Although everyone prefers the exciting peaks and positives in life, sometimes we must deal with deep emotional challenges and obstacles. And when those low points in our lives happen, it can be hard to be optimistic or hold on to your usually happy nature. Whether you're dealing with the loss of a friend or family member, the end of a relationship, getting let go from a job, or another difficult moment in your life, our roundup of sad quotes may help put into words exactly how you feel.

It might not seem logical, but when you're having a hard time and the sad songs aren't quite helping you cope, you can look to these sayings about love, life and loss to know that you aren't alone. It helps to know that even famous authors, actors, singers, poets and more have experienced similar emotions. Share a quote on your social media profiles, print out a few and hang them somewhere, or take a quick scroll through this list for a little help with healing. And if you find yourself looking for more heartfelt sayings and messages, we also have roundups of joyful quotes, inspirational quotes and empowering quotes to check out.

He taught me how to love, but not how to stop.

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It hurts to leave a light on for nobody.

Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel.

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The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

There is one pain, I often feel, which you will never know. It's caused by the absence of you.

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Our greatest joy and our greatest pain come in our relationships with others.

We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim.

There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy.

When you're happy, you enjoy the music but when you're sad, you understand the lyrics.

Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

First, accept sadness. Realize that without losing, winning isn't so great.

Maybe we all have darkness inside of us and some of us are better at dealing with it than others.

A million words would not bring you back, I know because I tried, neither would a million tears, I know because I cried.

Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.

Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.

To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing.

People keep telling me that life goes on, but to me that’s the saddest part.

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses.

As the light begins to intensify, so does my misery, and I wonder how it is possible to hurt so much when nothing is wrong.

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

Sometimes you've got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding.

One thing you can't hide — is when you're crippled inside.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.