Sad Relationship Sayings and Quotes

Relationships don’t always pan out the way we had hoped. While painful at first, with time comes healing. Take a deep breath and reflect with the collection of wise and insightful sad relationship quotes below.

When one door closes another door opens but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. Alexander Graham Bell
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. Jim Rohn
For all sad words from tongue or pen, the saddest are these, It might have been. John Greenleaf Whittier
You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel. Johnny Depp
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. Jonathan Safran Foer
And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. Kahlil Gibran
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. Khalil Gibran
You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens. Kirsten Dunst
Hearts will never be made practical, until they can made unbreakable. L. Frank Baum
Tears come from the heart and not from the brain. Leonardo da Vinci
Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for. Mandy Hale
Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous or in love. Mario Teguh
Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever. Mattie Stepanek
Never make someone a priority, when all you are to them is an option. Maya Angelou
It is sad not to loved, but it is much sadder not to be able to love. Miguel de Unamuno
I wish I could give you my pain just for one moment so you can understand how much you hurt me. Mohsen El-guindy
Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable. Nicholas Sparks
Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts. Paramahansa Yogananda
There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream whatever that dream might be. Pearl Buck
I cannot eat, I cannot drink, the pleasures of youth and love are fled away. There was a good time once, but now that is gone, and life is no longer life. Plato
A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one. Queen Victoria
It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all. Samuel Butler
Our greatest joy and our greatest pain come in our relationships with others. Stephen R. Covey
Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart. Jose N. Harris
There is a time for departure, even when there’s no certain place to go. Tennessee Williams
If we must part forever. Give me but one kind word to think upon and please myself with, while my heart’s breaking. Thomas Otway
Moving on is simple it’s what you leave behind that makes it so difficult. unknown
It hurts when you have someone in your heart but can't have in your arms. unknown
A heartbreak is a blessing from God. It’s just his way of letting you realize he saved you from the wrong one. unknown
It’s hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember. unknown