Quotes on Losing A Loved One

After the clouds, the sunshine; after the winter, the spring; after the shower, the rainbow; for life is a changeable thing. After the night, the morning, bidding all darkness cease, after life's cares and sorrows, the comfort and sweetness of peace.

The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not "get over" the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

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

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.

Beautiful people do not just happen

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.

Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived.

You have to start over. That's what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really "starting over." More like "continuing without.

Those who learned to know death, rather than to fear and fight it, become our teachers about life.

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

Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

Through tears and trials, through fears and sorrows, through the heartache and loneliness of losing loved ones, there is assurance that life is everlasting. Our Lord and Savior is the living witness that such is so.