Sad Life Quotes for Embracing Sadness and Strength

17. “It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.” – Henry Rollins

18. “With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley

19. “There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have a feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well. So, I take the memories as they come, accepting them all, letting them guide me whenever I can.” – Nicholas Sparks

20. “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

21. “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, that’s just the way it is!” – Dita Von Teese

22. “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

23. “In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.” – William S. Burroughs

24. “The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” – Carl Jung

25. “We’re taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear, and sadness, and to me, they’re of equal value to happiness, excitement, and inspiration.” – Alanis Morrisette

26. “It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.” – Miguel de Unamuno

27. “We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim.” – R.M. Drake

28. “Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not ‘yours,’ not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.” – Eckhart Tolle

29. “There are moments when sadness teaches us more than happiness ever could.” – Unknown

30. “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