100+ Alone Quotes: Quotes on Feeling and Being Alone

Loneliness or the feeling of being alone is a universal experience, and sometimes the right words can offer comfort, strength, and understanding. In this post, we’ve gathered a collection of powerful loneliness and feeling-alone quotes from famous personalities and authors worldwide.

These quotes will resonate with you whether you’re looking for solace, strength, or a reminder that you’re not alone in your feelings. Download and share these beautifully designed images of alone quotes on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms to spread the message of resilience and self-reflection.

Feeling Alone Quotes

Feeling alone can be overwhelming, but these quotes remind us that solitude can also be a time for self-discovery and growth.

“It’s easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.”

– Mahatma Gandhi
It’s easy to stand in the crowd but
it takes courage to stand alone.

“The best part about being alone is that you really don’t have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.”

– Justin Timberlake

“Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space.”

– Jeanette Winterson
Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space.

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”

– Maya Angelou

“Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren’t a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was.”

– Cheryl Strayed

“Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.”

– Honoré de Balzac
Solitude is fine,
but you need someone
to tell that solitude is fine.

“We need solitude, because when we’re alone, we’re free from obligations, we don’t need to put on a show, and we can hear our own thoughts.”

– Tamim Ansary

“Loneliness is my least favourite thing about life. The thing that I’m most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.”

– Anne Hathaway

“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life’s cruellest irony.”

– Douglas Coupland
Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life’s cruellest irony.

Being Alone Quotes

Being alone doesn’t always mean feeling lonely. These quotes highlight the strength and clarity that can come from solitude.

“Sometimes you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free time being yourself.”

– Unknown
Sometimes you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free time being yourself.

“Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your own presence rather than of the absence of others.”

– Alice Koller

“If you make friends with yourself, you will never be alone.”

– Maxwell Maltz
If you make friends with yourself, you will never be alone

“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.”

– Arthur Schopenhauer
To live alone is the fate of all great souls

“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.”

– Albert Einstein

“All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.”

– Blaise Pascal
All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone

“Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.”

– Paul Tillich

“I think it’s good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.”

– Amy Sedaris

“In solitude, the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.”

– Laurence Sterne
In solitude, the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

“There are worse things than feeling alone. Things like being with someone and still feeling alone.”

– M.W Poetry

Short Alone Quotes

Short quotes can be powerful and profound, perfect for quick reflection or sharing.

“Alone, by herself, she built the kingdom that she wanted.”

– R.H. Sin
Alone, by herself, she built the kingdom that she wanted

“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

“Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone.”

– Paul Tillich
Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone

“Being alone has a power that very few people can handle.”

– Steven Aitchison
Being alone has a power that very few people can handle

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

– Helen Keller
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

“Sometimes you need to be alone.”

– Unknown
Sometimes you need to be alone

“Solitude is independence.”

– Hermann Hesse
Solitude is independence

“The eternal quest of the human being is to shatter his loneliness.”

– Norman Cousins
The eternal quest of the human being is to shatter his loneliness.

“Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.”

– Joseph Roux
Solitude vivifies; isolation kills

“To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.”

– Suzanne Gordon
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone

“If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.”

– Paulo Coelho
If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.

“Solitude is the beginning of all freedom.”

– William Orville Douglas
Solitude is the beginning of all freedom

“The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”

– Henrik Ibsen
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone

“In solitude the mind gains strength.”

– Laurence Sterne
In solitude the mind gains strength

“You only grow when you are alone.”

– Paul Newman
You only grow when you are alone

Sad Alone Quotes

Sometimes, feeling alone can bring a sense of sadness. These quotes capture the melancholy that often accompanies solitude.

“I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is end up with people that make you feel all alone.”

– Robin Williams

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”

– Mother Teresa
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

“It is better to be lonely than allow people who are not going anywhere keep you from your destiny.”

– Joel Osteen

“The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.”

– Douglas Coupland
The time you feel lonely
is the time you most need
to be by yourself.

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”

– Michel de Montaigne
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.”

– Wayne Dyer
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with

“There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy.”

– Dante Alighieri

“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.”

– Dag Hammarskjold

“The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.”

– Tom Wolfe
The surest cure for vanity is loneliness

“If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.”

– Aldous Huxley
If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely

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Alone Quotes for Girls

Girls and women often face unique challenges when it comes to feeling alone. These quotes offer empowerment and comfort for those times of solitude.

“She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered different. She did not suffer too much.”

– Betty Smith

“The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.”

– Mitch Albom
The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone

“It is far better to be alone than to be in bad company.”

– George Washington
It is far better to be alone than to be in bad company.

“Never say you are alone for you are not alone, your God and your genius is within.”

– Epictetus
Never say you are alone for you are not alone, your God and your genius is within.

“Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace.”

– Nikki Rowe
Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace.

“Sometimes you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free time being yourself.”

– Anonymous

“I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is end up with people that make you feel all alone.”

– Robin Williams

“Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose.”

– Guillermo Maldonado
Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose.

“A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.”

– Mandy Hale

“Sometimes you need to take a break from everyone and spend time alone, to experience, appreciate and love yourself.”

– Robert Tew

Alone Quotes for Boys

Boys and men often face unique challenges when it comes to feeling alone. These quotes offer empowerment and comfort for those times of solitude.

“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.”

– Arthur Schopenhauer
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

“To find yourself, think for yourself.”

– Socrates
To find yourself, think for yourself

“Solitude is the place of purification.”

– Martin Buber
Solitude is the place of purification

“The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely.”

– Jean-Paul Sartre
The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely

“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.”

– Henry Rollins

“In solitude, the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.”

– Laurence Sterne
In solitude, the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself

“Being alone gives you the opportunity to dive deep into understanding who you are.”

– Anonymous
Being alone gives you the opportunity to dive deep into understanding who you are.

“Sometimes you need to take a break from everyone and spend time alone to experience, appreciate, and love yourself.”

– Robert Tew

“People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.”

– Kim Culbertson

Over to You

Embracing solitude can lead to personal growth and self-discovery. These alone quotes serve as a reminder that being alone isn’t a weakness but a strength. Feel free to download and share these images to inspire others.

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