33 Quotes About Being Heart Broken

Break-ups are not easy on either person involved in the relationship. These quotes about being heart broken highlight some of the moments of emotional despair and depression we may experience during this time.

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

“A broken heart is the surest sign of an inevitable end. We put stop to a chapter of our lives to open a new one. When we lose something, we can make room for new discoveries and new opportunities.”

“Don’t waste your time on revenge. Those who hurt you will eventually face their own karma.”

“Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.”

“Everyone in life is going to hurt you, you just have to figure out which people are worth the pain.”

“Getting our hearts broken is a risk that accompanies us all our lives and which can easily make us reluctant about engaging in new relationships. Learning to find people who are worthy of love is an essential process for a fulfilling life.”

“Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.”

“Having a broken heart is painful, but the actual thing that crushes us is reliving past mistakes and wallowing in regrets. Regret can paralyze us and make us incapable of accepting that future still holds countless opportunities.”

“Having your heart broken is a different type of pain than breaking someone’s heart. While guilt is heavier, grief is more alienating. As victims of someone else’s mistakes, it is harder to accept the pain inflicted on us.”

“Heartbreak could be lived with if it weren’t accompanied by regret.”

“I guess that’s what saying good-bye is always like–like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you’re in the air, there’s nothing you can do but let go.”

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

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

“I’m not crying because of you; you’re not worth it. I’m crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are.”

“If they keep hurting you, love them and stay or love yourself and leave.”

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

“Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?”

“Love is hard to find, hard to keep, and hard to forget.”

“Love is the thing that gives color, beauty, and meaning to our lives, but as anything else in life, love has its own price. The price we pay for the chance to feel love is the risk of finding pain instead.”

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”

“No matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn’t stop for your grief.”

“Pain has a crucial role in our lives because it acts as a learning lesson which makes us wiser and more adequate in dealing with life’s idiosyncrasies. When we engage with our suffering completely, we reach a place where pain transforms into acceptance and love.”

“People will always try to hurt us, some willingly, others involuntarily. However, they can hurt us only if we let them. If we stand up for ourselves and decide to cut harmful ties, nobody can have power over us.”

“Relationships are hard work and they always force us to face harsh and troubling truths. Very few things last forever, yet we must take joy in making the most of each moment, even if we might lose what we have.”

“Saying good-bye always leaves us with our hearts broken. It is always a tough choice that makes us wallow in distress, yet sometimes, it is a leap we have to make. Our crushed heart will find the power to restore itself.”

“Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.”

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

“The heart was made to be broken.”

“The past can hurt us only when we give it more attention that it deserves. When we focus on what lies ahead of us instead of what lies behind, we discover that pain is no longer relevant and that it only burdens us.”

“The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.”

“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.”

“When someone betrays our trust and breaks our heart, we suffer not because of their behavior, but rather because all our images of reality prove to be deceiving illusions. Our suffering helps us remove the veils of illusion.”

“When we are heartbroken, we tend to feel that our pain has taken over the whole world and nothing interests us any longer. However, we must heal our hearts by ourselves because the world is often merciless.”

Heartbreak is just one way to tap into your inner greatness and take a leap of faith in yourself.