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The best sad quotes to help you navigate life’s complexities.
Sad quotes let you express complex emotions. They can also help you understand your feelings better. By sharing them with loved ones, you can foster empathy and show your support. Aside from these uses, sad quotes can spark meaningful conversations about mental health and emotional well-being.
When chosen well, sad quotes can be a catalyst for emotional healing. They can also encourage a shift in perspectives. Browse this list of sad quotes to find the best ones that will help you make meaningful and impactful projects.
Sad quotes to help you come to terms with this all too human feeling.
Sadness is a very complex feeling, and the right sad quotes can help you express your emotions. Depending on how they’re used, these quotes can provide validation for feelings of sadness. They can provide comfort as well as help you feel understood and less isolated.
Make inspirational posters or photo collages featuring your favorite sad quotes. Include captivating visuals to help convey your message and make your projects more impactful.
Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel.”
Tupac Shakur
We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim.”
R.M. Drake
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe, or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
Arthur C. Clarke
Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.”
Christopher Morley
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
You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.”
Sharon Creech
Maybe we all have darkness inside of us and some of us are better at dealing with it than others.”
Jasmine Warga , My Heart and Other Black Holes
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.”
Jonathan Safran Foer
This thought-provoking quote about sadness makes for a wonderful poster or banner. Use this quote when you need a reminder that happiness and sadness often go together.
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Sad quotes about life to help you process your feelings.
Sad quotes about life help you and your audience reflect on your experiences. They allow you to find solace in knowing that others have also faced similar hardships. These sad quotes also provide a different perspective and may even encourage acceptance and resilience.
Use these quotes in expressive banners or flyers to make visually engaging projects. These can also double as powerful reminders of resilience and hope.
Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.”
David Levithan , Love Is the Higher Law
To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing.”
Dorothy Thompson
One need not be a chamber to be haunted.”
Emily Dickinson
Tears are words the mouth can't say nor can the heart bear.”
Joshua Wisenbaker
It seemed silly to wash one day when I would only have to wash again the next. It made me tired just to think of it.”
Sylvia Plath , The Bell Jar
Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there's nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression.”
Jasmine Warga , My Heart and Other Black Holes
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.”
Nikolai Gogol
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy.”
Jim Rohn
Imagine seeing this on a card or flyer. This will remind you that building walls isn’t always a good thing.
Sad quotes about love.
Sad quotes about love will resonate with those experiencing heartache. When used in thoughtfully made creative projects, these can offer comfort, empathy, and understanding. Depending on how you use them, these quotes can also help your audience process their emotions and find solace in shared experiences.
Make heartfelt cards or letters using these sad quotes about love. Include a touching note to make your message more personal.
So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”
E.A. Bucchianeri , Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all?”
Cassandra Clare , Clockwork Prince
He looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for him to trace the beauty that had made him pick and so destroy it.”
Leo Tolstoy , Anna Karenina
It is necessary to fall in love—the better to provide an alibi for all the despair we are going to feel anyway.”
Albert Camus
Sometimes two people will regard each other over a gulf too wide to ever be bridged, and know immediately what could have happened, and that it never will.”
Roger Ebert
It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.”
Miguel de Unamuno
Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.”
Unknown
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
Sad quotes about pain.
Sad quotes about pain help validate your feelings. They also offer solidarity and understanding. When used in creative projects, these sad quotes help you express and process the pain you’re feeling. This, in turn, may help you on your journey to healing.
Adding sad quotes about pain to letters or cards helps you spark important conversations about pain and sadness. They also allow you to offer your support to others who are facing similar challenges.
Sometimes pain is so unmanageable that the idea of spending another day with it seems impossible…But pain can only help you find happiness if you remember it.”
Adam Silvera
There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”
Laurell K. Hamilton , Mistral’s Kiss
Numb the dark and you numb the light.”
Brené Brown
It weren’t too loo long before I seen something in me, had changed. A bitter seed was planted inside of me. And I just didn’t feel so, accepting, anymore.”
Kathryn Stockett , The Help
I just let the pain take over, allowing it to numb the pain of being left behind.”
Jessica Sorensen
The pain will leave once it has finished teaching you.”
Bruce Lee
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
Helen Keller
I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to that. I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness- a real thorough-going illness.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky , Notes from Underground
Short sad quotes.
These short quotes deliver poignant messages in short yet impactful bursts. They’re also easy to remember and that makes them great sources of inspiration.
These short sad quotes are perfect for cute cards or photo collages. Use them in creative projects to convey deep emotions and encourage meaningful reflections.
It hurts to leave a light on for nobody.”
Graham Foust , Slow Survivor
The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.”
Bob Marley
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.”
Kahlil Gibran
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.”
Mark Twain
Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
Oprah Winfrey
Tears are words that need to be written.”
Paulo Coelho
The sadness will last forever.”
Vincent van Gogh
From the moment we are born, we begin to die.”
Jane Teller , Nothing
Sad quotes about hurt.
These quotes capture the essence of what hurt can feel like. They offer comfort by acknowledging and validating the pain you’re feeling.
Let your loved ones know they’re not alone with the help of these quotes. Use these in creative projects to provide comfort and make them feel they’re supported.
As the light begins to intensify, so does my misery, and I wonder how it is possible to hurt so much when nothing is wrong.”
Tabitha Suzuma , Forbidden
There is an ocean of silence between us…and I am drowning in it.”
Ranata Suzuki
A void in my chest was beginning to fill with anger. Quiet, defeated anger that guaranteed me the right to my hurt, that believed no one could possibly understand that hurt.”
Rachel Sontag , House Rules
It is beautiful, it is endless, it is full and yet seems empty. It hurts us.”
Jackson Pearce , Fathomless
Hate is a place where a man who can't stand sadness goes.”
Kentaro Miura
Relationships fail because people take their own insecurities and try and twist them into their partner's flaws.”
Baylor Barbee
Let it hurt until it can’t hurt anymore.”
Liam Ryan
Sad hurts, but it’s a healthy feeling.”
J.K. Rowling
Sad death quotes.
These sad quotes about death can provide comfort during times of grief. They can also help your audience deal with loss. Lastly, these quotes let them remember their loved ones with fondness and compassion.
Use them in memorial photo collages or sympathy cards to honor departed loved ones. Celebrate their memory by including a sweet note that tells their story.
A million words would not bring you back, I know because I tried, neither would a million tears, I know because I cried.”
Anonymous
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”
Norman Cousins
Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
Rumi
If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn’t be filled?”
Jodi Picoult , 19 Minutes
Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also…”
Brian Jacques , Taggerung
Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.”
Charles Bukowski
. . . owning a dog always ended with this sadness because dogs just don't live as long as people do.”
John Grogan,
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Absence is a house so vast that inside you will pass through its walls and hang pictures on the air.”
Pablo Neruda
Sad broken heart quotes.
Going through a heartbreak is a painful, life-changing experience. Sad quotes capture the essence of heartache. When used in heartfelt creative projects, they can help you navigate this gut-wrenching experience.
Start your healing journey with the help of these quotes. Use them in letters, banners, or posters to offer emotional support to your loved ones.
There is one pain, I often feel, which you will never know. It's caused by the absence of you.”
Ashleigh Brilliant
It’s amazing how someone can break your heart and you can still love them with all the little pieces.”
Ella Harper
You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same.”
Fannie Flagg,
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
The Sorrows of Young Werther
You really didn't see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there…”
Maggie Stiefvater , The Dream Thieves
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive...”
James Baldwin
Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.”
Patti Roberts
My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart, concealing it, will break.”
William Shakespeare
Deep sad quotes for when you need to put your feelings into words.
Putting your feelings into words sometimes seems like a challenge. Deep sad quotes dive into such experiences. They encourage reflection, helping you get a deeper understanding of your feelings.
Use Adobe Express to make heartfelt creative projects. From visually appealing flyers to nice cards, it’s now easier than ever to create impactful works.
Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Sometimes you've got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding.”
Unknown
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
It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.”
Clive Barker
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
Oscar Wilde , The Picture of Dorian Gray
Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy.”
Virginia Woolf , Orlando
Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty…and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins.”
Gustave Flaubert
Sad anxiety quotes.
Sad anxiety quotes offer reassurance and understanding. They allow you to express your feelings and make you feel less isolated.
Use flyers or posters to spread awareness and drum up support for individuals who are facing similar struggles. Add your favorite quotes to creative projects to offer comfort to others who are experiencing anxiety.
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.”
Leo Buscaglia
The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.”
Alain de Botton
Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.”
Jodi Picoult , Sing You Home
Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.”
Arthur Somers Roche
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.”
Swedish Proverb
What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?”
Thomas à Kempis
Anxiety is part of the human experience. Use this quote in creative projects as a reminder of what it can potentially bring.
Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”
Kahlil Gibran
Wanting to be in control sometimes gets in the way of how things should unfold. Add this to a visually appealing banner or photo collage to convey your message more clearly.
Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”
Benjamin Franklin
Sad lonely quotes.
These sad and lonely quotes offer comfort and validate feelings of loneliness. They remind you that you’re not alone and may even help ease the pain of loneliness.
Add these quotes to personalized posters or banners to offer comfort and support. Through these projects, you can help others feel seen and understood.
Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves…”
Haruki Murakami , Sputnik Sweetheart
I'm lonely. And I'm lonely in some horribly deep way and for a flash of an instant, I can see just how lonely, and how deep this feeling runs. And it scares…me to be this lonely because it seems catastrophic.”
Augusten Burroughs , Dry
I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land of tears is so mysterious.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , The Little Prince
The sadness of the world has different ways of getting to people, but it seems to succeed almost every time.”
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or of joy. The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone.”
Alan Lightman
True confessions are written with tears only. But my tears would drown the world, as my inner fire would reduce it to ashes.”
Emil Cioran , On the Heights of Despair
It's like I have this large black hole in my brain and it's sucking the life out of me. The answers are in there so I sit for hours and stare. No matter how hard and long I look, I only see darkness.”
Katie McGarry , Pushing the Limits
I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without falling, while I pursue my round of existence from day to day.”
Osamu Dazai , The Setting Sun
Sad regret quotes.
Feeling regret is a normal human experience. While living with it can sometimes be painful, there are things you can do to cope with this emotion. Incorporating sad regret quotes in creative projects may help you accept what you’re feeling. These quotes can guide you to better understand regret and nurture a more resilient mindset.
Coping with feelings of regret seems like a challenge. These quotes can provide guidance. They may even enable you to reframe your perspectives on past experiences.
But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can’t forgive yourself for.”
Melina Marchetta
There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.”
Nicholas Sparks
Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
Donna Tartt , The Secret History
Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.”
Henry David Thoreau
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these—It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier
One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and accept the version of you that is expected by everyone else.”
K.L. Toth
And lastly from that period I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald , The Crack-Up
Is this what sadness is all about? Is it what comes over us when beautiful memories shatter in hindsight because the remembered happiness fed not just on actual circumstances but on a promise that was not kept?”
Bernhard Schlink , The Reader
Sad inspirational quotes.
Inspirational sad quotes offer hope. They show you that even in sadness, there’s always a potential for the positive. When used in thoughtfully made creative projects, these quotes can inspire resilience and personal growth.
Adobe Express lets you make uplifting posters in just a few clicks. Put your own spin on these projects by adding awe-inspiring visuals or a sweet message.
Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.”
Steven Tyler
Life always has pockets of sorrow. Use this in thought-provoking creative projects to remind you that sorrow also has a purpose.
When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.”
John Lennon
There you go...let it all slide out. Unhappiness can't stick in a person's soul when it's slick with tears.”
Shannon Hale , Princess Academy
I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.”
Robin Williams
I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness. The proof is how beautiful sad songs can be. So I don’t think being sad is to be avoided…”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The good life is not one immune to sadness but one in which suffering contributes to our development.”
Alain de Botton
It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.”
Willie Nelson
A big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you’re in a room full of a million people.”
Lilly Singh
Sad motivational quotes.
When you’re feeling down, it’s difficult to finish tasks or stay on the right track. Sad motivational quotes inspire you to persevere through tough times. They remind you that there’s strength in vulnerability and sadness.
Encourage resilience and determination with the help of these sad quotes. Make creative projects featuring these quotes to serve as sources of inspiration, support, and comfort. You can even turn them into scroll-stopping social media graphics to reach a wider audience.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it—always.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Sometimes sitting and doing nothing is the best something you can do.”
Karen Salmansohn
Sadness does not last forever when we walk in the direction of that which we always desired.”
Paulo Coelho , The Fifth Mountain
Respect yourself enough to say I deserve peace. Walk away from people or things that prevent you from attaining it.”
Jericho Silvers
Sometimes it takes sadness to know happiness, noise to appreciate silence and absence to value presence.”
Unknown
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.”
Jean de La Fontaine
Use this quote in a bright and bold poster to remind you that feelings of sadness will eventually pass with time. It may not always be the case, but this quote can be a source of comfort.
Your sadness is a gift. Don’t reject it. Don’t rush it. Live it fully and use it as fuel to change and grow.”
Maxime Lagacé
Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.”
Yoko Ono
Add this quote to a creative project to remind you that something beautiful can still come from sadness.
Sad friendship quotes.
Sad quotes about friendship help you process the pain of losing a friend. They offer comfort and understanding during difficult times.
Provide solace during times of grief and loss with the help of these quotes. Use them to make heartfelt photo collages or cards that honor friendships.
Our greatest joy and our greatest pain come in our relationships with others.”
Stephen R. Covey
Ever has it been that friendship knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
Kahlil Gibran
When one has lost a friend, one's eyes should be neither dry nor streaming. Tears, yes, there should be, but not lamentation.”
Seneca
No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.”
Alice Walker
Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”
Stephen Chbosky,
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.”
Henry Rollins
If you’re my friend I should be able to talk to you but I can’t, and if I can’t talk to you, well, what is the point of you? Of us?”
David Nicholls , One Day
Anne was always glad in the happiness of her friends; but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by happiness that is not your own.”
L.M. Montgomery , Anne of the Island
Sad priority quotes.
Sad priority quotes allow you to reflect on feeling unimportant. These quotes offer a fresh perspective, letting you reassess your priorities and self-worth.
When you want to spread a powerful message of self-empowerment and positive change, use these insightful quotes. Aside from creative projects, these lend themselves well to inspiring social media posts.
Don't cry over someone who wouldn't cry over you.”
Lauren Conrad
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.”
Dallin H. Oaks
It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.”
Bruce Lee
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
Mark Twain
Never love anybody that treats you like you’re ordinary.”
Oscar Wilde
Stop feeding connections that don’t feed you. Stop spending so much time filling others, while you starve of love. You are deserving too.”
Billy Chapata
Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.”
Maya Angelou
Sad relatable quotes to let you know you’re not alone.
Sad relatable quotes are ideal for when you want to make others feel seen and understood. They also serve as reminders that sadness is a shared human experience.
When you want to create a sense of connection with your audience, these quotes are the perfect addition to any creative project. Turn them into shareable social media graphics to reach a wider audience.
When you're happy, you enjoy the music but when you're sad, you understand the lyrics.”
Frank Ocean
I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”
Charlie Chaplin
So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.”
Stephen Chbosky,
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
What you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.”
John Green , Looking for Alaska
There are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.”
Nicole Krauss , The History of Love
There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad—in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.”
C. JoyBell C.
I am always sad, I think. Perhaps this signifies that I am not sad at all, because sadness is something lower than your normal disposition, and I am always the same thing…”
Jonathan Safran Foer , Everything Is Illuminated
I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sad goodbye quotes.
Goodbyes are often tinged with feelings of sadness. These sad goodbye quotes help express the pain that comes with parting. When used in thoughtfully made projects, they can provide comfort and solace during difficult times.
Use these quotes to make heartwarming posters or banners. These can serve as reminders that offer visual and emotional support.
Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.”
Veronica Roth
I felt her absence. It was like waking up one day with no teeth in your mouth. You wouldn’t need to run to the mirror to know they were gone.”
James Dashner , Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
You can love someone so much…But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.”
John Green , An Abundance of Katherines
Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.”
William Shakespeare , Romeo and Juliet
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
A.A. Milne
If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”
Paulo Coelho
Say goodbye to all your troubles and worries today so you can say welcome to joy and life tomorrow.”
Myke Blaze
Saying goodbye doesn’t mean anything. It’s the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.”
Trey Parker
This quote offers a different perspective on goodbyes. Use this quote in a card or letter to share with your loved ones.
Sad day quotes because sad days are a normal part of human life.
Each day is different. There are times when you just wake up feeling blue. These quotes help you put your feelings into words. They also make you feel less alone in your struggles by offering comfort and solace.
Add these sad day quotes to any project to inspire others and help make daily challenges seem more manageable.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions.”
William Shakespeare , Hamlet
I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?”
Ned Vizzini , It’s Kind of a Funny Story
I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.”
John Keats
It would be wrong to refuse to face the fact that everything is fundamentally sick and sad.”
Thomas Bernhard , Gargoyles
It’s how I fill the time when nothing’s happening. Thinking too much, flirting with melancholy.”
Tim Winton, Breath
Tantrums are seldom about the thing they appear to be about.”
Dianna Wynne Jones , Howl’s Moving Castle
One must not let oneself be overwhelmed with sadness.”
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Some days are just bad days, that’s all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day…”
Dita Von Teese
This poignant quote makes for the perfect addition to inspirational banners, cards, or letters to share with your loved ones.
Sad failure quotes.
Failure is an inevitable part of the human experience. When you’re dealing with frustration, sad quotes about failure allow you to shift your perspective. They can also help you process and grow from these setbacks.
When you want to share some much-needed wisdom and guidance, these quotes will help you see failure as a learning experience. Add them to inspirational posters or banners to share with your loved ones.
First, accept sadness. Realize that without losing, winning isn't so great.”
Alyssa Milano
Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.”
C.S. Lewis
It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
Bill Gates
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
Napoleon Hill
Add this quote about sadness and failure to any creative project for when you need a quick burst of motivation.
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.”
George Eliot
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
Ernest Hemingway
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
Robert F. Kennedy
Failure isn't fatal, but failure to change might be.”
John Wooden
Sad struggle quotes.
What makes these quotes so great is that they offer reassurance and a sense of solidarity. When used in creative projects, these can help others navigate the challenges they’re facing with a more resilient mindset.
Use these quotes in creative projects to provide comfort to your loved ones. Adding a sweet note also helps make your message more impactful.
People keep telling me that life goes on, but to me that’s the saddest part.”
Anonymous
I laugh, and my lipstick leaves a red stain like a bloody crescent moon on the top of the beer can.”
Sylvia Plath
I am living in a nightmare, from which from time to time I wake in sleep.”
Ursula K. Le Guin
Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.”
Sarah Addison Allen , The Sugar Queen
When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.”
Yann Martel , Life of Pi
Mostly I have felt myself becoming a servant of sadness. I am still looking for the beauty in that.”
Maggie Nelson , Bluets
The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
John Green , Looking for Alaska
Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.”
Margaret Mitchell
Sad quotes for men.
Sad quotes for men address the unique emotional challenges they face. These can be used when you want to offer support and validate their feelings.
Make thoughtful cards or posters featuring these quotes. These let you provide a new perspective on such challenges. They also give you a more meaningful way to process these complex emotions.
Grief is just love with no place to go.”
Jamie Anderson
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”
Seneca
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”
Kenji Miyazawa
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
Haruki Murakami
Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.”
Thomas Wolfe
The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
Mark Twain
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.”
Thomas Hardy
Sad quotes for women.
These sad quotes for women allow you to acknowledge the unique emotional experiences that women often face. They also let you provide support, comfort, and understanding through thoughtfully made projects.
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That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.”
Elizabeth Wurtzel , Prozac Nation
Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human.”
Janet Fitch
We never truly get over a loss, but we can move forward and evolve from it.”
Elizabeth Berrien
Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.”
Sarah Dessen
Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity.”
Terri Guillemets
Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand.”
Hayley Williams
People change and forget to tell each other.”
Lillian Hellman
Learning is a gift. Even when pain is your teacher.”
Maya Watson
Tips to help you make the most out of these sad quotes.
Sad quotes are especially useful when you want to express complex feelings. These tips will help you make your favorite quotes count.
- Use these quotes to show support and empathy. Share sad quotes with someone who’s going through difficult times. Doing so lets you show your support, and it helps them know they’re not alone. Consider giving them a personalized card or letter with a thoughtful quote.
- Make them a part of your daily life. Sad quotes are, well, sad, but they can make for thought-provoking journal prompts. Aside from journals, they can also be used for mindfulness or meditation practices.
- Use sad quotes to raise awareness. Sad quotes aren’t a magic bullet, but they may be able to help you raise awareness about mental health. Whether you’re sharing these quotes online or through creative projects, they can help spark meaningful conversations.
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