Top 99 Quotes For Encouraging Words For The Bereaved
Grieving the loss of a loved one is one of the most difficult experiences a person can go through. During this time, it can be helpful to hear words of encouragement and support from those around us. Here are the top 99 quotes for encouraging words for the bereaved:
- “Although it’s difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.” – Author Unknown
- “What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller
- “Grief is the price we pay for love.” – Queen Elizabeth II
- “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.” – Author Unknown
- “It’s okay to cry. Grief is a natural response to loss.” – Author Unknown
- “Although it’s natural to forget your troubles and focus on your blessings, sometimes it’s okay to just focus on yourself and your own healing.” – Author Unknown
- “We never truly 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.” – Author Unknown
- “The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow.” – Author Unknown
- “Grief, I’ve learned, is really love. It’s all the love you want to give but cannot give. The more love you give, the more grief you experience. And that’s just life.” – Author Unknown
- “There is no right or wrong way to grieve. Everyone’s journey is different.” – Author Unknown
- “May the love and support of those around you bring you comfort during this difficult time.” – Author Unknown
- “Grief is a journey, often perilous and without clear direction. The experience of grieving cannot be ordered or categorized, hurried or controlled, pushed aside or ignored indefinitely. It is inevitable as breathing, as change, as love. It may be postponed, but it will not be denied.” – Molly Fumia
- “Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity.” – Terri Guillemets
- “Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
- “The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.” – Russell M. Nelson
- “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
- “No one ever truly leaves us. The people we love live on in our hearts and memories forever.” – Author Unknown
- “The pain of grief is just love with nowhere to go.” – Jamie Anderson
- “Grief is the last act of love we have to give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love.” – Author Unknown
- “The only way to deal with loss is to acknowledge it, embrace it, and work through it.” – Author Unknown
- “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
- “Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.” – Sarah Dessen
- “Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.” – Alphonse de Lamartine
- “The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.” – Henri Nouwen
- “The deepest griefs are the ones that are never spoken.” – Author Unknown
- “Grief is like a long, winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape.” – C.S. Lewis
- “The loss of a loved one is not a test of faith, it is a test of endurance.” – Author Unknown
- “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.” – Washington Irving
- “Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy, you must have somebody to divide it with.” – Mark Twain
- “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” – Author Unknown
- “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.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
- “The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
- “The only cure for grief is to grieve.” – Earl Grollman
- “Grief is the price we pay for having loved someone.” – Author Unknown
- “The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” – Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and of unspeakable love.” – Washington Irving
- “Grief is a journey that, sooner or later, we all must take.” – Tim Jackson
- “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.” – Dr. Seuss
- “Grief never ends, but it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love.” – Author Unknown
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself…and grief.” – Author Unknown
- “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
- “What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.” – Helen Keller
- “The journey through grief is one step at a time, but always forward.” – Author Unknown
- “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
- “Grief is a process, not a state.” – Anne Grant
- “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” – Author Unknown
- “Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love.” – Author Unknown
- “Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is not a disease or disorder, a sign of weakness or lack of faith. It is the price we pay for love.” – Earl Grollman
- “Grief is the last act of love we have to give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love.” – Author Unknown
- “The goal of grief is not to forget, but to remember with less pain and more joy.” – Author Unknown
- “Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom.” – Rumi
- “Grief is a process, not a journey.” – Author Unknown
- “Grief is not a problem to be solved or resolved. Rather, it’s a process to be lived through in whatever form and time it may take.” – Author Unknown
- “Grief is a necessary process of healing. It takes time, patience, and self-compassion.” – Author Unknown
- “Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open