200+ Broken Heart Quotes To Get You Through The Heartbreak

Some say it’s painful to wait for someone. Some say it’s painful to forget someone. But the worst pain comes when you don’t know whether to wait or forget.

The saddest thing about love is that not only that it cannot last forever, but that heartbreak is soon forgotten.

You can’t buy love, but you can pay heavily for it. – Henny Youngman

The heart was made to be broken. – Oscar Wilde

Forget what hurt you, but never forget what it taught you.

Life isn’t always sunshine and butterflies. Sometimes you got to learn to smile through the pain.

The most painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said and never explained.

It hurts to breathe because every breath I take proves I can’t live without you.

You are the only cure to my sadness, even though you are also the one who caused it.

A broken heart is just the growing pain necessary so that you can love more completely when the real thing comes along.

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option. – Mark Twain

Don’t cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won’t let you see the stars.

It’s hard asking someone with a broken heart to fall in love again.

I cried a lot because of you. I laughed a lot because of you. I believed in love because of you. And now I’m heartbroken because of you.

It’s painful to see someone you love with someone else, but it’s more painful to know that you’re the reason why they’re together.

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment. Pain of love lasts a lifetime.

It’s amazing how someone can break your heart and you can still love them with all the little pieces.

I know my heart will never be the same but I’m telling myself I’ll be okay.

Sometimes all you can do is smile. Move on with your day, hold back the tears and pretend you’re okay.

I cared too much, you didn’t care enough. That was the problem.

Sometimes, all you can do is lie in bed, and hope to fall asleep before you fall apart.

God can heal a broken heart, but he has to have all the pieces.

The worst feeling in the world is knowing you did the best you could and it still wasn’t good enough.

A broken heart is also an open heart.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy. – Dante Alighieri

I feel like everything is falling apart faster than I can pick the pieces back up and put them together.

A hungry stomach, an empty pocket, and broken heart teach the best lessons of life.

A broken heart bleeds tears. – Steve Maraboli

I have loved and I have lost and imitating it right now makes me realize that the pain of love is just too much.

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

The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.

I can’t stop loving you, even though it’s wrong, even though it hurts.

The only thing a boyfriend was good for was a shattered heart.

I don’t know why they call it heartbreak. It feels like every other part of my body is broken too.

Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don’t.

The worst kind of pain is when you’re smiling just to stop the tears from falling.

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

Love is never supposed to hurt. Love is supposed to heal, to be your haven from misery, and to make living worthwhile.

I thought when love for you died, I should die. It’s dead. Alone, most strangely, I live on.”

The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.

I think one of the hardest things in life is experiencing something that is painful, but you have to pretend like it doesn’t hurt you.

If someone you love hurts you, cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it.

I don’t know why they call it heartbreak. It feels like every other part of my body is broken too.

The only thing that can mend a broken heart is time.

The only way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends.

You know you really love someone when you can’t hate them for breaking your heart.

Love can sometimes be a sweet agony. The pain and anguish felt during a breakup or heartbreak are what make us appreciate the happiness and contentment that come with love.

I wish I were a little girl again because skinned knees are easier to fix than a broken heart.

There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts being broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream — whatever that dream might be.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. – Mother Teresa

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.

You can’t move forward if you’re still hanging on.

If you have to beg someone to be in your life, they don’t belong there.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter.

I never knew until that moment how bad it could hurt to lose something you never really had.

Sometimes the memories are worth the pain.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back, they’re yours; if they don’t, they never were.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.

Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.

You can’t control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen.

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

The only way to heal a broken heart is to give yourself time and space to grieve and then move on.

The pain of a broken heart can be a catalyst for positive change.

Don’t let your past dictate your future. Keep moving forward.

You must let go of the hurt in order to heal.

The only way to get over a broken heart is to let time do its job.

The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow.

Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.

You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.

If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.

The more you love, the more love you have to give. It’s the only feeling we have which is infinite.

Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.

Love is like a butterfly, it goes where it pleases and it pleases where it goes.

The pain of a broken heart is temporary, but the lessons you learn are permanent.

You deserve someone who loves you for who you are, not someone who only loves you for what you can do for them.

Love is like a mirror, when it breaks, it’s hard to fix.

Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Time heals all wounds, but it’s up to you to decide when to stop picking at the scab.

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

You were never meant to be mine, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t have a purpose.

Happiness is not a destination, it’s a journey. You don’t have to wait for someone to make you happy. You can choose to be happy right now.

Sometimes the only closure you need is the understanding that you deserve better.

There is always a lesson in heartbreak. You just have to be willing to learn.

The best way to heal a broken heart, it turns out, is to find a way to move past the hurt.

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You’re able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.

The only way to let go of someone who has broken your heart is to realize that holding on to them will only cause you more pain.

Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.

Letting go means coming to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.

The only way to move forward is to let go of what’s holding you back.

The hardest part about letting go is realizing that the other person already did.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. – Martin Luther King Jr.

When someone walks out of your life, let them. They are just making room for someone better to walk in.

Letting go is not giving up. It’s accepting that there are things that cannot be.

Letting go of someone who has broken your heart is not about forgetting them, it’s about accepting what happened and moving on.

Sometimes you have to let go of the person you thought you were meant to be with to make room for the person you are meant to be with.

Letting go of someone who has broken your heart is not easy, but it’s necessary for your own peace of mind.

Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused. – Paulo Coelho

When someone you love hurts you, you have a choice to make: you can either hold on to the pain or you can let it go and move on.

You can’t make someone love you or want to be with you. You can only control your own actions and reactions.

Letting go is not a one-time event, it’s a process that takes time and effort.

Life is too short to waste time on someone who doesn’t appreciate you.

Letting go is hard, but holding on to something that isn’t meant for you is even harder.

Every time I think about you, I have to remind myself that if you wanted to talk to me, you would.

When someone leaves you, it’s not a reflection of your worth. It’s a reflection of their inability to see it.

Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down. —​ Roy T. Bennett

You can’t force someone to love you or stay with you. Love is a choice, and it has to come from both people.

Letting go of someone who has broken your heart is like cutting off a limb. It’s painful but necessary for your survival.

Sometimes it takes heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.

It’s hard to let go of someone who has broken your heart, but it’s harder to hold on to something that was never there.

The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving.

Holding on is believing that there’s a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.

Letting go of someone who has broken your heart is not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength.

Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.

It’s hard to say goodbye when you don’t want to let go, but harder to hold on when you know you need to.

Goodbye is the hardest thing to say to someone who means the world to you, especially when you don’t want to let go.

When love is lost, do not bow your head in sadness; instead, keep your head up high and gaze into heaven for that is where your broken heart has been sent to heal.

The only way to say goodbye is to say it from the heart.

Sometimes, the best way to say goodbye is to never look back.

Sometimes goodbye is a painful way to say I love you.

We started with a hello but ended with a goodbye.

The only way to say goodbye is with peace in your heart, love in your soul, and a smile on your face.

Sometimes the only closure you need is the understanding that you deserve better.

The pain of goodbye is the pain of growing up and letting go of what we thought would be forever.

When you let go, you create space for better things to come into your life.

It’s better to say goodbye than to drag on a relationship that isn’t working.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Goodbyes make you think. They make you realize what you’ve had, what you’ve lost, and what you’ve taken for granted.

The hardest part of loving someone is saying goodbye.

It’s painful to say goodbye to someone you don’t want to let go, but more painful to ask someone to stay when you know they want to leave.

We may love the wrong person and cry for the wrong reason, but one thing is for sure, mistakes help us find the right person.

Goodbye doesn’t mean forever. If it did, we ought to be saying ‘badbye’.

When someone you love says goodbye, you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has opened in front of you.

Goodbye is not a word, it’s a feeling.

It hurts to say goodbye to someone you love but it’s the best for both of us to move on.

Goodbyes are not forever, are not the end; it simply means I’ll miss you until we meet again.

Saying goodbye to someone you love is like saying goodbye to your own soul.

Saying goodbye doesn’t mean anything. It’s the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.

The most painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said and never explained.

Sometimes we have to let go of what’s killing us, even if it’s killing us to let go.

If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it’s yours forever. If it doesn’t, then it was never meant to be.

It’s not the goodbye that hurts, but the flashbacks that follow.

Goodbye is not the end. It is simply a chapter that has ended and a new one that is about to begin.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Nelson Mandela

The saddest thing about love is that not only that it cannot last forever, but that heartbreak is soon forgotten.

I don’t know why they call it heartbreak. It feels like every other part of my body is broken too.

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow.

You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.

Every end is a new beginning.

No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again. – Buddha

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. – Tony Robbins

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.- Theodore Roosevelt

The truth is, everyone, is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

The best revenge is massive success.

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.

Let go of what doesn’t serve you.

Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can.

The comeback is always stronger than the setback.

It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. – Aristotle

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You can’t force someone to love you, but you can love yourself enough to let them go.

The key to healing a broken heart is to acknowledge your pain and give yourself time to grieve.

It’s okay to not be okay. It’s okay to feel broken. It’s okay to take time to heal.

The only way to truly move on is to forgive.

Life is too short to dwell on the past.

The only way to heal a broken heart is to first accept that it’s broken.

When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.

The only way to heal a broken heart is to find a way to let go of the past and embrace the future.

You cannot heal a broken heart if you refuse to let go of the things that caused it to break in the first place.

The only way to move on is to keep learning, growing and evolving.

Don’t let someone who left you define who you are. You are worth more than their decision to leave.

Pain makes you stronger, fear makes you braver, heartbreak makes you wiser.

Heartbreak is a reminder that we gave someone the power to hurt us, but it’s also a reminder that we have the power to heal ourselves.

Sometimes the person you thought was the love of your life turns out to be the lesson of your life.

You may have a broken heart, but you are not a broken person.

One day you’re going to wake up and realize that you should have tried.

It’s hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember.

You don’t need someone to complete you. You only need someone to accept you completely.

Sometimes you have to accept the fact that certain things will never go back to how they used to be.

Good times become good memories and bad times become good lessons.

Memories are the most beautiful pictures our minds can paint, and nothing can ever erase them.

In the end, all that really matters isn’t the things you did, but what its effects are today, not the knowledge you have learned, but how you applied it, not the words that were said, but how they made you feel, and most of all, not the moment of occurrence, but how its now just a part of our memory.

Memories are like a garden. Regularly tend the pleasant blossoms and remove the invasive weeds.

Healing begins with acceptance, not resistance.

Acceptance is not about giving up or letting go, but rather about embracing the situation for what it is.

The journey of healing a broken heart begins with the first step of acceptance.

Healing a broken heart takes time, but it is possible with patience and self-love.

Healing a broken heart starts with a decision, a conscious choice to move beyond pain and loss. – Wayne Dyer

The only way to fix a broken heart is to move your focus from the heart to the mind.

Healing begins with acceptance and culminates with forgiveness.

The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.