Quotes about Sorrow

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.

Jesus feels my sorrow greater than I, for his love is infinite, and he suffers in an infinite way.

Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up.

Sorrow makes us all children again[,] destroys all differences of intellect[.] The wisest know nothing[.]

We don't pretend all is well. But knowing God's commands to rejoice in him through his all-sufficient power, we meditate on his Word and call on him to impart his gladness to us. In time God exchanges our natural responses with his supernatural, joy-giving presence. Sometimes sorrow and joy do battle; sometimes they coexist, but when our hearts and minds are on Christ, joy is never far away:

She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.

Dear Mrs., Mr., Miss, or Mr. and Mrs. Daneeka: Words cannot express the deep personal grief I experienced when your husband, son, father, or brother was killed, wounded, or reported missing in action.

Mudd was the unknown soldier who had never had a chance, for that was the only thing anyone ever did know about all the unknown soldiers—they never had a chance. They had to be dead.

no craving for wealth or immortality could be so great, he felt, as to subsist on the sorrow of children.

Actually, he was a very warm, compassionate man who never stopped feeling sorry for himself. "Why me?" was his constant lament, and the question was a good one.

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.