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have the right to be here.” – Max Ehrmann

“Remember the times you could have pressed quit– but you hit continue.” – Shane Koyczan

“You are strong enough to face it all, even if it doesn’t feel like it right now” – Unknown

“Keep searching for the colors when everything turns grey.” – Christy Ann Martine

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller

“You aren’t the things that haunt you. You aren’t the pain you feel. You aren’t defective or broken. You’re human, you’re doing the best you can, and you have so much to offer the world than the demons you’re fighting.” – Daniell Koepke

“The real reasons for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.” – Ernest Hemingway

“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” – John Green

“You give the world such a great gift by being alive. Your time to leave this world will one day come, don’t cut life short.” – Unknown

Keep searching for the colors when everything turns grey.” – Christy Ann Martine

“In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller

“Your pain is an opportunity for you to learn about yourself.” – Gary Zukav

“I won’t let my pain turn my heart into something ugly. I will show you that surviving can be beautiful.” – Christy Ann Martine

“Somewhere there is a past you overflowing with so much pride looking at how far you’ve come.” – Unknown

“Whenever anything negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it, although you may not see it at the time.” – Eckhart Tolle

“It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.” – Napoleon Hill

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed, until it is faced” – James Baldwin

“What a plot twist you were.” – faraway

What a plot twist you were.” – faraway

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
Jean de La Fontaine

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.
Jim Rohn

We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim.
R.M. Drake

The way sadness works is one of the strange riddles of the world. If you are stricken with a great sadness, you may feel as if you have been set aflame, not only because of the enormous pain but also because your sadness may spread over your life, like smoke from an enormous fire.
Lemony Snicket

There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.
Nicholas Sparks

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
Yoko Ono

Some days are just bad days, that’s all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that’s just the way it is!

Deep Sadness Quotes You Would Love To Read

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
Oscar Wilde

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
Jonathan Safran Foer

The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
Carl Jun

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.
William S. Burroughs

The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.
Alain de Botton

Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep.
Taraji P. Henson

Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That’s its balance.
Osho

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
Pierre Corneille

We’re taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and o me they’re of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.
Alanis Morissette

They say it’s better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to wake from its sleep and burst into green.
Conor Oberst

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.
Pierre Corneille

I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.
Walter Anderson

The good life is not one immune to sadness but one in which suffering contributes to our development.
Alain de Botton

Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel.
Tupac Shakur

Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not ‘yours,’ not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.
Eckhart Tolle

The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
Nikolai Gogol

When you feel sad, it’s okay. It’s not the end of the world.
Mac Miller

There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.
C. Joybell C.

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’
John Greenleaf Whittier

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
John Steinbeck

It doesn’t hurt to feel sad from time to time.
Willie Nelson

Sad Quotes That Make You Cry

True love burns the brightest, but the brightest flames leave the deepest scars within you.

The saddest thing is to be a passing moment for someone when you have made them whole.― Sanober Khan

It hurts when you have someone in your heart but you can’t hold them in your arms.

I thought you would always be in my life, but you disappeared like you were never there. only memories remain.

I’ll wait for you until the day I can forget you or until the day you realize you can’t forget me.― herryicm

My life is loveless now and it feels like I have no life at all.

You took my heart and broke it. All the pieces were shattered and my repair is slow and painful.

My Heart IS Empty, My Days Are Empty, My Life Is Devoid of any joy while I am away from you. Oh, how much I miss you.

No matter how many people contact you in a day, if the person you really care about hasn’t contacted you, you still feel lonely and sad.

Trying to forget you is like swimming against the current of the river. The more I try, the faster I tire and let myself be drawn to you.

Crying is how our heart speaks, when your lips cannot explain the pain.

The thing hurt more, pretending to be happy

Tear: a drop of salt water that reflects sweet and bitter memories inside…

Sadness is Missing someone, who probably isn’t thinking of you.

Sadness is… when a person calls you a best friend who at the other time treats you like a friend.

It’s easy to write all our feelings in the message box. But it’s hard to hit the send button

Sadness is seeing your best friend cry and you are not able to comfort her.

Today, people are socially connected, virtually alone, and mentally disturbed.

No, I didn’t change. I just learned a lot

Every time I cry I feel like my emotions are alive.

People do crazy things when their hearts are broken.

Maturity robbed us of Innocence.

I always forgive you for hurting me

Since She Left one thing stays permanently “Depression”

From “You Are My Everything” To “You are nothing” He defined his love story.

While she was busy having late night conversations with her new one. His Pillow Carried his tears.

She was like a broken doll dreaming of a guy with glue.

250 Contacts on his phone but her status was his only preference.

Nights turned out to be nightmares without you.

Stuck between ‘ i really want to talk to you, “and” I really need to get over you.

Roses are not all red, violets will never be blue because whatever happens, you can’t love me the way I love you.

She: What is the most important thing you’ve done this year? He- Survived

The first time I meet you. I had no damn idea I’d love you this much.

Tears come from the heart not from the mind.

Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of the pure heart.

First, accept sadness. Realize that without losing, winning isn’t so great.

Things change and friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody

Isn’t Sad When Someone you know becomes someone you knew.