60 Deep Feeling Down Quotes for Comfort in Tough Times

Sometimes life throws challenges and sadness our way, leaving us feeling down.

During these times, it’s comforting to know that we are not alone in our struggles.

Quotes can often provide solace, offering insights into the experiences and wisdom of others who have faced similar emotions.

Here are 50 deep quotes that articulate feelings of being down.

Whether you’re looking for understanding, inspiration, or just a reminder that your feelings are valid, these quotes might resonate with you.

Short Deep Feeling Down Quotes

1# “The night is darkest just before the dawn.” – Unknown

2# “It’s okay to be a glowstick; sometimes we need to break before we shine.” – Unknown

3# “Sadness flies away on the wings of time.” – Jean de La Fontaine

4# “This too shall pass.” – Persian adage

5# “Tears are words that need to be written.” – Paulo Coelho

6# “What you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.” – John Green

7# “Sometimes it takes sadness to know happiness.” – Unknown

8# “Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.” – Christopher Morley

9# “Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.” – Thomas Wayne in Batman Begins

10# “Feeling down is a part of life, getting up is living.” – Unknown

11# “The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain.” – Leonardo da Vinci

12# “Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” – Henry Rollins

13# “Nobody can save you but yourself, and you’re worth saving.” – Charles Bukowski

14# “Sometimes the worst place you can be is in your own head.” – Unknown

15# “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

16# “Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.” – Stephanie Bennett-Henry

17# “It’s okay not to be okay.” – Unknown

18# “Staying positive does not mean everything turns out okay. Rather, it’s knowing that you will be okay no matter how things turn out.” – Unknown

19# “Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

20# “Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, ‘I’m not going to make it,’ but you laugh inside remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.” – Charles Bukowski

Deep Quotes for Those Low Moments

21# “The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.” – John Vance Cheney

22# “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus

23# “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.” – Taraji P. Henson

24# “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale

25# “The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.” – John Green

26# “You must go through that short-term pain to reach long-term gains.” – Unknown

27# “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” – Haruki Murakami

28# “Sometimes, when you’re feeling too much pain, and it seems like you’ll never be happy again, remember that you’re stronger than you think.” – Unknown

29# “Mourning is love with no place to go.” – Unknown

30# “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo

31# “No rain, no flowers.” – Unknown

32# “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford

33# “It is always darkest just before the day dawneth.” – Thomas Fuller

34# “Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.” – Albert Schweitzer

35# “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway

36# “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher

37# “Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.” – Khalil Gibran

38# “Do not judge. You don’t know what storm I’ve asked her to walk through.” – God

39# “When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.” – Theodore Roosevelt

40# “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” – Chinese Proverb

Deep Quotes About Pain

41# “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Khalil Gibran

42# “Pain makes you stronger, fear makes you braver, heartbreak makes you wiser.” – Unknown

43# “You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” – Bob Marley

44# “To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing.” – Dorothy Thompson

45# “Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.” – Margaret Mitchell

46# “Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.” – José N. Harris

47# “A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” – John A. Shedd

48# “It’s the human that’s complicated, the universe is simple.” – Unknown

49# “The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.” – Unknown

50# “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa

51# “The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us.” – Gloria Steinem

52# “Sometimes, you’ve got to go through the pain to experience the joy.” – Dan Brown

53# “Tears are the silent language of grief.” – Voltaire

54# “Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place.” – Lance Armstrong

55# “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard

56# “One thing you can’t hide — is when you’re crippled inside.” – John Lennon

57# “The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” – C.C. Scott

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

59# “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” – Seneca

60# “We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim.” – R.M. Drake

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