Quotes about Sorrow

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.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

The experience of this sweet life.

The enemy has always had a great way of trying to keep each of us tied to past sin, weighing us down with sorrow or pain and regret. Feeling heavy under the weight of knowing you made stupid mistakes will, if you allow it, cripple you for life. We have all fallen short. There is no one on earth who has not made mistakes. But walking in the miracle of forgiveness gives God much glory. The

My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. Psalm 119:28, NIV

God calls us to have strength in our character and conduct, not simply a stiff upper lip in sorrow or a stubborn persistence during hardship. Secondarily, because the word is "passive voice," we know that the strength God demands He also provides. The strength does not come from a place inside us but a source beyond ourselves, namely, the Lord.

What greater pain could mortals have than this To see their children dead before their eyes

Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs, and tears.

Tragedy looks to me like man in love with his own defeat. Which is only a sloppy way of being in love with yourself.