Quotessence
Home / Topics / Sorrow Quotes

Sorrow Quotes

Browse 3739 quotes about Sorrow.

Related topics

JoyIfsHeartGriefMenPainKnowsSufferingWorldPeopleTearsMaySoulWayFeelsDoeThinkingGivingHumansSinLongJoys And SorrowsMindPleasureWellsSadnessEndsShouldEyeLossMomentsEarthHeavenChildrenStillsCareHandsHas BeensLooksLightBearsLifeMadeFacesSeemsDesirePastComfortGrievingRememberTomorrowDiesMeanFeelingsLovePersonsChristianLife IsMemoriesNeedsNightCausesRealSpiritTodayWantDespairEvilHelpingLittlesTroubleTurnsAfflictionForgetKindLastsLaughterSometimesMiseryPain And SorrowSaidBornCryAgeBurdenGrowsMightShareTwoChristEmotionPrayerYearsDarknessEnoughInspirationalPassionSweetTogetherDisappointmentmore

Sorrow Quotes

“Images flicker, each one bringing its own sorrow or its own smile. Sometimes both. At the very worst, an impenetrable and sightless black and at best, a happiness so bright that it hurts the eyes to see, coming and going on some unseen projector perpetually turned by an invisible hand. One, then another. The hollow click of the shutter. Now stop. Freeze this frame. Pluck it down and hold it close and be damned by what you see. Henri always said: the price of a memory is the memory if the sorrow it brings.”

IfsSaidSometimesHandsEyeBlackHurtMemoriesWorstSorrowDown AndInvisibleIt HurtsUnseenHollowFreezeClicksPluckFlickerShuttersInvisible HandProjectors
Author:Pittacus Lore
Create image

“When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many, many other things to be considered. Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an occasion should never present itself, comfort your mind with this reflection, that though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least, will not be more than you can bear. Marriage may change your circumstances for the better, but, in my private opinion, it is far more likely to produce a contrary result.”

IfsShouldMindHeartMayReasonHandsJoyResultsOpinionProduceBearsCircumstancesSorrowComfortReflectionPossessionContraryOccasionsAdviseWithout LoveSingle LifeAlone In LoveHearts And Hands
Book:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Create image

“There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who gives utterance to the most natural and vehement outburst of sorrow. Those who hear the bitter cry are as much impressed as if they listened to an entire poem, and when th sufferer is sincere they are right in regarding his outburst as sublime.”

IfsMenGivingReasonNaturalSituationCasesCryPoetSorrowInstinctBitterSincereSympathyImpressedSublimePowerlessUtteranceSufferersOutburstVehement
Book:THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO: Classic French Literature
Create image

“God knows the feelings in every human heart. He can soften sorrow and lead when there seems to be no light. Prayer can give guidance and confidence. It reminds us that no one need be alone in this world. If all else fails, remember, God and one other person can be a family.”

IfsKnowsWorldNeedsGivingHumansHeartPersonsFeelingsLightSeemsRememberPrayerFailingThis WorldFailureSorrowGuidanceHuman HeartGod Knows
Book:The Measure of Our Hearts
Create image

“When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a scene.”

PeopleIfsWorldFeelsLooksWould BeNightSorrowSceneContemplationContemplatingWickednessMansfield ParkSublimity
Book:Illustrated Jane Austen - 8 Books in 1. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, P
Create image

“If you have a sorrow that you cannot tell to anyone, you can go to our Father in Heaven.”

IfsFatherHeavenSorrowOur FatherFather In Heaven
Book:Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…
Create image

“It is what is left to him," said Will. "Do you not recall what he says to Lucie? 'If it had been possible... that you could have returned the love of the man you see before yourself- flung away, wasted, drunken, poor creature of misure as you know him to be- he would have been conscious this day and hour, in spite of his happiness, that he would bring you misery, bring you to sorrow and repetance, blight you, disgrace you, pull you down with him”

IfsKnowsMenHas BeensSaidLeftHoursPoorSorrowCreaturesConsciousMiserySpiteThis DayRecallsDisgraceBlight
Book:Clockwork Prince
Create image

“It is the mundanes who look at me and see something they do not understand—a boy who is not quite white and not quite foreign either." "Just as I am not human, and not demon either," Tessa said softly. His eyes softened. "You are human," he said. "Never think you are not. I have seen you with your brother; I know how you care for him. If you can feel hope, guilt, sorrow, love—then you are human.”

IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsHumansLooksSaidEyeCareWhiteBoysKnow HowBrotherSorrowGuiltHis EyesDemonLook At MeYour BrotherClockwork AngelInfernal DevicesSorrow Love
Author:Cassandra Clare
Create image

“There is nothing you can do except try to write it the way that it was. So you must write each day better than you possibly can and use the sorrow that you have now to make you know how the early sorrow came. And you must always remember the things you believed because if you know them they will be there in the writing and you won’t betray them. The writing is the only progress you make.”

IfsKnowsWayWritingTryingUseRememberCan DoKnow HowProgressSorrowEach DayBetrayBetter Than You
Book:The Garden of Eden
Create image

“I'm sad. Pressed down by sorrow. I'm angry. Pissed at God, if there is one, and the way things are. I'm scared. Confused by the whys. Why are we here? Is there, really, some intelligent design? Why do we cry for someone who leaves us if there's some Grand Pearly Gate in the sky? Why worry about how we build our lives if the ultimate ending for all is death, a single breath away? (358)”

IfsWayWorryOur LivesSkyCryDesignSorrowUltimateIntelligentBreathsAngryScaredConfusedGatesIntelligent DesignI'm SadPearly Gates
Book:Tilt
Create image

“Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something. People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.”

PeopleIfsKnowsTryingMeanDifferentMightRememberLostKnow HowSorrowSeekingFulfillmentSwimDifferent RoadsFulfillment And Happiness
Author:H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Create image

“To regret the exchange of earthly pleasures for the joys of Heaven, is as if the grovelling caterpillar should lament that it must one day quit the nibbled leaf to soar aloft and flutter through the air, roving at will from flower to flower, sipping sweet honey from their cups, or basking in their sunny petals.”

IfsShouldLittlesJoyHeavenFearPleasureDoubtAirSweetFlowerRegretSorrowOne DayCreaturesQuittingCupsNo DoubtHoneyLeafsSoarSunnyPetalsLamentCaterpillarsMisplacedSippingRovingBaskingSweet Honey
Author:Anne Bronte
Create image

“I am sure we should not shut our hearts against the healing influences that nature offers us. But I understand your feeling. I think we all experience the same thing. We resent the thought that anything can please us when someone we love is no longer here to share the pleasure with us, and we almost feel as if we were unfaithful to our sorrow when we find our interest in life returning to us.”

IfsThinkingFeelsShouldHeartFeelingsInterestLove IsPleasureHealingShareInfluenceSorrowPleaseOffersResentUnfaithfulInterest In Life
Book:L. M. MONTGOMERY – Ultimate Collection: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poetry, Letters and Autobiography (Including The Complete Anne of Green Gables Series & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, The Blue Castle, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, The Golden Road, Mistress Pat, Chronicles of Avonlea, Kilmeny of the Orchard and many more
Create image

“Surely education has no meaning unless it helps you understand the vast experience of life with all its subtleties, with its extraordinary beauty, its sorrows and joys. You may earn degrees, you may have a series of letters after your name and land a good job, but then what? What is the point of it all if in the process your mind becomes dull, weary, stupid?”

IfsMindMayHelpingJobsJoyNamesProcessLandStupidSorrowDegreesLettersSeriesExtraordinaryDullWearyGood JobSubtletyExtraordinary Beauty
Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
Create image

“If only we try to live sincerely, it will go well with us, even though we are certain to experience real sorrow, and great disappointments, and also will probably commit great faults and do wrong things, but it certainly is true, thatit is better to be high-spirited, even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent. It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love, is well done.”

IfsLifeTryingWellsRealDoneLyingCertainLove IsMistakeSorrowFaultsDisappointmentAccomplishCommitSincerelyWrong ThingsPrudentWell DoneSpiritedNarrow-mindedTrue Strength
Book:The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886: With a Memoir by His Sister-in-law, J. Van Gogh-Bonger ...
Create image

“Of all the felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels us in all extremities. Nay, if there were no other comfort in it than the pare exercise of so generous a virtue, even for that single reason a man would not be without it; it is a sovereign antidote against all calamities - even against the fear of death itself.”

IfsMenRealReasonCareVirtueExerciseSorrowComfortFirmGentleGenerousCharmingSovereignReal FriendsFear Of DeathCalamityAntidoteFelicityExtremity
Author:Seneca the Younger
Create image

“Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we were to close the doors upon sorrow and distress, we might be excluding our greatest friends and benefactors. Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering, and self-mastery.”

PeopleIfsHumansLongSelfMightPainSufferingOur LivesDoorsSorrowComfortAdversitySaintEaseMasteryDistressBeing HumanAnguishSelf MasteryPhysical PainBenefactorsLong Suffering
Author:Spencer W. Kimball
Create image

“Woman makes half the sorrows which she boasts the privilege to sooth. Woman consoles us, it is true, while we are young and handsome; when we are old and ugly, woman snubs and scolds us. On the whole, then, woman in this scale, the weed in that. Jupiter! Hang out thy balance, and weigh them both; and if thou give the preference to woman, all I can say is, the next time Juno ruffles thee, O Jupiter, try the weed.”

IfsGivingTryingI CanWholeYoungNextHalfBalanceSorrowPrivilegeUglyScalesTheeSmokingHanging OutWeedNext TimeHandsomePreferenceBoastConsoleJupiterUgly WomenRuffles
Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Create image

“Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if compelled, will use themonly with the utmost restraint.Peace is his highest value.If the peace has been shattered,how can he be content?His enemies are not demons,but human beings like himself.He doesn't wish them personal harm.Nor does he rejoice in victory.How could he rejoice in victoryand delight in the slaughter of men?He enters a battle gravely,with sorrow and with great compassion,as if he were attending a funeral”

IfsMenHumansDoeHas BeensUseValuesWishPeaceHuman BeingsCompassionEnemyViolenceVictorySorrowBattleWeaponsHighestToolsDelightHarmDemonDecentFuneralRejoiceRestraintTaoCompelledShatteredSlaughterAttendingDetestDecent Man
Author:Laozi
Create image

“From the days of the Founding Fathers, right to this (2008) election, how and where America fights to defend its freedom, has been the ultimate question in its politics. The one that triggers rage and sorrow; the one that asks is the price of blood too dear? Or, if it is to stay true to its convictions, does America have no coice but to put its lives on the line?”

IfsDoeHas BeensWarAmericaFightingAsksFatherLinesHistoryBloodSorrowUltimateElectionDearConvictionRageCivil WarFoundingTriggersAmerican Civil WarStay TrueUltimate Questions
Author:Simon Schama
Create image