Quotes on Your Loss

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.

You can never give up-athletics taught me that. You must work hard, prepare, learn from your losses and continue to fight until the very end.

Grief is a matter of the heart and soul. Grieve your loss, allow it in, and spend time with it.

Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.

Your loss we count as our loss. Your struggle we take as our struggle.

As we think of power in the 21st century, we want to get away from the idea that power’s always zero sum — my gain is your loss and vice versa. Power can also be positive sum, where your gain can be my gain.

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die.

No matter how huge your loss, as long as you remain engaged with your life, the best days of your life may still be ahead of you. Don't misunderstand me: the pain of your loss will remain with you for the rest of your life. But great joy will be there right beside it. Deep sorrow and deep joy can exist within you, side by side. At every moment. And it's not confusing. And it's not a conflict.

The art of losing isn't hard to master.