50 Shakespeare Quotes That Will Fix a Broken Heart

Introduction

Quotes have the power to cut through the fog of pain, reframe our thinking, and provide steady words to hold when everything else feels fragile. A single line from Shakespeare can remind you of your resilience, validate your grief, or spark the courage to move forward. Use these quotes when you need comfort after a breakup, motivation to start again, a gentle nudge toward self-truth, or a daily lift to rebuild your heart and life.

Motivational quotes

• "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune."
• "Be not afraid of greatness."
• "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em."
• "What's past is prologue."
• "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win."
• "Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing."
• "We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
• "Men at some time are masters of their fates."
• "Be great in act, as you have been in thought."

Inspirational quotes

• "We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep."
• "How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world."
• "There are more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
• "How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in't!"
• "I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks."
• "Sweet are the uses of adversity."
• "There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow."
• "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
• "To be, or not to be: that is the question."

Love & Healing quotes

• "Journeys end in lovers' meeting."
• "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."
• "If music be the food of love, play on."
• "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
• "The course of true love never did run smooth."
• "I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at."
• "Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o'er-wrought heart and bids it break."
• "I am one who loved not wisely but too well."

Life wisdom quotes

• "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
• "Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie."
• "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
• "No legacy is so rich as honesty."
• "What's done is done."
• "Men of few words are the best men."
• "All that glisters is not gold."
• "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

Courage & Resilience quotes

• "This above all: to thine own self be true."
• "Though she be but little, she is fierce."
• "A man can die but once."
• "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."
• "The better part of valour is discretion."
• "Love's not Time's fool."
• "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
• "O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on."

Daily inspiration quotes

• "The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope."
• "Love sought is good, but given unsought is better."
• "The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief."
• "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments."
• "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!"
• "Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me."
• "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety."
• "I would not wish any companion in the world but you."

Conclusion

A short line can reorient your day, and a memorable passage can reshape how you move through loss. Shakespeare's voice—sharp, tender, and unflinching—offers consolation, clarity, and a steady reminder that suffering and strength often share the same stage. Keep these quotes close: read them when the heart aches, speak them when you need courage, and let them guide small, steady steps toward healing.