tears quotes

“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

“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

— Winston Churchill

“It is such a secret place, the land of tears.”

— Antoine de Saint Exupery

“
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.
”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“The busy have no time for tears.”

— Lord Byron

“If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping.”

— Sophocles

“Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.”

— Victor Hugo

“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.”

— William Shakespeare

“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

“It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.”

— Barack Obama

“When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart.”

— Horace Mann

“The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.”

— Marlene Dietrich

“I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.”

— Ingrid Bergman

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”

— William Blake

“The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.”

— Wilson Mizner

tears quotes

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

“I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.”

“Tears at times have the weight of speech.”

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”

“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

“It is such a secret place, the land of tears.”

“
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.
”

“The busy have no time for tears.”

“If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping.”

“Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.”

“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.”

“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.”

“It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.”

“When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart.”

“The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.”

“I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.”

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”

“The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.”