Quotes on Grief Comfort

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

Wherever you are you will always be in my heart.

He spoke well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love.

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.

There is a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.

We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

Grief is a solitary journey. No one but you knows how great the hurt is. No one but you can know the gaping hole left in your life when someone you know has died. And no one but you can mourn the silence that was once filled with laughter and song. It is the nature of love and of death to touch every person in a totally unique way. Comfort comes from knowing that people have made the same journey. And solace comes from understanding how others have learned to sing again.

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way.