Sadness Of Life Quotes

• Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.

  Josh Peck

  Art, Real, Sadness

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• Love has, at its best, made the inherent sadness of life bearable, and its beauty manifest.

  Kay Redfield Jamison

  Sadness, Made, Manifest

  Kay Redfield Jamison (2009). “An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness”, p.215, Vintage

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• It is a time when one's spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death.

  Mark Twain

  Sad, Death, Past

  Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.1257, GENERAL PRESS

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• Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sad

  "Fictional character: Mahatma Gandhi". "Gandhi", 1982.

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

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Happiness, Sad

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 24, 2014

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• Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.

  Christina Rossetti

  Happiness, Smile, Sad

  "Remember" l. 13 (1862)

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  Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Sad, Stay Strong, Tears

  FaceBook post by Gabriel García Márquez from Jun 29, 2011

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• Every man has his secret sorrows.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Sad, Depression, Being Happy

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• Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness.

  Carl Jung

  Happiness, Sad, Happy

  "The Art of Living". Interview with Gordon Young in 1960. "C.G. Jung Speaking". Book edited by William McGuire and R.F.C. Hull, archive.org. 1977.

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• They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now

  Edna St. Vincent Millay

  Love, Sad, I Miss You

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• We ask God to forgive us for our evil thoughts and evil temper, but rarely, if ever ask Him to forgive us for our sadness.

  Robert William Dale

  Sad, Evil, Forgiving

  Robert William Dale (1877). “Nine Lectures on Preaching: Delivered at Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut”

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• 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

  Life, Happiness, Sad

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• Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

  Carl Jung

  Love, Happiness, Sad

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• Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Sad, Depressing, Inspiration

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• Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Happiness, Sad, Broken Heart

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius (circa 170), p. 19, 1995 edition.

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• Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Broken Heart, Heartbreak, Heartbroken

  Jean de La Fontaine (2013). “Selected Fables: A Dual-Language Book”, p.75, Courier Corporation

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• Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. 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

  Moving On, Thankful, Gratitude

  Walter Anderson (1997). “The Confidence Course: Seven Steps to Self-Fulfillment”, Harpercollins

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  And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

  Khalil Gibran

  Love, Relationship, Smile

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.18, Lulu.com

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• There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

  Dante Alighieri

  Inspirational, Happiness, Sad

  Dante Alighieri, Stanley Lombardo (2009). “Inferno”, p.26, Hackett Publishing

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• A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

  Joseph Addison

  Men, Aggravation, Literature

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1826). “The Spectator; with Notes, and a General Index”, p.346

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• 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

  Sad, Looks, May

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.

  Olive Schreiner

  Sad, Hurt, Kindness

  Olive Schreiner (1988). “Olive Schreiner Letters: 1871-1899”, Oxford University Press, USA

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  You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Happiness, Sad, Being Happy

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.180, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Sad, Rejects You, Rejection

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Fight Club”, p.17, Random House

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