Sorrow Quotes

Grief is a species of idleness.

— Samuel Johnson

“Life is a sorrow, without a song.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Bur Armenians have a talent for sorrow.”

— Lionel Shriver

“Without a song, life is a sorrow.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Pools of sorrow. Waves of joy.

— John Lennon

Hang sorrow, care'll kill a cat.

— Ben Jonson

“Sorrow is what defines you”

— Syed Sharukh

The more heart, the more sorrow.

— Suzanne Curchod

Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.

— Rosanne Cash

The disgrace of one's people brings sorrow to the Nobel minded.

— Chanakya

Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“Sometimes the sound of silence is the most deafening sound of all.”

— K.L. Toth

You have two choices in life; You can learn from your mistakes or die like one.

— Michael Kilby

Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above.

— Gordon Lightfoot

“Disorder and frequent sorrow the mulch for creativity.”

— Chaim Potok

Life goes on after sorrow, in spite of sorrow, as a defense against sorrow.

— Cornelia Meigs

We ought not to have to wait for sorrow before we can appreciate the sweetness of joy.

— J.R. Miller

Don't force anyone to like You hoping that later they'll love you… Such a relationship will never last..., instead give You false…

— Nushra

The worth of my music will never be guessed or its value to mankind felt until the approach to it is consciously…

— Percy Grainger

“[...] zoals zij in de bus op weg naar Wierenbeke achter de chauffeur had gezeten met al het verdriet van Belgie in…

— Hugo Claus

My sorrow is I used to read all the time and now, as a writer, I don't have the time to read.

— Alice Hoffman

Sometimes in our lives we all have pain. We all have sorrow. But if we are wise we know that there's always…

— Bill Withers

Everyone is in pain.No matter where they come from or what you think of them. Sorrow spares no one

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“You can’t selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room, and still expect to…

— Shannon L. Alder

In ancient shadows and twilightsWhere childhood had strayed,The world's great sorrows were bornAnd its heroes were made.In the lost boyhood of JudasChrist…

— George William Russell

In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never…

— Anonymous

If Christians would have the same faith in their God that non-Christians have in a mere materialistic idea, 'Thy Kingdom come' would…

— Ben Salmon

There are people still in the Republican Party that I believe practice the communication of anger, of disappointment, of regret, of pain,…

— Frank Luntz

“She is an immense presence in the world. Tragedy and strength have so perfectly coalesced in her, as if one fed off…

— Barbara Bode

Women have a smile for every joy, a tear for every sorrow, a consolation for every grief, an excuse for every fault,…

— Germain-Francois Poullain de Saint-Foix

Work is an antidote for anxiety, and ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility. Whatever our circumstances in life, my dear…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

We are not saved by feelings of sorrow over Jesus' death. We are saved when the Word of God 'pierces' our hearts…

— R. L. Hymers, Jr

A life of mere pleasure! A little while, in the spring-time of the senses, in the sunshine of prosperity, in the jubilee…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

America could carry on a two years' war by the confiscation of the property of disaffected persons, and be made happy by…

— Thomas Paine

“The dark hills, with the darker spruces marching over them, looked grim on early falling nights, but Ingleside bloomed with firelight and…

— L.M. Montgomery

Of all the felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our…

— Seneca the Younger

Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be free and unashamed. Place…

— William Saroyan

“As I tried to doze, the incident on the piazzetta, lost somewhere amid the Piave war memorial and our ride up the…

— André Aciman

“We rest; A dream has power to poison sleep. We rise; One wandering thought pollutes the day. We feel, conceive, or reason;…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Lights" Lights of churches, monasteries, Christmas trees, and magnificent mosques The dim lights inside warm houses in all the foreign cities where…

— Louis Yako