Let not a libation of tears be the only offering at the shrine of Jesus; let us also rejoice with joy unspeakable. If we have need to lament our sin, how much more to rejoice at our pardon! – Charles Spurgeon
I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. – Bob Hope
When we can’t bottle our tears up anymore, God catches every one in His bottle. God’s catching every falling tear because He won’t let us fall apart. – Ann Voskamp
I get bored with the constant probing for the cliched tears of the clown, the dark side of the comic. – Chris Lilley
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. – Edward Fitzgerald
Well, I would have much preferred to have had a normal childhood. I would have loved it if my greatest dilemma, at 14, was whether to go to Benetton for my pullovers. I would have preferred not to have cried all the tears I have cried. – Marjane Satrapi
And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough. – Maurice Maeterlinck
Oh, there’s a lot of breaks in our sport. Strained muscles, breaks, tears. I’ve seen teeth fly out before mouth guards were compulsory. Feet fractures are quite common, cheeks, faces, jaws, legs. – Carmen Marton
TV happens. And once it’s happened, it’s gone. When it’s gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape. – Mary Schmich
Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life, which was made possible in large part through the blood, sweat and tears of African slaves. – Corrine Brown
There isn’t a single human being who hasn’t plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears. – Dorothy Dix
Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled. – Denis Diderot