We all have those moments where we feel like carrying the heaviest stone in our hearts and in our heads. Heartbreak is the toughest emotion that we have to endure, it can be the end of a relationship or unfulfilled dreams. But healing is sometimes possible through the right words. So we’ve collected 200 Quotes on Heartbreak and Healing. Let’s dive in!
Heartbreak Quotes to Express Your Pain
Quotes About the Pain of Heartbreak
“The heart was made to be broken.” – Oscar Wilde
“Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.” – The Wizard of Oz
“A broken heart is just the growing pains necessary so that you can love more completely when the real thing comes along.” – J.S.B. Morse
“The saddest thing about love is that not only that it cannot last forever, but that heartbreak is soon forgotten.” – William Faulkner
“Sometimes, good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe
“Sharp are the arrows of a broken heart.” – Cassandra Clare
“A heartbreak is a blessing from God. It’s just his way of letting you realize he saved you from the wrong one.” – Unknown
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” – Khalil Gibran
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” – Haruki Murakami
“When your heart is broken, you plant seeds in the cracks and pray for rain.” – Andrea Gibson
“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” – Washington Irving
“The shattering of a heart when being broken is the loudest quiet ever.” – Carroll Bryant
“Don’t cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won’t let you see the stars.” – Violeta Parra
“It hurts to breathe because every breath I take proves I can’t live without you.” – Unknown
“Only time can heal your broken heart, just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.” – Miss Piggy
“Sometimes the only soul that can mend a broken heart is the one that broke it. For they are the ones holding all the pieces.” – Patti Roberts
“You find out what you are made of when you have a broken heart. If it happens early and often, all the better.” – Isabel Gillies
“Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another: Why can’t you see who I truly am?” – Shannon L. Alder
“No matter how hard your heart is broken, the world doesn’t stop for your grief.” – Faraaz Kazi
“Healing a broken heart is like trying to glue back a shattered vase. It may hold again, but the cracks remain.” – Unknown
“The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night’s sleep.” – Margaret George
“My feet will want to walk to where you are sleeping, but I shall go on living.” – Pablo Neruda
Quotes About Unrequited Love
“The worst feeling is not being lonely, but being forgotten by someone you can’t forget.” – Unknown
“There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one’s sentiments.” – Georgette Heyer
“Loving someone who doesn’t love you back is like hugging a cactus. The tighter you hold on, the more it hurts.” – Unknown
“It’s hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember.” – Unknown
“You never really stop loving someone. You just learn to live without them.” – Unknown
“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.” – Federico García Lorca
“Unrequited love is all right in books and things, but in real life, it completely sucks.” – Meg Cabot
“She had loved him for such a long time, she thought it would never end. But the silence grew louder than his presence.” – Unknown
“Nothing hurts more than realizing he meant everything to you and you meant nothing to him.” – Unknown
“Love unreturned is like a question without an answer.” – Unknown
“It’s like reaching for the stars. You know you’ll never touch them, but you keep reaching anyway.” – Unknown
“Sometimes we just have to accept the fact that some people only enter our lives as temporary happiness.” – Unknown
“I love you, but you don’t see me. That’s the heartbreak of my life.” – Unknown
“The worst kind of love is the one you know will never work out, but you keep trying anyway.” – Unknown
“Unrequited love is not love; it’s obsession. And it’s dangerous.” – Unknown
“I wish I could make you love me. But I can’t even make you notice me.” – Unknown
“You can’t force someone to care. You can only sit and wait, hoping they eventually will.” – Unknown
“The hardest part about loving someone is watching them love someone else.” – Unknown
“He was never yours to lose, yet the pain feels like you lost your whole world.” – Unknown
“I keep hoping for a different ending, even though I know the story won’t change.” – Unknown
“You gave me hope, and I gave you my heart. Only one of us kept their promise.” – Unknown
“My love for you was real. The saddest part is, yours never was.” – Unknown
Healing Quotes to Mend Your Heart
Quotes on Letting Go
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse
“You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them, but still move on without them.” – Mandy Hale
“One of the best times for figuring out who you are and what you really want out of life? Right after a breakup.” – Mandy Hale
“Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” – Daphne Rose Kingma
“When the wrong people leave your life, the right things start happening.” – Unknown
“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli
“Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.” – Nicole Sobon
“You only struggle because you’re ready to grow but aren’t willing to let go.” – Drew Gerald
“Your peace is more important than driving yourself crazy trying to understand why something happened the way it did. Let it go.” – Mandy Hale
“Sometimes you have to accept the truth and stop wasting time on the wrong people.” – Unknown
“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” – Unknown
“If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison
“There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go.” – Jessica Hatchigan
“Some things are just never meant to be, no matter how much we wish they were.” – Unknown
“In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” – Deepak Chopra
“One of the happiest moments in life is when you find the courage to let go of what you cannot change.” – Unknown
“Don’t let the heart that didn’t love you keep you from the one that will.” – Unknown
“Letting go doesn’t mean you stop caring, it means you stop trying to force others to.” – Mandy Hale
“The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” – Steve Maraboli
“You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward.” – Unknown
“Letting go is the act of opening your heart to the possibility of something new.” – Unknown
“Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next.” – Denis Waitley
“One day, you’ll realize that holding on was hurting more than letting go ever could.” – Unknown
“Sometimes, letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.” – Eckhart Tolle
“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” – Steve Maraboli
Quotes on Self-Healing
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” – Rumi
“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” – Brian Tracy
“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” – Tori Amos
“Self-love is the greatest middle finger of all time.” – Unknown
“A broken heart heals, but it leaves behind a beautiful scar.” – Unknown
“Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being.” – Jean-Yves Leloup
“Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.” – Rumi
“Healing is not linear.” – Unknown
“What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.” – Haruki Murakami
“You can’t heal what you won’t reveal.” – Jay-Z
“Sometimes, we just need to give ourselves permission to feel everything and let it pass.” – Unknown
“Scars are just another kind of memory.” – M.L. Stedman
“It’s not the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind.” – Aisha Mirza
“Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath, smile, and start again.” – Unknown
“Healing comes in waves, and maybe today the wave hits the rocks. And that’s okay.” – Ijeoma Umebinyuo
“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.” – Sophia Bush
“Self-healing means giving yourself grace as you put the pieces back together.” – Unknown
“Take all the time you need to heal emotionally. Moving on doesn’t take a day. It takes a lot of little steps to be able to break free of your broken self.” – Unknown
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo
“There is no right way to grieve; there is only your way.” – Nathalie Himmelrich
“When you can tell your story and it doesn’t make you cry, you know you’ve healed.” – Unknown
“Self-care is how you take your power back.” – Lalah Delia
“Healing isn’t about changing who you are; it’s about changing your relationship to who you are.” – Suzanne Heyn
“Loving yourself through the process of healing is the bravest thing you’ll ever do.” – Unknown
“The body heals with play, the mind heals with laughter, and the spirit heals with joy.” – Proverb
“You’re not broken. You’re healing.” – Unknown
“Growth is painful. Healing is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale
Quotes on Moving Forward After Heartbreak
Quotes on Finding Strength
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Don’t cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won’t let you see the stars.” – Violeta Parra
“Sometimes, you have to forget what you feel and remember what you deserve.” – Unknown
“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” – Unknown
“Stars can’t shine without darkness.” – Unknown
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls.” – Khalil Gibran
“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” – Bob Marley
“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong
“She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” – Elizabeth Edwards
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway
“The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” – Jodi Picoult
“Storms make trees take deeper roots.” – Dolly Parton
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” – Mary Anne Radmacher
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” – Seneca
“You are stronger than you think.” – Unknown
“Sometimes we’re tested not to show our weaknesses, but to discover our strengths.” – Unknown
“Scars show us where we’ve been. They do not dictate where we’re going.” – David Rossi (Criminal Minds)
“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow.” – Unknown
“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving; we get stronger and more resilient.” – Steve Maraboli
“Be strong, because things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it never rains forever.” – Unknown
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“You grow through what you go through.” – Unknown
“Strength grows in the moments when you think you can’t go on but you keep going anyway.” – Unknown
Quotes on Embracing New Beginnings
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Seneca
“And suddenly, you just know… it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of new beginnings.” – Meister Eckhart
“What feels like the end is often the beginning.” – Unknown
“Your time is too valuable to waste on people who can’t accept who you are.” – Turcois Ominek
“You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.” – Unknown
“The beginning is always today.” – Mary Wollstonecraft
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” – Alan Cohen
“No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.” – Buddha
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
“Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” – Ralph Blum
“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe
“Every day is a chance to begin again. Don’t focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Don’t be afraid of change. You may end up losing something good, but you’ll probably gain something better.” – Unknown
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo
“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho
“The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.” – Dave Weinbaum
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis
“Every day is a fresh start. Wake up with a grateful heart and a clear mind.” – Unknown
“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.” – Bob Goff
“When you let go of what no longer serves you, you make room for what will.” – Unknown
“Your new life is going to cost you your old one.” – Unknown
“There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis
“The best time for new beginnings is now.” – Unknown
“Don’t be afraid to start over. It’s a brand new opportunity to rebuild what you truly want.” – Unknown
Quotes to Help You Love Again
Quotes on Learning to Love Again
“You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” – Epicurus
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde
“The best way to heal a broken heart is to give God all the pieces.” – Unknown
“Someday, someone will like you for exactly who you are.” – Unknown
“Don’t let the past steal your present.” – Cherralea Morgen
“You can’t start the next chapter if you keep re-reading the last one.” – Unknown
“Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls your life.” – Akshay Dubey
“Your heart will heal, and love will return, stronger and wiser than before.” – Unknown
“Fall in love with someone who makes you feel whole again.” – Unknown
“Every heartbreak teaches a lesson; every lesson brings you closer to real love.” – Unknown
“Give yourself time. You are learning how to love again, and that is brave.” – Unknown
“You can be shattered and still find joy in the cracks.” – Morgan Harper Nichols
“The heart is like a phoenix. It burns but rises again.” – Unknown
“Love doesn’t always happen once. Sometimes, the second time feels even more real.” – Unknown
“You have to learn how to trust love again after being hurt—and that takes time.” – Unknown
“Love isn’t just about finding the right person. It’s also about becoming one.” – Unknown
“The greatest act of self-love is giving yourself another chance at love.” – Unknown
“Some broken hearts heal into even stronger ones.” – Unknown
“Love is not over just because your heart broke once.” – Unknown
“It’s okay to love again. The past was a chapter, not the whole story.” – Unknown
“In time, you’ll smile when love knocks again.” – Unknown
“Pain teaches, but love redeems.” – Unknown
“You’re not starting over—you’re starting from experience.” – Unknown
Quotes on Trusting Love Again
“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” – Barbara De Angelis
“Love will come, it just takes the right person to make you realize why it never worked out before.” – Unknown
“Someone is out there loving the things about you that someone else took for granted.” – Unknown
“The right one will love you without question, without fear, and without hesitation.” – Unknown
“You deserve someone who sees you as a blessing, not a burden.” – Unknown
“Don’t let your past rob you of the love you deserve now.” – Unknown
“Trust starts with yourself. Believe you’re worthy of love again.” – Unknown
“True love is worth the risk of being vulnerable again.” – Unknown
“When the right person comes along, trust will rebuild itself naturally.” – Unknown
“Sometimes the best love is the one you never saw coming.” – Unknown
“Trust grows where truth and love meet.” – Unknown
“Love doesn’t always break you. The right one will help you heal.” – Unknown
“Let go of fear; love has never been the enemy.” – Unknown
“It’s okay to guard your heart, but don’t lock it away forever.” – Unknown
“Trust is not rebuilt overnight, but step by step—with the right heart beside you.” – Unknown
“Even after all the storms, you can believe in rainbows again.” – Unknown
“Real love doesn’t ask for trust—it earns it.” – Unknown
“Don’t let the wrong one keep you from the right one.” – Unknown
“To love again is to trust again, and that is the bravest thing you’ll do.” – Unknown
“You can’t find new love with old fears.” – Unknown
“Love again—not because you have to, but because your heart deserves it.” – Unknown
“The right person will never make you question your worth.” – Unknown
“Healing comes when you realize not everyone is the one who hurt you.” – Unknown
Final Thoughts
That’s the wrap-up of our collection of 200 Quotes on Heartbreak and Healing. Hope these quotes act as a source of comfort for your heart and help you guide in the right path. Which of these quotes resonated with you the most? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
