Grief Quote by Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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

— Horace Greeley

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief…

— Leo Tolstoy

Sorrow makes us very good or very bad.

— George Sand

Great suffering brings with it the power of great endurance. When sorrow is deepest all the forces of patience and courage are banded together…

— Rabindranath Tagore

There is no dealing with great sorrow as if it were under the control of our wills. It is a terrible phenomenon, whose laws…

— Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

“suffering is not good in itself. What is good in any painful experience is, for the sufferer, his submission to the will of God,…

— C.S. Lewis

Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things.

— Ernest Renan

“Suffering is the sorrow of joy.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Sorrow is the great idealizer.

— James Russell Lowell

“To have suffered so much in a certain direction that the suffering is finished, and only its particular wisdom remains, enables one, wherever that…

— James Allen

The very word "sorrow" colours the fact of sorrow, the pain of it.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

People who experience great happiness have also experienced great sorrow. They know the value of it and its importance.

— Anonymous