#tears

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal. ↗

— James Thurber

#heartless #his #hollow #laughter #man

Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears. ↗

— Dennis Eckersley

#did #i #me #pitching #poorly

I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it. ↗

— Jane Elliot

#birthdays #charts #christmas #dirt #easter

They'll take everything, even your tears. ↗

— George Foreman

#everything #take #tears #your

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#cleaning #exhaustion #frustration #i #laugh

Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#crying #happiness #reason #sadness #tears

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. ↗

— William Wordsworth

#deep #flower #give #lie #me

Certainly tears are given to us to use. Like all good gifts, they should be used properly. ↗

— Loretta Young

#gifts #given #good #like #properly

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.' ↗

— Billy Graham

#christian life #constant #deep #discouragement #eyes

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength. ↗

— Billy Graham

#self #shed #sign #strength #tears