100+ Best Alone Quotes When You Feel Being Lonely

Alone Quotes - Here is a Collection of Lonely Quotes for When You Feel Alone and Being alone is not easy, but it can be a transformative period of self-discovery and personal growth. 

by Suganya | Updated Aug 10, 2023

Alone Quotes

Feeling lonely is normal. People get alone and feel lonely sometimes. When we are alone, we feel things differently. No one is around there to talk to your mind will think about how the world works or you will think about yourself. These hard times may seem overwhelming, but you can enjoy loneliness and benefit from being alone. You can transform your state of mind when you are alone. Here are some best alone quotes that will make you feel better. Scroll down and get the quotes!

Certainly! Here are some quotes about being alone:

  • “Happiness is being alone with your own thoughts.” - Unknown
  • "Sometimes you've got to disconnect to introspect" - Unknown
  • "I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone." - Robin Williams
  • "In solitude, we find ourselves, and in finding ourselves, we find the strength to conquer the world." - Unknown
  • "The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself." - Michel de Montaigne
  • "Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us." - Paulo Coelho
  • "You do not need anyone else to validate your existence. Embrace your solitude and let it empower you." - Unknown
  • "Sometimes, you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free time being yourself." - Unknown
  • "When you are alone, you have the opportunity to discover your own depth and strength." - Unknown
  • "Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace." - Nikki Rowe
  • "Alone is not lonely; it's a chosen freedom that allows us to explore our true selves." - Unknown
  • "In the quiet moments of solitude, you find yourself and learn to embrace your own company." - Unknown
  • "Being alone may feel challenging, but it gives you the chance to become your own best friend and companion." - Unknown

Feeling Alone Quotes

  • “Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. That 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"
  • “If you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them. ~ Jodi Picoult"
  • “The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved. ~ Mother Teresa"
  • “The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life’s cruelest irony. ~ Douglas Coupland"
  • “Yes, there is joy, fulfillment, and companionship, but the loneliness of the soul in its appalling self-consciousness is horrible and overpowering. ~ Sylvia Plath"
  • “Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you’ll realize you have no one to turn to. ~ Soraya"
  • “I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness. ~ Hunter S. Thompson"
  • “For fear you will be alone, you do so many things that aren’t you at all. ~ Richard Brautigan"
  • “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ~ Maya Angelou"
  • “Sometimes you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free time being yourself. ~ Anonymous"
  • “Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for. ~ Dag Hammarskjold"
  • “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. ~ Michel de Montaigne"
  • “All great and precious things are lonely. ~ John Steinbeck"
  • “The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe"
  • “A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone. ~ Mandy Hale"
  • “Sometimes you have to stand alone just to make sure you still can. ~ Anonymous"
  • “Sometimes you need to take a break from everyone and spend time alone to experience, appreciate, and love yourself. ~ Robert Tew"
  • “You’re not alone. I’m awake and I’ve been thinking of you. ~ Kygo"
  • “Lonely, I’m so lonely, I have nobody to call my own. ~ Akon"
  • “I’m not the girl you’re taking home. I keep dancing on my own. ~ Robyn"
  • “Can anybody hear me or am I talking to myself? ~ Simple Plan"
  • “Ah, look at all the lonely people. ~ The Beatles"
  • “We’re happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time. ~ Taylor Swift"
  • “Well, it’s down at the end of Lonely Street at the Heartbreak Hotel. ~ Elvis Presley"
  • “I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known. ~ Green Day"
  • “Don’t wanna be all by myself anymore. ~ Celine Dion"

Home Alone Quotes

  • "In the midst of a crowded room, loneliness can be the loudest voice."
  • "Sometimes the emptiness within is the only company we have."
  • "Loneliness isn't just being alone; it's missing the connection you wish you had."
  • "Solitude can be a beautiful escape, but loneliness is a heavy burden."
  • "Loneliness is like an echo in the chambers of your heart, reminding you of its silence."
  • "Amidst the noise of the world, the sound of loneliness can be deafening."
  • "Loneliness isn't about being by yourself; it's about feeling disconnected even in a crowd."
  • "In the quiet moments, loneliness can feel like an old friend you can't escape."
  • "The empty spaces remind us that sometimes our battles are fought within."
  • "Just like a house can feel empty, so can a heart, yearning for someone to fill its rooms."

Vibe Alone Quotes

  • “It’s far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.” ― Marilyn Monroe
  • “Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.” ― Anthony Burgess
  • “It’s easy to stand with the crowd it takes courage to stand alone”
  • “I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone, it’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone.”
  • “Sometimes, you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free time being yourself.”
  • “You smile, but you wanna cry. You talk, but you wanna be quiet. You pretend like you’re happy, but you aren’t.”
  • “Sometimes, you just need a break. In a beautiful place. Alone. To figure everything out.”
  • “What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.” – Ellen Burstyn 
  • “As I get older I’m more and more comfortable being alone.” -Sienna Miller
  • “Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” -Henry Rollins
  • “Once you start loving your own presence, you stop chasing people in your life.” 
  • “Sometimes you just need to be alone and let your tears out.
  • “I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity” -Albert Einstein
  • “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • “Being alone has a power that very few people can handle.” -Steven Aitchison
  • “Better to be with no one than to be with the wrong one.” 
  • “I’m learning a lot about myself being alone.”
  • “The sun is alone too. And he’s still shining.”
  • “Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.” -Paul Tillich

Alone Quotes For Life

  • “Loneliness is not a reality, it’s just a feeling. Convert it to SOLITUDE. ~ Invajy"
  • “I’m not much but I’m all I have. ~ Philip K. Dick"
  • “Alone is state of being or body, whereas loneliness is state of Mind. ~ Invajy"
  • “Constant loneliness is emotionally lameness and it might even damage both your physical as well as mental health. ~ Invajy"
  • “Being alone doesn’t necessarily cause loneliness. Many people feel lonely despite being in the constant presence of other people. ~ Invajy"
  • “You’re only lonely if you’re not there for you. ~ Phil McGraw"
  • “If you never share your feelings with anyone, you are bound to feel lonely. ~ Invajy"
  • “Ah, look at all the lonely people. ~ The Beatles"
  • “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. ~ Ralph Waldo Emer"
  • “You never walk alone. Even the devil is the lord of flies. ~ Gilles Deleuze"
  • “If you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them. ~ Jodi Picoult"
  • “Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose. ~ Guillermo Maldonado"
  • “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ~ Maya Angelou"
  • “In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. ~ Laurence Sterne"
  • “There is nothing outside of yourself. Look within. Everything you want is there. ~ Rumi"
  • “Loneliness is about perceiving that no one is there for you. But solitude is about making a choice to be alone with your thoughts. ~ Amy Morin"
  • “I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke"
  • “The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. ~ Henrik Ibsen"
  • “We feel alone, and in this we are connected. ~ Leo Babauta"
  • “Sometimes you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free time being yourself. ~ Anonymous"
  • “Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man. ~ Thomas Wolfe"
  • “Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you’ll realize you have no one to turn to. ~ Soraya"
  • “Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up. ~ Pearl Buck"
  • “Sometimes you have to stand alone just to make sure you still can. ~ Anonymous"
  • “A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer"
  • “If you are alone, you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion, you belong only half to yourself or even less in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct, and if you have more than one companion, you will fall more deeply into the same plight. ~ Leonardo da Vinci"
  • “The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life’s cruelest irony. ~ Douglas Coupland"
  • “A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone. ~ Mandy Hale"
  • “There’s nothing abnormal about loneliness. ~ Paula Stokes"
  • “The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which makes you lonely. ~ Lorraine Hansberry"

Being Alone Quotes

  • “What a lovely surprise to discover how un-lonely being alone can be. ~ Ellen Burstyn"
  • “Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone, and solitude expresses the glory of being alone. ~ Pau Tillich"
  • “The best part about being alone is that you really don’t have to answer to anybody. You do what you want. ~ Justin Timberlake"
  • “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"
  • “All men’s misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. ~ Jean de La Bruyere"
  • “Being alone and actually sitting with our own thoughts can lead to such growth and realizations that are rare in our everyday busy lives. ~ Kourtney Kardashian"
  • “As I get older I’m more and more comfortable being alone. ~ Sienna Miller"
  • “Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact. ~ Martha Beck"
  • “When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that. ~ Gertrude Stein"
  • “It is better to be lonely than allow people who are not going anywhere keep you from your destiny. ~ Joel Osteen"
  • “Loneliness can be conquered only by those who can bear solitude. ~ Paul Tillich"
  • “In the solitude of your dreams grows the flame that will bring the light to this world. ~ Anonymous"
  • “Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise, and thousands of nodding acquaintances. ~ William Powell"
  • “Ordinary men hate solitude. But the master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe. ~ Lao Tzu"
  • “Solitude is the beginning of all freedom. ~ William Orville Douglas"
  • “I will fill myself with the desert and the sky. I will be stone and stars, unchanging and strong and safe. The desert is complete; it is spare and alone, but perfect in its solitude. I will be the desert. ~ Kiersten White"
  • “Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines. ~ Paul Brunton"
  • “Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone. ~ Marty Rubin"
  • “Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer"
  • “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. ~ Michel de Montaigne"

Just Leave Me Alone Quotes

  • “The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all. ~ Deb Caletti"
  • “All great and precious things are lonely. ~ John Steinbeck"
  • “Sometimes, you just need a break. In a beautiful place. Alone. To figure everything out. ~ Anonymous"
  • “I’ve noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down but gets weaker when we simply ignore it. ~ Paulo Coelho"
  • “We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart…and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together. I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude. ~ Helen Hayes"
  • “Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better. ~ Henry Rollins"
  • “When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves. ~ Eda J. LeShan"
  • “We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone ~ Orson Welles"
  • “Sometimes you need to take a break from everyone and spend time alone to experience, appreciate, and love yourself. ~ Robert Tew"
  • “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before. ~ Albert Einstein"
  • “Dreams have only one owner at a time. That’s why dreamers are lonely. ~ Erma Bombeck"
  • “By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear. ~ George Herbert"
  • “If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it. ~ Andy Rooney"
  • “There are worse things than feeling alone. Things like being with someone and still feeling alone. ~ W Poetry"
  • “I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person. ~ Oscar Wilde"
  • “The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone. ~ Mitch Albom"
  • “Pray that your loneliness may spur into finding something to live for, great enough to die for. ~ Dag Hammarskjold"
  • “You’ll end up living a lonely life if you’re waiting around for perfect. ~ Samantha Young"
  • “A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live. ~ Bertrand Russell"
  • “Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. ~ Janet Fitch"
  • “I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone. ~ Robin Williams"
  • “No one is ever alone and silence does not equate defeat. ~ Joan Ambu"
  • “Find company within yourself and you’ll never spend a day alone. Find love within yourself and you’ll never have a lonely day. ~ Connor Chalfant"
  • “If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre"
  • “My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues. ~ Khalil Gibran"
  • “Loneliness is painful. But suffering is not wrong in and of itself. It’s part of the human experience, and in a way brings us closer to all people. ~ Juliette Fay"
  • “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. ~ Mother Teresa"
  • “Loneliness might be taking you towards an otherwise unreachable experience of reality. ~ Olivia Laing"

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