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Heartbreaking Quotes

When feeling runs deepest.

These heartbreaking quotes sit alongside genuine joy, showing how both can exist in the same life at once. Explore related feelings in our Emotion quotes.

You may love football, but that doesn't mean you have any business trying to play the sport. It's the same thing with filmmaking... everybody has a great idea for a movie, but do you have the stamina to get good...

Quotes by Adam Green

I have both joyful and heartbreaking moments in life, even now. Stardom doesn't give us everything.

Quotes by Vijay Sethupathi

Thinking about the heartbreaking number of young children around the world who think they are unwanted and are uncared for can easily keep you awake at night.

Quotes by Stephanie March

There's been times when I've had heartbreaking moments and I'm like, 'I can't believe you said that,' or 'I can't believe you did that'. And it hurts, it still hurts, and it'll always hurt, but I've never had somebody that...

Quotes by Shailene Woodley

Emotion Quotes

I had a couple of producer sessions where I would walk in the room, and the producer would just look at his phone. That's heartbreaking because it's so disrespectful.

Quotes by Shalita Grant

Of course Black Lives Matter and the killing of young black boys is heartbreaking to all of us. Everyone knows I am a black mother of a black son, so there is no way I could watch what's happening and...

Quotes by Rozonda Thomas

One of the things that make our version that much more heartbreaking is that even though I am playing a 24-year-old I look much younger. I look like a child.

Quotes by Rooney Mara

The awful thing, as a kid reading, was that you came to the end of the story, and that was it. I mean, it would be heartbreaking that there was no more of it.

Quotes by Robert Creeley

I want that which is hilarious and that which is heartbreaking to occupy the same territory in the book because I think they very often occupy the same territory in life, much as we try to separate them.

Quotes by Richard Russo

Impact Quotes

Singing was probably my first love, and song writing. I write a lot of love songs and heartbreaking songs.

Quotes by Nolan Sotillo

I feel I should do everything I can to make a difference in Haiti. My main goal to help the people of Haiti is to give them homes, food, and jobs. It is heartbreaking to see little children sleeping on...

Quotes by Noah Munck

Vancouver houses one of North America's largest open air drug markets and has a dense and heartbreaking problem with homelessness and mental illness. Those are the neighbourhoods I live and work in.

Quotes by Mark Brand

I love 'The Orphanage' because the concept is so cool and the story is told in such an interesting way. It's a movie that will scare your socks off but make you cry at the end. It's one of the...

Quotes by Jessica Parker Kennedy

I've seen the impact of deportation in my district. It is heartbreaking to see families torn apart for no good reason.

Quotes by Jan Schakowsky

Intensity Quotes

It's heartbreaking to think that the joy of building a family is being dimmed by the economic squeeze young people are feeling.

Quotes by Jagmeet Singh

Part of growing up is realizing the frustrating, heartbreaking truth that intense and sustained long-term effort is needed to effect change.

Quotes by Jack Schlossberg

'Money Changes Everything' is this terribly despairing, heartbreaking song.

Quotes by Greil Marcus

'Everwood' I think provides a unique feeling, an emotional experience. And other shows on TV don't have the acting talent to do that. Each one of our actors can do a serious scene and a humorous scene, and can do...

Quotes by Greg Berlanti

It's heartbreaking to watch people working against themselves.

Quotes by Gloria Steinem

Love Quotes

'Boys of Summer,' to me, is like the end of the summer, man. That heartbreaking feeling where you have to go back to school, your summer love is coming to an end, and the leaves are changing. That was always...

Quotes by Frankie Ballard

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of moments do these heartbreaking quotes cover?
They range from personal sadness behind public success to concern for children lacking basic needs like a home.
Do these quotes only describe sadness, or joy too?
One quote pairs both, admitting that fame brings good and difficult stretches side by side rather than one or the other.
Is there a quote connected to humanitarian work?
Yes, one speaks about wanting to help provide basic necessities and steady work after witnessing hardship firsthand.
What's said about children specifically?
One quote reflects on how troubling it is that so many young ones feel unwanted or uncared for growing up.
Which topic pairs naturally with this one?
Our Love quotes often carry the same emotional weight from a different angle.

Others focus on children who feel unwanted, a weight described as hard to shake even at night. For more, see our Impact and Love quotes.