People often view sadness in a negative perspective, but it can be a time for self-reflection, discovering mistakes, and thinking about ways to improve and how to be better. The following best sad quotes about life help you to overcome the sadness moments and make you feel the value of happiness.

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness Pierre Corneille

It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew Henry Rollins

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness Jonathan Safran

Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things Arthur Schopenhauer

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious Horace

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness Pierre Corneille

We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim R.M. Drake

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves Emily Brontë

You’re sad because you’re wasting your potential. You know it, your family knows it, everyone knows it. Do something useful Carlos Del Valle

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness Jacqueline Kennedy

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, It might have been John Greenleaf

The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman Alexander Smith

The good life is not one immune to sadness but one in which suffering contributes to our development Alain de Botton

The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness Alain de Botton

It’s pretty sad when you have to choose between the lesser of two evils Meg White

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy Jim Rohn

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul Oscar Wilde

They say it’s better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to wake from its sleep and burst into green Conor Oberst

Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel Tupac Shakur

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad Henry Wadsworth

Melancholy is the happiness of being sad Victor Hugo

It’s sad, something coming to an end. It cracks you open, in a way – cracks you open to feeling Jennifer Anniston

Sad hurts but it’s a healthy feeling J. K. Rowling

The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes Nikolai Gogol

We’re taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they’re of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration Alanis Morissette

Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep Taraji P. Henson

The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness J.K. Rowling

How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us Fred Rogers

Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad Christina Rossetti

It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love Miguel de Unamuno

Sad things happen. They do. But we don’t need to live sad forever Mattie Stepanek

The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered Logan Pearsall

The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow Bob Marley

It doesn’t hurt to feel sad from time to time Willie Nelson