50 Unloved Quotes for When You Feel Like Nobody Cares

By Stephanie Kirby

Writer, Entrepreneur and Inspirational quote curator

Published June 11, 2023

We have all felt alone at one time or another, and these unloved quotes are perfect for when you feel truly alone.

According to Merriam-webster.com, the term unloved means “not loved or cherished.”

Feeling unloved is not just for a person that is alone.

You can be surrounded by friends or even in a relationship and still feel unloved.

Everyone is worthy of love, and most of us are loved by someone or something, even if we don’t feel like it.

Often the feeling of being unloved stems from low self-esteem and a negative self-image where a person feels that they are actually unworthy of love.

We must first learn to love and appreciate ourselves to accept love from others and have a healthy view of ourselves.

Take a look at these unloved quotes to learn more about feeling unloved and what you can do about it.

Sad Unloved Quotes

This list of unloved quotes is sad.

1. “Be the love you never received.” — Rune Cazuli

2. “We may be unlovely, yet we are not unloved.” — John Ortberg

3. “Many people feel they don’t have enough love. Feel unloved.” — Titon Rahmawan

4. “The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved.” — Princess Diana

5. “It is sad to love and be unloved, but sadder still to be unable to love.” — Maurice Maeterlinck

6. “There’s beauty in misery, sadness, and things that are so unloved and forgotten.” — Ghaleya Aldhafiri

7. “It is never acceptable for us to be the cause of any child to feel unloved or worthless.” — Joel Burns

8. “We can’t have children growing up feeling unloved – the price is too high for that.” — Angelina Rayner

9. “Love is the most important thing, and when they feel rejected and unloved, that hole can never be filled by anyone else.” — Goldie Hawn

10. “Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.” — Mother Teresa

Encouraging Unloved Quotes

Enjoy these encouraging unloved quotes for when you feel unloved.

11. “Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.” — Bernard Branson

12. “You were never created to be hurt or scared or unloved.” — Jade Miller

13. “We were perhaps not so unlovable as we had come to believe.” — George Saunders

14. “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” — Napoleon Hill

15. “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” — Hermann Hesse

16. “Many people do not understand that the essence of love is giving and not demanding.” — Titon Rahmawan

17. “Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.” — Brené Brown

18. “Perhaps the unattached, the unwanted, the unloved, could grow to give love as lushly as anyone else.” — Vanessa Diffenbaugh

19. “You were created to be loved. So for you to live as if you were unloved is a limitation, not the other way around.” — Wm. Paul Wong

20. “Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.” — Steve Maraboli

Relatable Unloved Quotes

Check out this list of relatable unloved quotes.

21. “I feel profoundly alone, cut off, unattractive…I feel unloveable.” — Susan Sontag

22. “I am not afraid of being unloved. But I am terrified of never learning to love.” — Michael D. O’Brien

23. “We all feel that we have things inside us that would make us unlovable if only people knew.” — David Smail

24. “Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others — it only changes yours.” — Shannon Alder

25. “Let the hurt send you looking for those who will accept you instead of hiding from those who reject you.” — Bryant McGill

26. “Rejection, though — it could make the loss of someone you weren’t even that crazy about feel gut-wrenching and world ending.” — Deb Caletti

27. “If you feel unwanted or unappreciated where you are or by those you’re with, it only means you’re in the wrong place or with the wrong people.” — LK Hunsaker

28. “When you can’t reach the standards of another’s heart, you must ask yourself, “What value do I put on my soul that I would subject myself to such rejection?” — Shannon Alder

29. “So often, we don’t see the beauty in ourselves. If we keep observing our reflection in the distorted mirrors of bad relationships, we start believing we are ugly and unlovable.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn

30. “But what attracted me to weeds was not their beauty, but their resilience. I mean, despite being so widely despised, so unloved, killed with every chance we get, they are so pervasive, so seemingly invincible.” — Carol Vorvain

Unloved Quotes About Loving the Unlovable

You will be motivated by these unloved quotes about loving the unlovable.

31. “Show me how to love the unlovable.” — Matthew West

32. “To love means loving the unlovable.” — Gilbert K. Chesterton

33. “Grace is being loved when you are unlovable.” — Tullian Tchividjian

34. “Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf.” — Tom Flynn

35. “Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.” — Erma Bombeck

36. “Communities are made up of the unlovable as well as the lovable.” — Dorothy Day

37. “It is not the most lovable individuals who stand more in need of love, but the most unlovable.” — Ashley Montagu

38. “Real love is when you are completely committed to someone even when they are being completely unlovable” — Dave Willis

39. “If you don’t think God’s love for the unlovable is amazing, go try to love someone who hates you for a day. See if that helps.” — KB

40. “God does not love us because we are lovable, have a pleasing personality or a good sense of humor, or at rare times show exceptional kindness. In spite of who we are and what we have done, God wants to pour out His love on us, for the unlovable are also precious unto Him.” — David B. Haight

More Unloved Quotes

Check out more unloved quotes.

41. “No being should be unloved.” — Dick Gregory

42. “You get tough when you grow up unloved.” — Maj Sjowall

43. “A weed is but an unloved flower.” — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

44. “Sometimes we may be the unloved, then the hero the next day.” — Blaise Matuidi

45. “Whenever you feel unimportant, unloved, or insecure, remember to who you belong.” — Rick Warren

46. “It stands to reason that unloved and unwanted children are going to get into crime.” — Andrew Young

47. “The most important thing in convoluted families, I learnt as I wrote, is that the child feels loved.” — Allegra Huston

48. “If I don’t get at least one e-mail every ten minutes, I feel unloved. Even junk mail makes me feel seen.” — Chris Abani

49. “I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that; I want to do that.” — Princess Diana

50. “The inner speech, your thoughts, can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak.” — Ralph Charell