Quotes about tears

„Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.“

—  Heinrich Heine German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic 1797 - 1856

As quoted in The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations (1987) by Robert Andrews, p. 60

„Let it go, you've got to forget about revenge. Believe me, in this work I've met a lot of guys who feel the way you do. Trust me, for those who follow the path of revenge, it never ends well. You'll only tear yourself apart and even if you succeed with your revenge, what would you have then... nothing, emptiness.“

—  Hatake Kakashi, book Naruto

To Sasuke

„Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another“

—  Morrie Schwartz American sociologist 1916 - 1995

„Tears are words that need to be written.“

—  Paulo Coelho Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947

„No tears are shed, when an enemy dies.“

—  Publilio Siro Latin writer

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Sentences

„Forget all feuds, and shed one English tear
O'er English dust. A broken heart lies here.“

—  Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay British historian and Whig politician 1800 - 1859

Epitaph on a Jacobite (1845)

„Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.“

—  Billy Graham American Christian evangelist 1918 - 2018

„When the dryness and the rain finally drink from one another
The gentle cup of mutually surrendered tears!“

—  Aaron Weiss

The Dryness and the Rain.
Brother, Sister (2006)

„There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones.“

—  Teresa of Ávila Roman Catholic saint 1515 - 1582

Attributed to Teresa by Truman Capote in "An Interview with Truman Capote" by Don Lee Keith, in Contempora (October/November 1970), p. 40, as the source of the title of a work in progress which he intended as a novel, to be called Answered Prayers; no earlier publications of such an attribution has yet been located.
Variants:
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
Attributed in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes (1992) by Carolyn Warner
Disputed

„More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.“

—  Truman Capote American author 1924 - 1984

Disputed

„Unshed tears leave a deposit on your heart. Eventually they form a crust around it and paralyze it, the way mineral deposits paralyze a washing machine.“

—  Susanna Tamaro Italian writer 1957

Source: Follow Your Heart

„Even when a river of tears courses through this body, the flame of love cannot be quenched.“

—  Izumi Shikibu Japanese poet 976 - 1033

„I was moved to tears by the thought that from being nobody the night before, I had become somebody.“

—  Milkha Singh Indian track and field athlete 1935

While at the EME Army center in 1951 in the cross country race he was declared 6 in the top 10 who among the 500 who ran. Quoted in ‘Flying Sikh' takes a nostalgic jog down memory lane, 6 April 2012, 13 December 2013, The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/flying-sikh-takes-a-nostalgic-jog-down-memory-lane/article3285904.ece,

„You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you“

—  Paramahansa Yogananda, book Autobiography of a Yogi

Source: Autobiography of a Yogi

„Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man’s will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.“

—  Patrick Rothfuss, book The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 86, “The Fire Itself” (pp. 672-673)

„Is this the part where you start tearing off strips of your shirt to bind my wounds?"
"If you wanted me to rip my clothes off, you should have just asked.“

—  Cassandra Clare, book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

„I shed more tears than God could ever have required.“

—  Arthur Rimbaud, book Illuminations

Source: Illuminations

„The tears were flowing again, but he smiled. "That's how it is every day", he said, "all over the world."“

—  Stephen King, book The Green Mile

The Green Mile (1996)
Context: "He kill them with they love", John said. "They love for each other. You see how it was?" I nodded, incapable of speech.
He smiled. The tears were flowing again, but he smiled. "That's how it is every day", he said, "all over the world."

„Another Boring Love Story

She was risky at best.
She had a sordid past.
She was complicated.
She was wild.
She had numerous demons.
But she had a loving heart.
But she had a soft smile.
But her tears smelled like morning dew.
But she was intelligent and worldly.
But she intimidated men.
So, I dove in headfirst without a second thought.
And wow; she was a demon.
The End“

—  RJ Intindola (Gandolfo)

2005