This post contains some of the best Tears Quotes.
Tears Quotes
1. “…you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.” ― Lemony Snicket
2. “A bride’s tears of joy are like honey.” — Michelle Hartman
3. “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.” — Rutger Hauer
4. “At some point, I had to start laughing, because I was all wrung out from crying.” ― Julie Metz
5. “Be assured — for every tear you cry, God cries with you.” — Bo Prosser
6. “Because you really can “smile through the tears.” And you can sing or whistle a happy tune though your heart may be broken.” — Scott Christopher
7. “Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” ― Steve Maraboli
8. “Crying doesn’t mean you’re weak … Sometimes it’s what you need to do to get strong again” — J.W. Lynne
9. “Crying in the rain. No one sees your tears and your pain gets washed away.” ― Elizabeth Bourgeret
10. “Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.” ― C.S. Lewis
11. “Crying is cleansing. There’s a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.” — Dionne Warwick
12. “Crying is good for the soul. It means something needs to be released. And if you don’t release the something, it just weighs you down until you can hardly move.” ― Erin Entrada Kelly
13. “Crying is never a symbol of weakness. For the time we are born, it has always been a sign that we are alive….” — Unknown
14. “Crying is not a sign of weakness, and you can still get things done when you’re crying.” — John Preston
15. “Crying often leads to emotional relief for people with depression.” — John Preston
16. “Crying relieves pressure on soul.” ― Toba Beta
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17. “Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert
18. “Don’t be ashamed to weep; ’tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water.” ― Brian Jacques
19. “Don’t cry over someone who wouldn’t cry over you.” ― Lauren Conrad
20. “Don’t ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.” — William P. Young
21. “Every tear I have shed, purifies my soul.” — Lailah Gifty Akita
22. “Every tear should live its purpose. Don’t ever wipe the reason away.” — Jessica Simpson
23. “Forgive the rain for its attack, the clouds have tears they can’t hold back.” — Jack Canfield
24. “Guys always think tears are a sign of weakness. They’re a sign of FRUSTRATION. She’s only crying so she won’t cut your throat in your sleep. So make nice and be grateful.” ― Donna Barr
25. “Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before–more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.” ― Charles Dickens
26. “Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter… I am so unlucky.” — Eddie Slovik
27. “I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry.” — Cat Stevens
28. “I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.” ― Charlie Chaplin
29. “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.” — Winston Churchill
30. “I heard the teardrop hit my pillow before I even knew I was crying.” — Amborella Oltre
31. “I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt.” ― Vernor Vinge
32. “I shed more tears than God could ever have required.” ― Arthur Rimbaud
33. “If somebody hurts you, it’s okay to cry a river, just remember to build a bridge and get over it.” — Taylor Swift
34. “If you haven’t cried, your eyes can’t be beautiful.” — Sophia Loren
35. “If you wish to cry, cry.” — Lailah Gifty Akita
36. “If you’ve never eaten while crying, you don’t know what life tastes like.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
37. “In tears was I born, and after tears I die.” — Harold V. Cordry
38. “It all ends in tears anyway.” — Jack Kerouac
39. “It is such a secret place, the land of tears.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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40. “It takes a real secure man to understand it’s okay to cry and an even wiser one to teach that it’s okay.” ― Carlos Wallace
41. “It’s no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.” — William Somerset Maugham
42. “It’s okay that we’re not perfect. It’s okay that we all have problems. It’s okay to cry, to show emotions.” — Marina Abramovic
43. “Laugh till you weep. Weep till there’s nothing left but to laugh at your weeping. In the end it’s all one.” — Frederick Buechner
44. “Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” — Kurt Vonnegut
45. “Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.” — Steel Magnolias
46. “Life is like an onion; you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.” ― Carl Sandburg
47. “More and more, the hardest part of crying is when I can’t stop.” ― Chuck Palahniuk
48. “More and more, the hardest part of crying is when I can’t stop.” — Chuck Palahniuk
49. “My body needs laughter as much as it needs tears. Both are cleansers of stress.” — Mahogany SilverRain
50. “My tears are not a sign of weakness but my strength to allow my suffocating heart to finally breathe.” — Unknown
51. “Never be ashamed of your tears. Be proud that you are still natural. Be proud that you can express the inexpressible through your tears.” — Rajneesh Osho
52. “No matter how big you get, it’s still okay to cry because everybody’s got a right to their own tears.” — Jacqueline Woodson
53. “Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.” — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
54. “People are not always very tolerant of the tears which they themselves have provoked.” ― Marcel Proust
55. “People can cry much easier than they can change.” ― James Baldwin
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56. “Sensual tears are emotional; spiritual tears are ascetic.” — Sobornost
57. “Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads them.” — Thomas Otway
58. “Silent tears hold the loudest pain.” — Unknown
59. “Sip your pain slowly. You’ve paid a huge price for it.” — Unknown
60. “Smile through the tears and you’ll awaken from long trials.” — Sylvia Brownes
61. “Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.” ― Veronica Roth
62. “Strong people always have their life in order. Even with tears in their eyes, they still manage to say “I am Okay”, with a smile.” — Unknown
63. “Tears are a reminder that we are more than the moment.” — Douglas C. Myers
64. “Tears are a safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid upon it.” — Dale E. Turner
65. “Tears are God’s gift to us. Our holy water. They heal us as they flow.” — Rita Schiano
66. “Tears are how our heart speaks when our lips cannot describe how much we’ve been hurt.” — Unknown
67. “Tears are simply the raindrops from the storms inside of us.” — Unknown
68. “Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.” — Albert Smith
69. “Tears are the silent language of grief.” — Voltaire
70. “Tears are the summer showers to the soul.” — Alfred Austin
71. “Tears are words that need to be written.” ― Paulo Coelho
72. “Tears are words the heart can’t express.” — Gerard Way
73. “Tears aren’t a sign of weakness, but of the strength of the heart. They show you care and caring is never a bad thing.” — Micalea Smeltzer
74. “Tears benefit not the wounded.” —Harold V. Cordry
75. “Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.” — Leonardo da Vinci
76. “Tears have no weight, but it carries heavy feelings.” — Unknown
77. “Tears may be dried up, but the heart – never.” — Marguerite Gardiner
78. “Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.” — Thomas Paine
79. “Tears never were worth the effort of crying them.” ― Mary Balogh
80. “Tears of joy are like summer raindrops.” — Jeanne White
81. “Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength”. — Billy Graham
82. “The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.” — Isak Dinesen
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83. “The heart is frozen… and the tears are the beginning of its melting.” — Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
84. “The salty tears are a reminder that weeping endures for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” — Perry Stone
85. “The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.” — John Vance Cheney
86. “The tears of the night equal the smiles of the day.” — Henry Davidoff
87. “The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.” — Samuel Beckett
88. “The tears we cry, whether we’re happy, sad, angry, confused, or overwhelmed, are precious.” — Lindsey Wheeler
89. “There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.” — Joseph Roux
90. “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.” — Washington Irving
91. “There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.” ― Libba Bray
92. “There you go… let it all slide out. Unhappiness can’t stick in a person’s soul when it’s slick with tears.” ― Shannon Hale
93. “Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either” ― Golda Meir
94. “Those who do not weep, do not see.” ― Victor Hugo
95. “To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.” ― Anne McCaffrey
96. “To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity.” ― Dejan Stojanovic
97. “To weep is to make less the depth of grief.” — William Shakespeare
98. “Uncried tears have a way of filling the well of sadness even more deeply.” — Robert J. Grover
99. “Wake up every day stronger than yesterday, face your fears, and wipe your tears.” — Tyga
100. “We continue to love in spite of the pain, tears & heartbreak. Perhaps the pain makes us stronger, the tear makes us braver & the heartbreak makes us wiser.” — Jeanette
101. “We need never be ashamed of our tears.” ― Charles Dickens
102. “Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it’s over, you feel like you don’t have any bones left to hold you up.” ― Sarah Ockler
103. “What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.” — Jewish Proverb
104. “When shared, love changes and brings tears to the eyes, they are but symbols of our involvement in life.” — Mark Gregory Karris
105. “When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.” — Lemony Snicke
106. “When your heart cries and the lips are unable to express the pain, you have chosen tears as your medium of expression of your sufferings.” — Paulomi Roy
107. “With some, tears are visible; with others, tears are invisible.” — J. Shep Jeffreys
108. “You can’t be strong all the time. Sometimes you just need to be alone and let your tears out.” — Unknown
109. “Your tears come easy, when you’re young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you’re old, and leaving it. I burst out crying.” ― Wilkie Collins
110. “Your tears of joy are like the delicate raindrops dripping from a flower.” — Carol Phillips
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