Grieving Quotes

594 quotes by 453 authors

Do not grieve over any joy that has gone forever, for it will return to you in another form, know that for sure. — Rumi
All those years I fell for the great palace lie that grief should be gotten over as quickly as possible and as privately. But, what… — Anne Lamott
What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over, does it? — Peter Shaffer
For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged this poor life… — St. Jerome
If we cannot serve a person who we can see, how can we serve a God whom we cannot see? Some just have to have… — Phil Pringle
And when that bad news washes over you and that pain sponges in, I just hope you feel like you've always got two choices.Â One,… — Neil Pasricha
Though it make the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve. — William Shakespeare
Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is passed away. — William Wordsworth
I am quite ready to acknowledge . . . that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded that I am… — Socrates
The darling mispronunciations of childhood! - dear me, there's no music that can touch it; and how one grieves when it wastes away and dissolves… — Mark Twain
If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our… — Tara Brach
He seemed, indeed, to accept everything without the least condemnation though often grieving bitterly. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Talking about your feeling with someone who is willing to listen can be enormously consoling, especially if that person has experienced a death similar to… — Candy Lightner
Perhaps the reassuring thing about grieving is that the process will not be cheated. — Martha Whitmore Hickman
You should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. — George R. R. Martin
Commit whatever grieves thee into the gracious hands of Him who never leaves thee, who heav'n and earth commands. Who points the clouds their courses,… — Paul Gerhardt
We too can be saints in our family, in our neighborhood, wherever we live and work. Be a person who listens to what people need,… — Pope Francis
To expiate the pain of losing her firstborn son in the Iraq war, Cindy Sheehan decided to cheer herself up by engaging in Stalinist agitprop… — Ann Coulter
Do not grieve. Misfortune will happen to the wisest and best of men. Death will come, always out of season. It is the command of… — Kent Nerburn
As we weep for what we have lost, and as we grieve for family and friends and we confront the challenge that is before us,… — Anna Bligh

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