Quote for Celebrating Life and Helping with the Grieving Process

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

“The darker the night, the brighter the stars; the deeper the grief, the closer is God!” – Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.” – José N. Harris

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

“Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.” – Anne Roiphe

“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.” – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” – Thomas Campbell

“Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.” – Sarah Dessen

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller

“Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.” – Alphonse de Lamartine

“Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.” – Benjamin Disraeli

“They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite.” – Cassandra Clare

“The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief. But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love.” – Hilary Stanton Zunin

“The only cure for grief is action.” – George Henry Lewes

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” – C.S. Lewis

“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give but cannot.” – Jamie Anderson

“Grief is the last act of love we can give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love.” – Unknown

“Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.” – Thomas Moore

“Grieving doesn’t make you imperfect. It makes you human.” – Sarah Dessen

“Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith… It is the price of love.” – Unknown

“To weep is to make less the depth of grief.” – William Shakespeare

“No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away.” – Terry Pratchett

“Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.” – J.K. Rowling

“You don’t go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be.” – Nigella Lawson

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

“Grief is the last act of love we have to give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love.” – Unknown

“Grief is the keenest pang bestowed upon the best of mankind, the strongest proof of love, the greatest sacrifice, the fullest tribute, and the richest legacy.” – Unknown

“We need to grieve the ones we have lost not only to mourn their absence but to give space for their presence in our lives.” – Unknown

“Those we have held in our arms for a little while, we hold in our hearts forever.” – Unknown

“Grief is the price we pay for love.” – E.A. Bucchianeri

“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.” – John Green

“Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief is the blunder of a lifetime.” – Benjamin Disraeli

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love.” – Washington Irving

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

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

“There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Grief is the garden of compassion.” – Rumi

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

“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” – Vicki Harrison

“Grief never ends… But it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay.” – Unknown

“The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” – Pierre Auguste Renoir

“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” – From an Irish Headstone

“The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That’s the deal.” – C.S. Lewis

“Grief is the price of love. It is a measure of the depth of our devotion.” – Dr. Colin Murray Parkes

“Grief, no matter where it comes from, can only be resolved by connecting to other people.” – Thomas Horn

“Grief does not diminish; instead, it carves up a space in your heart.” – Unknown

“What is lovely never dies, but passes into another loveliness, star-dust or sea-foam, flower or winged air.” – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“Grief is the price we pay for love. It is the cost of commitment. And in the end, it is what brings us together and makes us human.” – Unknown

“Grief is the wound that never fully heals. It is the scar of love lost, the ache of an empty space.” – Unknown

“Grief is the last gift we give to those we love. It is the end of our story with them, and the beginning of a new chapter of life.” – Unknown