Sad Life Quotes

Though a perfect life of happiness is what everyone prays for, our lives are not complete without experiencing sadness. It is a part of our existence and a necessary factor that makes us mature as individuals. Sadness helps in accepting as well as appreciating things that we may take for granted in our live, otherwise. It is also said that the feeling of sadness brings us closer to God as most people remember God the most when they are going through difficult times. Hence, even though sadness is not a desirable thing in life, it is important as it is considered to be God's way of teaching us humility. Keeping this in mind, here I have tried to compile some quotes that will explain this universal feeling of sadness in a better way.

List of Quotations

Sadness flies away on the wings of time. - Jean de La Fontaine

I don't know if I'm getting better or just used to the pain. - Anonymous

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy. - Anonymous

Behind my smile is everything you'll never understand. - Anonymous

It sucks to be alone, even when there are people all around you. - Scrubs

I wake up and think dreams are real. I sleep so I don't have to feel. - Anonymous

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. - W.M. Lewis

For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been'. - Anonymous

Words hurt more than anything else can, because they last, sometimes forever. - Anonymous

I wanna get lost from my life sometimes, sit on the side and watch the world go by, I wanna get lost and I don't know why. - Anonymous

I've learned it takes years to build up trust, but only seconds to destroy it. - Anonymous

I didn't want to admit it. It was easier to lie. Hide the hurt and emptiness to smile instead of cry. - Anonymous

Not all scars show, not all wounds heal. Sometimes you can't always see the pain someone feels. - Anonymous

Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. - Sandra Bullock, Hope Floats

Every morning you get up and put on a fake smile...but what if one morning you didn't? Would anyone notice? - Anonymous

A golden heart stopped beating, working hands went to rest. He broke many hearts to prove to us, he only takes the best. - Anonymous

Life doesn't hurt until you think about how much things have changed, who you've lost along the way, and how much of it was your fault. - Anonymous

Have you ever lived my life, have you ever spent one minute in my shoes? If you haven't, then tell me why you judge me like you do. - Anonymous

It's hard to hold on to something that you know would never be yours in any way you think of, you just have to learn to let go and face the fact that while good things never last...some don't even start..... - Anonymous

Teardrops slowly fall from my eyes as I look to the sky, and I question how come life keeps passing me right on by. I just wonder why I can't escape, is this my fate? To always be unhappy and how much longer must I wait... - Anonymous

Have you ever felt so alone and nothing makes sense? Well that's how I feel right now...I feel like I'm facing everything myself, with nothing but tears and a fake smile... - Anonymous

We enjoy warmth because we have been cold. We appreciate light because we have been in darkness. By the same token, we can experience joy because we have known sadness. - Anonymous

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.- Psalms

Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable. - Wizard of Oz

There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy. - Dante

How sad to see a father with money and no joy. The man studied economics, but never studied happiness. - Jim Rohn

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. - Khalil Gibran

The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have. - Louis E. Boone

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers. - Helen Keller

Clowns wear a face that's painted intentionally on them so they appear to be happy or sad. What kind of mask are you wearing today? - Anonymous

It is a time when one's spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death. - Mark Twain

There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. - Carl Jung

These are some of the quotes which explain that sadness is something that each human being has to experience. However, sadness is always followed by happiness and even in the moments of extreme sadness. So it is important to remain hopeful.