Sorrow Quotes

I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.

The worth of my music will never be guessed or its value to mankind felt until the approach to it is consciously undertaken as a pilgrimage to sorrows.

A cheerful demeanor makes brighter the day; as the sun, chasing darkness and sorrow away.

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

Past tears are present strength.

He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

For beauty with sorrow Is a burden hard to be borne: The evening light on the foam, and the swans, there; That music, remote, forlorn.

Ah, if you knew what peace there is in an accepted sorrow!

Life consists of two sides ... light and dark. Joy and sorrow. Without a balance, one cannot fully experience a full and well-rounded life.

There is no such thing as was - only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

Two in distressmake sorrow less.

In sorrow, pretend to be fearless. In happiness, tremble.

Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins.

Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I'll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!

Sorrow is better than laughter; for, by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better.

It’s what happens when two people become one: they no longer only share love. They also share all of the pain, heartache, sorrow, and grief.

One does not always know how to express the sorrow of the soul. One does not always know how to silence the joy of the heart.

In this life nothing is permanent. Joy, sorrow, pain, pleasure - everything is in a constant state of change. Thankfully.

He who can suppress a moments anger may prevent a day of sorrow.

The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.

Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.

The commonality in the human experience is the same. We have the same sorrows, and the same triumphs. Joy is joy is joy.

Although sometimes I know it seems impossible, there ain't no need in drowning in your sorrow. If things are as bad as they can be, you can be sure there'll be a brighter tomorrow.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.

True sorrow is as rare as true love.

Chase away sorrow by living

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret that's never been told. ~ Simon

Happiness and sorrow are twins, let them come and go like clouds.

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.

In all experience, there is something to be learned. In deepest sorrow, wisdom is found. In the well of despair, hope rises.

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.

Sorrow for sin should be the keenest sorrow; joy in the Lord should be the loftiest joy.

Autumn rain, autumn wind, they make one die of sorrow.

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

This last month I have felt the burden of a city. Its great sorrow has pressed in on my soul. Its vice and sin have bowed me upon my knees in tears.

Animals too experience sorrow, love, anger and other emotions.

Let me come in when you are weeping, friend, and let me take your hand. I, who have known a sorrow such as yours, can understand.

I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.

I'm afraid a boat so small would sink with the weight of all my sorrow.

Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living.

Friendship is made up of esteem and pleasure; pity is composed of sorrow and contempt: the mind may for some time fluctuate between them, but it can never entertain both at once.

If you share in a heart-felt sorrow, you can lighten the load of a friend. Sometimes facing the burden together can mend two broken hearts in the end.

His blue eyes were seas where sorrow sailed.

Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan, Sorrow calls no time that 's gone; Violets plucked, the sweetest rain Makes not fresh nor grow again.

Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy.

None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.

I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage – though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow.

sorrow...is a wound that bleeds when any hand but that of love touches it