You may have a gloomy mood every now and then. Perhaps you had a difficult day at work or school. Perhaps you got into an argument with someone. You may have seen or read something depressing.

Maybe you're simply having one of those days, which we all do from time to time.

When you are in a bad mood, you may be seeking sad quotes that can express how you feel and potentially make you feel better.

It may not change your mood, but it may help you justify your sentiments.

So, I've compiled a list of quotes that are ideal for such occasions. This is a selection of the greatest sad quotes that can help you mend your heart.

1. “Our greatest joy and our greatest pain come in our relationships with others.” – Stephen R. Covey
2. “Trying to avoid sadness is trying to avoid life.”- Maxime Legacé
3. “It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.” – Miguel de Unamuno
4. “My entire life can be described in one sentence: it didn’t go as planned, and that’s okay.” – Hugh Raye
5. “If we must part forever, Give me but one kind word to think upon, And please myself with, while my heart’s breaking.” – Thomas Otway
6. “Trust is like an eraser, it gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.”
7. “There is one pain, I often feel, which you will never know. It’s caused by the absence of you.” – Ashleigh Brilliant
8. “You can’t go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis
9. “When you think your first falling in love, just then you realize you’re falling out of love.” – David Grayson
10. “You’ll never know how strong you are until being brave is the only choice you have.” – Bob Marley
11. 14. “Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it’s no worse than it is” – Margaret Mitchell