Quotes & Sayings

87 Sympathy Quotes & Condolence Sayings

Here is a list of 87 Sympathy Quotes & Condolence Sayings.

Sympathy Quotes & Condolence Sayings

“Tears are the silent language of grief.” – Voltaire

“When you lose someone you love, you gain an angel you know.”

“What is lovely never dies, but passes into other loveliness.”

“With sympathy, thinking of you at this sad time and sending love.”

“The loss is unmeasurable but so is the love left behind.”

“Grief is the price we pay for love.” – Queen Elizabeth II

“May your heart and soul find peace and comfort.”

“It’s hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember.”

“Grief changes shape, but it never ends.” – Keanu Reeves

“The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.” – James Russell Lowell

“We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.” – Confucius

“May you be comforted by the outpouring of love surrounding you.”

“May loving memories ease your loss and bring you comfort.”

“Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.”– Seneca

“I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life.” – Marlo Thomas

“Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day.” – Unknown

“Memories… let them fill your mind, warm your heart, and lead you through.”

“Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity.”

“You may be gone from my sight… But you are never gone from my heart.”

“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.” – Aeschylus

“Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.” – Orison Swett Marden

“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.”

“Sometimes the strongest people in the morning are the people who cried all night.”

“May there be comfort in knowing that someone so special will never be forgotten.”

“Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts us to the next world.” – Jean Paul Richter

“Whoever you hold in the heart of you, is forever and always a part of you.” – Rossiter Raymond

“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose; all that we deeply love becomes a part of us.”

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa

“Friends are the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, sometimes they lean on you.”

“When you lose a person you love so much, surviving the loss is difficult.” – Cristiano Ronaldo

“However long the night, the dawn will break.” – Proverb

“You can’t truly heal from a loss until you allow yourself to really FEEL the loss.” – Mandy Hale

“To Remember Is Painful, To Forget Is Impossible.” – Maureen Connelly

“Words cannot express my sadness. May the comfort of God help you through this difficult time.”

“He spoke well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.” – Emily Dickinson

“Flowers grow out of dark moments.” – Corita Kent

“May you find peace and joy with each butterfly that passes by.”

“May every sunrise hold more promise, every moonrise hold more peace.”

“Losing a member of the family is never easy, especially one who offered such unconditional love.”

“We understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love.” – Anne L. de Stael

“Sympathy does not think. It acts. It acts to remove the ceaseless sufferings of the world.” – Sri Chinmoy

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.” – Corrie Ten Boom

“There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.” – Oscar Wilde

“Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure.” – Renee Wood

“Sadly missed along life’s way, quietly remembered every day… No longer in our life to share, but in our hearts, you’re always there.”

“God didn’t promise: days without pain, laughter without sorrow, nor sun without rain, but he did promise: strength for the day, comfort for the tears and light for the way.”

“Tenderly, may time heal your sorrow. Gently, may your friends ease your pain. Softly, may peace replace heartaches. And may warmest memories remain.”

“It is much more easy to have sympathy with suffering than it is to have sympathy with thought.”– Oscar Wilde

“Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day… unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear.”

“Gone is the face we loved so dear. Silent is the voice we loved to hear. Too far away for sight or speech. But not too far for thought to reach.”

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller

“Perhaps the mourners learn to look to the blue sky by day, and to the stars by night, and to think that the dead are there, and not in graves.” – Charles Dickens

“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.” – Marcel Proust

“A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.” – Maya Angelou

“As you comprehend this profound loss… let yourself cry knowing each tear is a note of love rising to the heavens.”

“Though sympathy alone can’t alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable.” – Bram Stoker

“Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower, We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.” – William Wordsworth

“While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil.” – John Taylor

“No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply.” – Billy Graham

“When the heart grieves over what is has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.” – Sufi Epigram

“Time does not heal all wounds; it makes coping with the loss easier but the heart never fully recovers.” – Robbie Miller

“Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.” – Hilaire Belloc

“Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow” – Robert Louis Stevenson

“When you speak of her, speak not with tears, for thoughts of her should not be sad. Let memories of the times you shared give you comfort, for her life was rich because of you.”

“The sun, the moon, the wind, the stars, will forever be around, reminding you of the love you shared, and the peace she’s finally found.”

“I am at a loss for words during this sorrowful time. Please know that I am thinking of you and praying for peace and comfort.”

“The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.” – Robert Southey

“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.” – Khalil Gibran

“Those we love can never be more than a thought away, for as long as there’s a memory they live in our hearts to stay.”

“A family is a circle of love, not broken by a loss, but made stronger by the memories. We are forever blessed that God connected us to you.”

“No person is every truly alone. Those who live no more, whom we loved, Echo still within our thoughts, our words, our hearts.”

“Perhaps they are not stars in the sky but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.”

“With Sympathy. Words can’t wipe away your tears. Hugs won’t ease your pain. But hold on to your memories. Forever they’ll remain.”

“Words seem inadequate to express the sadness we feel we for and your family. We are here to help, support, and do whatever you need done.”

“Death brings pain that time can only heal, no words could ease what we truly feel; but with God, her joy is eternally sealed, and cherish her memories that death can’t even steal. Lift up a smile for she is already in the paradise. Our deepest condolences.”

“Words, however kind, can’t mend your heartache, but those who care and share your loss wish you comfort and peace of mind. May you find strength in the love of family and in the warm embrace of friends.”

“There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not upon visionary ideas, but upon the long experience of many generations within the shores of this happy isle, that in freedom you lay the firmest foundations both of loyalty and order.” – William E. Gladstone

“After a loved one passes, be encouraged by their passing and legacy. Instead of crying, live an inspired, spiritual and happy life like they did when they were here. Live each day with encouragement knowing that they are proud and smiling down on you from Heaven”

“We thought of you in love today, but that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday and days before that, too. We think of you in silence, we often speak your name. Now, all we have is memories and your picture in the frame. Your memory is our keepsake, with which we’ll never part. God has you in his keeping, we have you in our hearts.”

“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.” – Leo Buscaglia

“An Eternal memory until we meet again. Those special memories will always bring a smile if only I could have you back for just a little while. Then we could sit and talk again just like we used to do, you always meant so very much and always will do too. The fact that you’re no longer here will always cause me pain but you’re forever in my heart until we meet again.”

“Relationships can be strengthened through the veil with people we know and love. That is done by our determined effort to continually do what is right. We can strengthen our relationship with the departed individual we love by recognizing that the separation is temporary and that covenants made in the temple are eternal. When consistently obeyed, such covenants assure the eternal realization of the promises inherent in them.”

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