80 Sympathy Messages and Condolence Quotes for Loss

Looking for inspiring sympathy quotes for loss or pictures, or images? If you are unsure of what to write in a sympathy card, we offer a collection of condolence quotes and messages as examples: Check out our collection of sayings on sympathy, condolence.

Sympathy Messages and Condolence Quotes

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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”

“Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.”

“Today and always, may loving memories bring you peace, comfort, and strength.”

“Keeping you close in heart and prayer for the loss of your beloved (name of deceased).”

“Our deepest sympathy.”

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

“Wherever a beautiful soul has been, there is a trail of beautiful memories.”

Sorry For Your Loss Quotes

“Saying goodbye to someone we love is heartbreaking. May you find comfort in all the special memories shared with name of deceased.”

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

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

“With love and remembrance.”

“May He who knows your sorrow bring peace, comfort, and healing to your soul.”

“Forever Remembered, Forever Missed

“Words seem inadequate to express the sorrow felt by the loss of (name of deceased). My heart is with you.”

“Someone as special as name of deceased will never be forgotten. He/she will remain in our hearts forever.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“He will cover you with his feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge.”

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

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

“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.”

Inspirational Sympathy Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

Inspiring Condolences Quotes

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

“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.” – William Shakespeare

“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

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

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

“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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness.” – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Comforting Words For Loss

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

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

“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

“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.”

“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.”

“And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.” – Walt Whitman

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

““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.”

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

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

“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.”

Sympathy Card Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

“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 frame. Your memory is our keepsake, with which we’ll never part. God has you in his keeping, we have you in our hearts.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

As an example, we have prepared a variety of words and messages that offer sympathies for the loss that has occurred. If you are at a loss for what to write in a card of sorrow or sympathy, have a look at our selection of sayings about sympathy and condolence. When you lose someone you care about, you might find comfort in remembering the life they lived and the legacy they left behind. Remember that they are beaming with joy at all that you have accomplished as they look down on you from heaven and see what you have done. Grief is the price we pay for love, therefore it was Queen Elizabeth II who said those famous words.

“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure,” is a quote that is attributed to Corrie ten Boom. The ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius was credited as saying, “We should experience pain, but we should not drown beneath its oppression.” Always keep your memories of the past close to your chest. They won’t go away any time in the near future. The face that had such a special place in our hearts is no longer there.

Silence was the sound that we were looking forward to hearing the most. From that great of a distance, it is not feasible to see or speak with anybody. To paraphrase Khalil Gibran: “But not so far away that thinking cannot reach there.” As far as Sri Chinmoy is concerned, proper ways to convey pity include saying things like “with sympathy,” “thinking of you at this terrible moment,” and “sending love.” Walt Whitman once wrote that “the sun, the moon, the wind, and the stars will forever be around to remind you of the love you shared and the calm she’s finally found.”

Even when there is no one else around, we can’t help but murmur your name to ourselves. We wholeheartedly agree with what Robert Louis Stevenson had to say when he remarked, “your memory is our treasure, from which we’ll never part,” and we quote him here. There is not going to be any breaking up of our relationship. Wherever you go, Mahatma Gandhi, you will never be too far from my thoughts; I will carry you in my heart wherever you go.