Tears Quotes
4990 Tears quotes by 2520 unique authors
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Our sins are debts that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears, but His blood; it is not our sighs, but His…
— Thomas Brooks
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Avoid a sugared gospel as you would shun sugar of lead. Seek the gospel which rips up and tears and cuts and wounds and hacks…
— Charles Spurgeon
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I remember, when I have preached at different times in the country, and sometimes here, that my whole soul has agonized over men, every nerve…
— Charles Spurgeon
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All the tears of a penitent sinner, should he shed as many as there have been fallen drops of rain since the creation, cannot wash…
— John Flavel
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It takes courage to grieve, to honor the pain we carry. We can grieve in tears or in meditative silence, in prayer or in song.…
— Jack Kornfield
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I think we need to be put back in touch with our childhood...to be reminded of what's important, like memories about people we loved, or…
— Kathryn Tucker Windham
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When I knew I couldn't suffer another moment of pain, and tears fell on my bloody bindings, my mother spoke softly into my ear, encouraging…
— Lisa See
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Some tears belong to us because we are unfortunate; others, because we are humane; many, because we are mortal. But most are caused by our…
— Leigh Hunt
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Eyes are vocal, tears have tongues, and there are words not made with lungs.
— Richard Crashaw
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Even when a river of tears courses through this body, the flame of love cannot be quenched.
— Izumi Shikibu
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How easy it is to forgive and loose the most violent offender, when in tears, they repent. How difficult it is forgiving our own self,…
— Stefanie Schneider
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It would be beautiful to photograph the winners of everything from Nobel to booby prize, clutching trophy, or money or certificate, solemn or smiling or…
— Diane Arbus
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We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.
— Shane Claiborne
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My proposal is not that we understand what the word ‘god’ means and manage somehow to fit Jesus into that. Instead, I suggest that we…
— N. T. Wright
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What is a constitution? It is a booklet with twelve or ten pages. I can tear them away and say that tomorrow we shall live…
— Unknown Author
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If I were to speak of war, it would not be to show you the glories of conquering armies but the mischief and misery they…
— Clara Barton
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Science cannot tell us a word about why music delights us, of why and how an old song can move us to tears.
— Erwin Schrodinger
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Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body, I would not say anything more. If I…
— Joan of Arc
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May God keep fresh the fountain of our laughter and our tears!
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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You have to be prepared to give creative work 150%. I hear a lot of young people talking about life/work balance, which I think is…
— Ellen Lupton
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I dreamed kind Jesus fouled the big-gun gears; and caused a permanent stoppage in all bolts; and buckled with a smile Mausers and Colts; and…
— Wilfred Owen
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The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage. They've forgotten Rule…
— Maureen Dowd
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When we begin to love and respect Great Mother Nature's gift to us of gayness, we'll discover that the bondage of our childhood and adolescence…
— Harry Hay
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Let the young rain of tears come, let the calm hands of grief come. It's not all as evil as you think.
— Rolf Jacobsen
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