Grief Quotes
Gentle quotes about grief, loss and missing someone. This hand-picked collection brings together 30 of the finest grief quotes ever written — from Dante Alighieri, Virgil, Christina Rossetti and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.
Say not in grief he is no more, but in thankfulness that he was.
Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there; I do not sleep.
Through me you go into a city of weeping; through me you go into eternal pain.
Perhaps even these things will be a joy to recall one day.
Better by far you should forget and smile, than that you should remember and be sad.
What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep sorrows in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.
Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.
Tears are the silent language of grief — and sympathy is its interpreter.
Grief is the price we pay for love.
Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where the love of our lost ones shines down to let us know they are happy.
Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.
We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world — the company of those who have known suffering.
When I am dead, my dearest, sing no sad songs for me.
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep.
Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrows, which the world knows not.
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth.
This too shall pass.
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
Gone from our sight, but never from our hearts.
Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower, we will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
Grief, when it comes, is nothing like we expect it to be — but love is never lost.
I measure every grief I meet with narrow, probing eyes.
Tears are words the heart can't express.
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.