Quotes about tears

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

— Alfred Austin

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

— Hosea Ballou

The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.

— St. Bernard

Rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

— Bible

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

— Christian Nevell Bovee

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.

— John Vance Cheney

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

— Billy Graham

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

— Horace

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

— Washington Irving

Pearls mean tears.

— Doris Lessing

I laugh because I must not cry. That is all. That is all.

— Abraham Lincoln

Tears such as angels weep.

— John Milton

In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears.

— Jean Paul

What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.

— Jewish Proverb

Many shed tears merely for show, and have dry eyes when no one's around to observe them.

— Seneca

Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.

— William Gilmore Simms

Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right; immediately.

— Sam Slick

Tears are the silent language of grief.

— Voltaire

I shed a tear today. Silenty, I felt it fall. You caught it, shared it, held it, felt it, then suddenly it wasn't so big after all.

— Marge Tindall

It is not for the loved ones that leave us behind for whom we should cry, but, rather, for ourselves.

— Fausto Gil

I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.

— J. R. Tolkien