Grieving Quotes

594 quotes by 453 authors

Another misconception is that if we truly loved someone, we will never finish with our grief, as if continued sorrow is a testimonial to our… — Judy Tatelbaum
Grief is not a disorder, a disease or sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love.… — Earl A Grollman
For survivors, the word closure often connotes that the bereaved are underachievers who flunked a grief course. — Earl A Grollman
She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen. — Martial
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry. But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain, As… — William Shakespeare
A breath, whence no man knows, Swaying the grating weeds, it blows; It comes, it grieves, it goes. Once it rocked the summer rose. — John Vance Cheney
Mankind is an unco squad And muckle he may grieve thee. — Robert Burns
Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er deplore, The flying… — Maurice Maeterlinck
In general satire, every man perceives A slight attack, yet neither fears nor grieves. — George Crabbe
Finger pointing does not provide answers to grieving relatives — Bennie Thompson
Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Dogs...do not ruin their sleep worrying about how to keep the objects they have, and to obtain the objects they have not. There is nothing… — Eugene O'Neill
I feel myself driven towards an end that I do not know. As soon as I shall have reached it, as soon as I shall… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I measure every grief I meet with narrow, probing eyes - I wonder if it weighs like mine - or has an easier size. — Emily Dickinson
I have no business to feel downcast or querulous merely because when so much as been given me I have not had even more. — Theodore Roosevelt
It is indeed surprising that a man inspite of his belief in the Fire of Jahannum is still able to laugh, and inspite of his… — Moses
Better one suffer than a nation grieve. — John Dryden
Shall not this bygone Eden that we knew In our Eternal Life have shape and hue? For where Time is not shall not all Time… — Alphonse de Lamartine
It was a strange lightness, a drifting feeling. Zero gravity. I understood that everything that once seemed solid and immovable might just float away. And… — Lisa Unger
In life there is not time to grieve long. — Thomas Stearns Eliot

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