Here’s a list of 30 Short Powerful Quotes on Heartbreak, sorted by categories, with additional details including the year, profession, and lifespan of the person:
From Entertainment and Actors:
- “The heart was made to be broken.” – George Sanders, Actor (July 3, 1906 – April 25, 1972)
- “Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” – Albert Finney, Actor (May 9, 1936 – February 7, 2019)
- “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” – Ewan McGregor, Actor (March 31, 1971 – Present)
- “Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.” – Frank Morgan, Actor (June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949)
- “To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.” – Bess Myerson, Model and Actress (July 16, 1924 – December 14, 2014)
- “Pleasure of love lasts but a moment. Pain of love lasts a lifetime.” – Bess Myerson, Actress and Model (July 16, 1924 – December 14, 2014)
- “It’s hard asking someone with a broken heart to fall in love again.” – Eric Kripke, Screenwriter and Director (April 24, 1974 – Present)
From Celebrities and Leaders
- “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Leader (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)
- “I think heartbreak is something you learn to live with as oppose to cure” – Kate Winslet, Actor and Celebrity (October 5, 1975 – Present)
From Poets and Philosophers:
- “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet (August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892)
- “Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.” – Alphonse de Lamartine, Poet and Politician (October 21, 1790 – February 28, 1869)
- “The heart was made to be broken.” – Oscar Wilde, Playwright and Poet (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900)
- “It’s amazing how someone can break your heart and you can still love them with all the little pieces.” – Ella Harper, Poet (January 5, 1870 – Present)
- “Perhaps someday I’ll crawl back home, beaten, defeated. But not as long as I can make stories out of my heartbreak, beauty out of sorrow.” – Sylvia Plath, Poet (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963)
- “Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes…just be an illusion.” – Javan, Poet (1974 – Present)
- “If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they’re yours; if they don’t they never were.” – Richard Bach, Philosopher and Author (June 23, 1936 – Present)
- “The heart will break, but broken live on.” – Lord Byron, Poet and Politician (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824)
- “Hearts live by being wounded.” – Oscar Wilde, Playwright and Poet (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900)
- “In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” – Robert Frost, Poet and Teacher (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963)
- “Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” – Kahlil Gibran, Poet and Philosopher (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931)
From Literature and Authors:
- “The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.” – Nicholas Sparks, Author (December 31, 1965 – Present)
- “The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night’s sleep.” – Margaret George, Author (May 20, 1943 – Present)
- “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), Author and Illustrator (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991)
- “To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose is the next best.” – William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist (July 18, 1811 – 24 December 1863)
- “Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.” – Mineko Iwasaki, Geisha and Author (November 2, 1949 – Present)
- “Some people are going to leave, but that’s not the end of your story. That’s the end of their part in your story.” – Faraaz Kazi, Author (November 10, 1987 – Present)
- “Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” – Mark Twain, Author and Novelist (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)
From Spiritual Leaders and Activists:
- “What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.” – Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman and Preacher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887)
From Entrepreneurs and Scholars:
- “I’d rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.” – Christie Brinkley, Entrepreneur and Super Model (February 2, 1954 – Present)
- “Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” – Washington Irving, Historian (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859)