--- title: "11 Lamenting Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Lamenting quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Lamenting sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/fei-fei-li-12223_could_i-m-a-go-getter-it-s-in-my-dna-if-i-spen_3167814.jpg" --- > [I'm a go-getter. It's in my DNA. If I spend a lot of time lamenting on the difficulties, then it could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fei-fei-li/i-m-a-go-getter-it-s-in-my-dna-if-i-spend-a-lot-of-time-lamenting-on/) [Fei-Fei Li](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fei-fei-li/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/fei-fei-li-12223_could_i-m-a-go-getter-it-s-in-my-dna-if-i-spen_3167814.jpg) > [Meanwhile I, deserted, was lamenting a little to myself your long delays in foreign loves, until sleep with its pleasing wings compelled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/meanwhile-i-deserted-was-lamenting-a-little-to-myself-your-long/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/anonymous-1_love_meanwhile-i-deserted-was-lamenting-a-lit_2248718.jpg) > [“RICH I’m lamenting. I’ve lost my innocence. CROMWELL You lost that some time ago. If you’ve only just noticed, it can’t have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/rich-i-m-lamenting-i-ve-lost-my-innocence-cromwell-you-lost-that-some/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/robert-bolt-21488_conscience_rich-i-m-lamenting-i-ve-lost-my-innocenc_1298206.jpg) > [The business of life summons us away from useless grief, and calls us to the exercise of those virtues of which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-business-of-life-summons-us-away-from-useless-grief-and-calls-us/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/samuel-johnson-50_business_the-business-of-life-summons-us-away-fro_3089099.png) > [But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-farmer/but-i-also-know-that-to-ignore-joy-while-it-lasts-in-favor-of/) [Nancy Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-farmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/nancy-farmer-12001_crime_but-i-also-know-that-to-ignore-joy-while_796240.png) > [I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/i-must-die-must-i-then-die-lamenting-i-must-be-put-in-chains-must-i/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/epictetus-413_chains_i-must-die-must-i-then-die-lamenting-i-m_2007137.jpg) > [-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/when-things-seem-to-have-reached-that-stage-merely-say-i-won-t-play/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/epictetus-413_departure_when-things-seem-to-have-reached-that-st_1018446.jpg) > [“Did you ever read the Bible? I mean sit down and read it like it was a book? Check out Lamentations. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-heller/did-you-ever-read-the-bible-i-mean-sit-down-and-read-it-like-it-was-a/) [Peter Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-heller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/peter-heller-3324_bible_did-you-ever-read-the-bible-i-mean-sit-d_2162897.png) > [“Lamenting keeps us engaged with God. When we lament, we invite God into our pain so that we can know his comfort,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaneetha-rendall-risner/lamenting-keeps-us-engaged-with-god-when-we-lament-we-invite-god-into/) [Vaneetha Rendall Risner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaneetha-rendall-risner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/vaneetha-rendall-risner-108197_faith_lamenting-keeps-us-engaged-with-god-when_469981.jpg) > [Again and Again, however, we know the language of love, and the little churchyard with its lamenting names and the staggeringly secret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/again-and-again-however-we-know-the-language-of-love-and-the-little/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/maggie-stiefvater-76_abyss_again-and-again-however-we-know-the-lang_2923736.jpg) > [Look at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting would be intolerable. So for every ten Jews beating their breasts, God designated one to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/look-at-jewish-history-unrelieved-lamenting-would-be-intolerable-so/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/mel-brooks-2308_beating_look-at-jewish-history-unrelieved-lament_2973335.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lamenting/#itemlist", "name": "Lamenting Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a go-getter. It's in my DNA. 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