Past Sorrow Quotes: top 39 famous quotes about Past Sorrow

Past Sorrow Quotes & Sayings

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Many people misjudge the permanent effect of sorrow, and their capacity to live in the past. — Ivy Compton-Burnett

But the memory of past sorrow
is it not present joy? — Edgar Allan Poe

Sorrow's child grieves not what has passed
But all the past still yet to come ... — Nick Cave

Ancient days of sorrow
ancient days of pain
-
heartaches of the past
slowly began to wane ...
(from gleaning granules) — Muse

Present unhappiness is selfish; past sorrow is compassionate. — Philibert Joseph Roux

Relationships are like traffic lights. And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it's a green light. — Taylor Swift

Past tears are present strength. — George MacDonald

It so often happens that others are measuring us by our past self while we are looking back on that self with a mixture of disgust and sorrow. — George Eliot

The look on her face is one of horror, or perhaps sorrow so great that it might as well be horror. Past a certain point, it's all the same thing. — N.K. Jemisin

The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow. — Langston Hughes

The past five years had informed me about human sorrow. While no two griefs are the same, nobody understands suffering like those who've been there. — Helen Brown

How ever did I pass
the time before I knew you?
I think of that past time
as now I pass each passing day
in lonely sorrow, lacking you. — Sei Shonagon

Usually, people... are unable to accept the reality of future sorrow, of a new day different from our past. — Hotaru Odagiri

I'm going to call you Rose, he says with resolution, working the back off an old clock. — Lauren DeStefano

Repentance isn't only sorrow for past sins, it's also a determination to now do the will of God as He reveals it to us — Aiden Wilson Tozer

The soul withdrew to a rational silence. The body remained there in the madness. — Edith Hahn Beer

Never be afraid when God brings back your past. Let your memory have its way with you. It is a minister of God bringing its rebuke and sorrow to you. — Oswald Chambers

I do not believe in people owning guns. Guns should be owned only by the police and military. I am going to do everything I can to disarm this state. — Michael Dukakis

He gave the impression of sorrow past, deeply felt and poorly mended. — Kate Morton

Sorrow is properly that state of the mind in which our desires are fixed upon the past without looking forward to the future. — Samuel Johnson

A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you. — Geena Davis

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Crossing the line isn't about forgetting the people we love. It's about not letting our past sorrow steal our future joy. — Deanna Roy

I work with gold that holds history, diamonds that see the future, and rubies that long for love. — Waris Ahluwalia

An hour will come, with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate. — John Dryden

Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present. — George Eliot

There are some people who eat an orange but don't really eat it. They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future. — Nhat Hanh

I like music because it's the only invisible art form. — Sean Lennon

Forget all your sorrow, don't live in the past, and look to the future because life goes too fast, you know - it's a hard road. — Geezer Butler

Take the joy and bear the sorrow, looking past your hopes and fears: learn to recognize the measured dance that orders all our years. — Archilochus

One thing I have learned during these past few terrible years is that our grief and sorrow should be shared, not carried alone. — Lynn Austin

Be an active bystander because sooner or later you or someone you love could be a victim too. — Shahla Khan

If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom. — Leo Strauss

Sometimes you cannot clear the past completely. You must live alongside your sorrow. — Rachel Joyce

Wind rippled the trees, the darkness seeming to gather itself closer around him. — Rick Burroughs

God is willing and able to turn his judgements into joys ... Don't ever think that the sin of your past means there is no hope for your future. — John Piper

Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows. — Honore De Balzac

Awakening in the morning returns us to life, and to awareness of death. — Mason Cooley

You can move from normal to real peace in 57 minutes. — Lionel Merritt