Quotes about Sorrow
The truest of all men was the Man of Sorrows, and the truest of all books is Solomon's, and Ecclesiastes is the fine hammered steel of woe.
— Herman Melville
What was sad in the world he did not superficially gainsay; what was glad in it he did not cynically slur; and all which was to him personally enjoyable, he gratefully took to his heart.
— Herman Melville
When I am completely united to You, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of You, my life will be complete.
— St. Augustine
God uses sorrowful tragedy to set the stage for surprising triumph-whether in this life or the life to come.
— David Platt
Whatever crazy sorrow saith, No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
How do I wake up to joy and grace and beauty and all that is the fullest life when I must stay numb to losses and crushed dreams and all that empties me out?
— Ann Voskamp
The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart.
— Frederick Douglass
Welcome, welcome joy, welcome sorrow, welcome pleasure, welcome pain. You are all the ingredients of life -- and with you all, life is an inestimable blessing.
— Frederick Douglass
The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
— Frederick Douglass
The very word mercy is derived from the Latin miserum cor, a sorrowful heart. Mercy is, therefore, a compassionate understanding of another's unhappiness.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
A person is merciful when he feels the sorrow and misery of another as if it were his own.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Every sorrow is really the "Shade of His Hand outstretched caressingly."
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen