We all feel alone at times. It’s those moments when we most need to remember that we’re not actually alone. That there are others who have felt that way, too. And that we can find comfort in the words of those who have gone before us. This compilation of quotes is for entrepreneurs who need a reminder that they’re not alone in their struggles or their successes.
The best alone quotes
1. In a lot of ways, living with Charlie was like having my own place, and I found myself reveling in the aloneness instead of being lonely. — Stephenie Meyer
2. To be alone and to be drunk with your own aloneness is what meditation is all about. Be in the world, but don’t be of it. — Rajneesh
3. And meditation is nothing but enjoying your beautiful aloneness. Celebrating yourself; that’s what meditation is all about. — Rajneesh
4. There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment. — Sivananda
5. You start living for the obsession alone … You want to arrive somewhere regardless of whether you’re enjoying the road or not. — Paulo Coelho
6. Progress, man’s distinctive mark alone, Not God’s, and not the beasts’: God is, they are, Man partly is and wholly hopes to be. — Robert Browning
7. Life without death and happiness without misery are contradiction and neither can be found alone, because each of them is a different manifestation of the same thing. — Swami Vivekananda
8. Alone but trying to survive Alone. — Ujjawal Patel
9. But there comes a moment in everybody’s life when he must decide whether he’ll live among the human beings or not–a fool among fools or a fool alone. — Thornton Wilder
10. Intuition is the undoubting conception of a pure and attentive mind, which arises from the light of reason alone, and is more certain than deduction. — Rene Descartes
11. Things hurt more when you were alone, that was all. — Richard Bachman, Thinner
12. We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone. — Orson Welles
13. Alone, no one wins freedom. — Ursula K. Le Guin
14. Underestimation has its uses. — Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
15. The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone. — Pope John XXIII
16. When is man strong until he feels alone? — Robert Browning
17. It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad — and it is better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a seeker of knowledge than to remain silent
18. I have Graham Greene’s telephone number, but I wouldn’t dream of using it. I don’t seek out writers because we all want to be alone. — Patricia Highsmith
19. Online life is about premeditation. — Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
20. ’tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone. — Thomas Moore
21. When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. — Tennessee Williams
22. Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public. — Placido Domingo
23. Whoever decides to hate others has chosen to walk alone. — Robin Sacredfire
24. All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess. — William Henry Harrison
25. Being alone makes us stronger. That’s the honest truth. But it’s cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore. — Roberto Bolano
26. Once, my enemies were those I could seeNow the devil lies deep within meBut angels still nudge me, whispering follies of sinThis war is mine, and mine alone, to win. — Sarah Brownlee
27. Once trust is built, distance cannot kill it. Time and space alone cannot destroy authentic connection. — Vironika Tugaleva
28. It’s amazing living alone. I’m very lucky. It’s like a refuge. — Paloma Faith
29. For me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing. — Miguel De Cervantes
30. The great are strongest when they stand alone, A God–given might of being is their force. — Sri Aurobindo, Savitri
31. Intellect in its effort to explain Love got stuck in the mud like an ass. Love alone could explain love and loving. — Rumi
32. We have to accept that much of reality is ineffable and so to understand it we can’t rely on words alone. — Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego–Real Communication
33. It is not right to walk alone on the golden road of truth! Enlighten as many people as you can and walk with them! — Mehmet Murat ildan
34. Wisdom’s daughter walks alone–”Ella!’ Frank stood suddenly. ‘Maybe it’s not the best time — Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena
35. ‘the Creative Habit’ is basically about how you work alone, how you survive as a solitary artist. ‘the Collaborative Habit’ is obviously about surviving with other people. — Twyla Tharp
36. Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. — Octavio Paz
37. We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves. — Robert Zemeckis
38. Unlove’s the heavenless hell and homeless home . . . lovers alone wear sunlight. — e. e. cummings
39. I’m really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind. — Sarah McLachlan
40. In today’s interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone. — Michelle Bachelet
41. And so the beauty was in being alone — but it was also the pain.
42. Sometimes you have to sit alone and enjoy the nature and try to see in the sky transparent faces. — Sher E Yazdan
43. In a lot of ways, living with Charlie was like having my own place, and I found myself reveling in the aloneness instead of being lonely. — Stephenie Meyer
44. It is better to be alone than to become a person that loses his soul to the fear of loneliness. — Shannon L. Alder
45. What good is treasure if I’m alone? After sharing so much of our dreams instead of sacrificing them and leaving with you. I would rather have nothing at all! — Nami
46. For time alone shews a man’s honesty, But in one day you may discern his guilt. — Sophocles
47. The only race you are guaranteed to win is the one you run alone. — Matshona Dhliwayo
48. Getting through the nights is the toughest part. Being alone. Not having her there to talk to. — Stuart Appleby
49. I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want. — Sergei Bubka
50. Any time you attempt to make a God beyond Christ, you murder the whole thing. God alone can worship God. — Swami Vivekananda
Conclusion
Remember that it’s okay to be alone. It’s not a sign of weakness or loneliness. It’s a sign of strength and self-awareness. Embrace your alone time and use it to reconnect with yourself and learn more about who you are. You’ll be surprised by how much you can truly discover about yourself.
