Character Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

Grief, and an estate, is joy understood.

— Gregory Nunn

Great grief makes sacred those upon whom its hand is laid. Joy may elevate, ambition glorify, but sorrow alone can consecrate.

— Horace Greeley

There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.

— Timothy Keller

There are such things as consecrated griefs, sorrows that may be common to everyone but which take on a special character when accepted intelligently…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

— Mark Twain

... Grief is selfish. It is indulged in for self-gratification, not for love. Cosmic man knows the beauty and unreality of death. Sympathy for…

— Walter Russell

People complain about their griefs and sorrows and how they pray to God but find no relief from pain. But grief itself is a…

— Sarada Devi

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy, you must have somebody to divide it with.

— Mark Twain

Great griefs exhaust. They discourage us with life. The man into whom they enter feels something taken from him. In youth, their visit is…

— Victor Hugo

“Do not be overcome by grief but overcome grief with joy. When we’re overcome with grief we’re focusing on the state of our own…

— Adam Houge

We need grief as a precursor to emotional refreshment, and so consume it vicariously in somewhat titrated but powerful enough form through engagement with…

— Catherine Wilson

Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end, and the Lord of life holds all…

— George W. Bush