When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your own.
Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
I never knew up to that time that God loved us so much. This heart of mine began to thaw out; I could not keep back the tears. I just drank it in. . . I tell you there is one thing that draws above everything else in the world and that is love.
A friend worth your tears, will never make you cry.
The liquid drops of tears that you have shed Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl, Advantaging their loan with interest Of ten times double gain of happiness.
Lofty mountains are full of springs; great hearts are full of tears.
Who needs a smile when a tear's so full of love?
'I thought I could live my life without you,' she says, trying desperately to hold back her tears. 'I can't. I've tried and I can't do it. '
The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time.
When we evaluate the rightness or wrongness of actions or behavior, we need to ask ourselves if that behavior will edify—build up—ourselves or someone else, or if it will tear down. The question is not what we can get away with, but what is healthy and edifying. When it is all said and done, are we edified spiritually? Have we been built up and strengthened in our relationship with the Lord or with our spouse, or have we been weakened? Do we come away encouraged or discouraged, confident or filled with a sense of guilt or shame? Is our conscience clean?
Eyes bright, with many tears, behind them.
I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.
Excitement always leads to tears.
How can I shed tears for a man I should never have allowed to touch me in any way?
One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.
We can't afford to waste tears on might-have-beens. We need to turn the tears into sweat that can take us to what can be.
He who sows, even with tears, the precious seed of faith, hope, and love, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him, because it is the very nature of that seed to yield a joyful harvest.
Jesus, in fact, was typical of a certain kind of fanatical young idealist: at one moment holding forth, with tears in his eyes, about the need for universal love; at the next, furiously denouncing the morons, crooks and bigots who did not see eye to eye with him. It is very natural and very human behaviour. But it is not superhuman.
Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief
Sipping Bailey's Cream by the stereo, trying to find relief on the radio. I'm suppressing the tears.