Heartache quotes
126 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"With peaks of joy and valleys of heartache, life is a roller coaster ride that's both scary and exciting at the same time - the rise and fall of which defines our journey."
"Everyone is overridden by thoughts; that's why they have so much heartache and sorrow."
"What is love but a prelude to sorrow...with heartache ahead for your goal."
"I will stumble, I will fall down, but I will not be moved; I will make mistakes, I will face heartache, but I will not be moved."
"Where there is love, there is bound to be heartache."
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"If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold, I'd have all the treasures my pockets could hold."
"During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk."
"We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn."
"Wanting more is just a recipe for heartache."
"The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it."
"The day you chose to leave me it rained constantly in truth I swore the rain to be the tears of cuspids eyes."
"It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace."
"You can’t give your heart to a wild thing."
"Lovers have heartaches That can't be cured by drugs Or sleep, Or games, But only by seeing their beloved."
"Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it."
"Usually we regard loneliness as an enemy. Heartache is not something we choose to invite in. It's restless and pregnant and hot with the desire to escape and find something or someone to keep us company. When we can rest in the middle, we begin to have a nonthreatening relationship with loneliness, a relaxing and cooling loneliness that completely turns our usual fearful patterns upside down."
"Natural joy brings no headaches and no heartaches."
"Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation."
"Every human being on this planet has their pain and their heartache and it's up to all of us to find our way back to the light."
"God knows what we are going through when we grieve, and He wants to assure us of His love and concern. He also wants us to turn to Him and bring our heartaches and burdens to Him."
"I forgot that love existed, troubled in my mind. Heartache after heartache, worried all the time. I forgot that love existed Then I saw the light Everyone around me make everything alright."
"There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination."
"For strength to bear is found in duty alone, and he is blest indeed who learns to make the joy of others cure his own heartache."
"It's come at last", she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache."
"I feel like I'm one of the happiest people I know."
