Top 50 Divorce Quotes

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Divorce is one of the hardest things that you can go through in life. It often leaves you not knowing what to do. With that in mind, check out the top 50 divorce quotes.

#50 – 40. Divorce Quotes

50. For some reason, we see divorce as a signal of failure, despite the fact that each of us has a right, and an obligation, to rectify any other mistake we make in life. -Joyce Brothers

49. I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done. – Lucille Ball

48. It was a long time in the making, my divorce. One day became less special than the [one before], and pretty soon we ceased all conversation. It is a sad day when you have nothing left to say. – Ricki Lake

47. Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself. – Deborah Reber

46. Divorce is a game played by lawyers. – Cary Grant

45. It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. – Lena Horne

44. Divorce is the sacrament of adultery. – Proverb

43. Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse. – Arthur Baer

42. When people divorce, it’s always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse. – Monica Bellucci

41. Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another. – Toni Morrison

40. I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. – Erica Jong

#39 – 30. Divorce Quotes

39. You know, that’s the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother. – Clare Boothe Luce

38. Don’t be afraid. Be focused, Be determined, Be hopeful, Be empowered. – Michelle Obama

37. There’s no pain or failure like going through a divorce. – Jennifer Lopez

36. I used to hope that you’d bring me flowers. Now I plant my own. – Rachel Wolchin

35. Above all be the heroine of your life, not the victim. – Nora Ephron

34. The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation. – Lord Chesterfield

33. The good thing about getting divorced young—if there is a good thing—is that it makes you realize there’s no schedule in life. It blasts you wide open and frees you to be honest with yourself. – Olivia Wilde

32. Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be. – Elizabeth Gilbert

31. My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. – Maya Angelou

30. Many divorces are not really the result of irreparable injury but involve, instead, a desire on the part of the man or woman to shatter the setup, start out from scratch alone, and make life work for them all over again. They want the risk of disaster, want to touch bottom, see where bottom is, and, coming up, to breathe the air with relief and relish again. – Edward Hoagland

#29 – 20. Divorce Quotes

29. Divorce. A resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries. – Ambrose Bierce

28. When it is time to part, then it is time to part. There should be no regrets. The beauty of marriage is like the fleeting perfection of a snowflake. – Deng Ming-Dao

27. Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping it will transform into a door. – Coco Chanel

26. Divorce isn’t the child’s fault. Don’t say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you’re really just hurting the child. – Valerie Bertinelli

25. Getting divorced just because you don’t love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. – Zsa Zsa Gabor

24. It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. – Eleanor Roosevelt

23. Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash. – Rita Mae Brown

22. Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse. – Groucho Marx

21. Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared. – Sonia Sotomayor

20. Divorce isn’t such a tragedy. A tragedy’s staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce. – Jennifer Weiner

#19 – 10. Divorce Quotes

19. Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow. – Carrie Fisher

18. Perhaps sometimes reminding ourselves that we do have a choice makes it easier to pick the harder one. – Eva Melusine Thieme

17. When we truly care for ourselves, it becomes possible to care about other people. The more alert and sensitive we are to our own needs, the more loving and generous we can be towards others. – Eda LeShan

16. Don’t have regrets. You can learn something from every experience. – Ellen Degeneres

15. Two lives that once part are as ships that divide. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

14. Divorce is a declaration of independence with only two signers. – Gerald F. Lieberman

13. Do not look for healing at the feet of those who broke you. – Rupi Kaur

12. I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house. – Zsa Zsa Gabor

11. Better a tooth out than always aching. – Thomas Fuller

10. When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn’t a sign that they ‘don’t understand’ one another, but a sign that they have, at least, begun to. – Helen Rowland

#9 – 1. Divorce Quotes

9. The process of discovering with somebody that you love that you don’t work is so painful. – Kate Hudson

8. Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5, 000 Gideon Bibles. – Zsa Zsa Gabor

7. Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left. – Jean Kerr

6. The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population. – Denis Diderot

5. Alimony — the ransom that the happy pay to the devil. – H. L. Mencken

4. Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. – Carol Burnett

3. You never really know a man until you have divorced him. – Zsa Zsa Gabor

2. It always gets worse before it can get better. But it will get better. Like everything else, and like our past struggles, at some point we win, but before that win, there’s always that loss that spurs us on. – Dolores Huerta

1. You never know how short a month is until you pay alimony. – John Barrymore

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