99 Grieving Quotes For Loved Ones

Grieving the loss of a loved one is never easy, but sometimes a few words can help us find solace in our sorrow. Here are 99 of the best grieving quotes for loved ones.

1. “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.” – Anonymous
2. “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
3. “What we have once enjoyed we can never lose; all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller
4. “Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” – Eskimo Proverb
5. “Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity.” – Terri Guillemets
6. “Memories are the legacy of love.” – Unknown
7. “The only cure for grief is to grieve.” – Earl Grollman
8. “Grief is not a disorder, a disease, or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical, and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.” – Earl Grollman
9. “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.” – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and John Kessler
10. “The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” – Pierre Auguste Renoir
11. “What we once enjoyed and deeply loved, we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.” – Helen Keller
12. “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
13. “Grief is the price we pay for love.” – Queen Elizabeth II
14. “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” – Thomas Campbell
15. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
16. “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” – Unknown
17. “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi
18. “Grief is the last act of love we can give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love.” – Unknown
19. “Those we love never truly leave us. There are things that death cannot touch.” – Jack Thorne
20. “Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.” – José N. Harris
21. “Loss is only temporary when you believe in God.” – Unknown
22. “Grief is a journey, often perilous and without clear direction, that must be taken. The experience of grieving cannot be ordered or categorized, hurried, or controlled.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
23. “Grief is like the aftermath of a storm. It takes time to clear the debris and rebuild. But eventually, the sun shines again.” – Unknown
24. “You don’t get over it, you just get through it. You don’t get by it, because you can’t get around it. It doesn’t ‘get better’; it just gets different. Everyday… Grief puts on a new face.” – Wendy Feireisen
25. “Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love.” – Unknown
26. “Love is stronger than death, even though it can’t stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries, it can’t separate people from love. It can’t take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.” – Unknown
27. “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.” – Unknown
28. “There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
29. “Grief is love with no place to go.” – Jamie Anderson
30. “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” – Unknown
31. “Grief is not a disorder, a disease, or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical, and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.” – Earl Grollman
32. “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” – Rumi
33. “The only way to get over a death is by seeing it as a life completed, instead of a life interrupted.” – Unknown
34. “Grief is the price we pay for love.” – Unknown
35. “Grief is the last act of love we can give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love.” – Unknown
36. “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.” – Kahlil Gibran
37. “There is no happiness without tears, no life without death, and no love without loss.” – Unknown
38. “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
39. “The sorrow we feel when we lose a loved one is the price we pay to have had them in our lives.” – Rob Liano
40. “The pain of grief is just as much part of life as the joy of love: it is perhaps the price we pay for love, the cost of commitment.” – Dr. Colin Murray Parkes
41. “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” – Unknown
42. “The darker the night, the brighter the stars. The deeper the grief, the closer is God.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
43. “The measure of a life is not its length, but its love.” – Unknown
44. “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.” – Kahlil Gibran
45. “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
46. “The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” – Pierre Auguste Renoir
47. “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
48. “Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.” – Sarah Dessen
49. “Grief and love are conjoined, you don’t get one without the other.” – Jandy Nelson
50. “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.” – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and John Kessler
51. “Grief is like the aftermath of a storm. It takes time to clear the debris and rebuild. But eventually, the sun shines again.” – Unknown
52. “Grief is not a disorder, a disease, or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical, and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.” – Earl Grollman
53. “The pain of grief is just as much part of life as the joy of love: it is perhaps the price we pay for love, the cost of commitment.” – Dr. Colin Murray Parkes

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