82 Comforting Quotes on Sympathy (CONDOLENCES)

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Top 10 Most Famous Quotes on Sympathy

“That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.”
William Wordsworth

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

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

“Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one’s soul.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity. - Terri Guillemets — Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity. – Terri Guillemets

There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart. - Mahatma Gandhi — There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart. – **Mahatma Gandhi**

“If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.”
Tara Brach

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. - Oscar Wilde — If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. – **Oscar Wilde**

You can’t truly heal from a loss until you allow yourself to feel the loss. - Mandy Hale — You can’t truly **heal** from a loss until you allow yourself to feel the loss. – **Mandy Hale**

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. — 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.

15 Quotes on Sympathy that You Can Share With Someone Who’s Experiencing Loss

Wishing you strength for today and hope for tomorrow. - Renee O’Neil — Wishing you strength for today and **hope** for tomorrow. – Renee O’Neil

Although no words can take away the sorrow that you bare. May it be comforting to you to know that others care.

Gone from our sight, but never from our hearts.

A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our loved ones are sealed inside to comfort us. — A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the **memory** and love of our loved ones are sealed inside to comfort us.

We pray the love for the lost is forever carried in your memory. — We **pray** the love for the lost is forever carried in your memory.

May the memories of your loved one give you strength in the days that lie ahead.

May my condolences bring you comfort and may my prayers ease the pain of this loss.

My heart is with you in your time of sorrow.

May the sorrow you feel in your heart lighten by the love that surrounds you.

I hope you feel surrounded by much love.

We are here for you and your family, now and forever. — We are here for you and your **family**, now and forever.

We are thinking of you during these difficult times.

Words can’t express how saddened we are to hear of your loss.

And then I heard the angel say, 'She’s with you every day.' — And then I heard the angel say, ‘She’s with you every day.’

15 Touching Quotes on Sympathy

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother. - Homer — A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a **brother**. – **Homer**

What is lovely never dies, but passes into another loveliness, Star-dust or sea-foam, Flower or winged air. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich — What is lovely never dies, but passes into another loveliness, Star-dust or sea-foam, Flower or winged air. – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

The dew of compassion is a tear. - Lord Byron — The dew of **compassion** is a tear. – **Lord Byron**

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. - Norman Cousins — **Death** is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. – Norman Cousins

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good. - Harriet Beecher Stowe — Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good. – Harriet Beecher Stowe

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion. - Simone de Beauvoir — One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion. – **Simone de Beauvoir**

Only a moment you stayed, but what an imprint your footprints have left on our hearts. - Dorothy Ferguson — Only a moment you stayed, but what an imprint your footprints have left on our hearts. – Dorothy Ferguson

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. - Ivan Turgenev — To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. – Ivan Turgenev

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Flowers grow out of dark moments. - Corita Kent — Flowers grow out of dark moments. – Corita Kent

The Remembrance of the good done those we have loved is the only consolation when we have lost them. - Demoustier — The Remembrance of the good done those we have loved is the only consolation when we have lost them. – Demoustier

From the end spring new beginnings. - Pliny the Elder — From the end spring new beginnings. – **Pliny the Elder**

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality. - Emily Dickinson — Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality. – **Emily Dickinson**

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever. - Alfred Lord Tennyson — If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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

12 Quotes on Sympathy in Dealing with Grief

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. - Marcel Proust — **Happiness** is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. – **Marcel Proust**

Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh — Grief can’t be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

One often calms one's grief by recounting it. - Pierre Corneille — One often **calms** one’s grief by recounting it. – Pierre Corneille

Grief is the price we pay for love. - Queen Elizabeth II — Grief is the price we pay for love. – **Queen Elizabeth II**

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. - Alphonse de Lamartine — Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. – Alphonse de Lamartine

Grief changes shape, but it never ends. - Keanu Reeves — Grief **changes** shape, but it never ends. – **Keanu Reeves**

The only cure for grief is action. - George Henry Lewes — The only cure for grief is **action**. – **George Henry Lewes**

Tears are the silent language of grief. - Voltaire — Tears are the silent language of grief. – **Voltaire**

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. - Marcus Tullius Cicero — It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. – **Marcus Tullius Cicero**

Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not. - Xenophon — Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not. – Xenophon

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

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections. - James Martineau — Grief is only the memory of widowed affections. – James Martineau

16 Quotes on Sympathy that Will Lighten Your Sorrow

“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.”
Saint Augustine

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their **destiny**. They **learn** what to do and what to avoid. – **Johann Wolfgang von Goethe**

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell. - Joni Mitchell — Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell. – Joni Mitchell

People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. - Ann Landers — People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. – **Ann Landers**

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it. - Victor Hugo — Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it. – **Victor Hugo**

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 — 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**

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us. - Meister Eckhart — Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us. – Meister Eckhart

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. - Corrie Ten Boom — **Worry** does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. – Corrie Ten Boom

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. - William Shakespeare — When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. – **William Shakespeare**

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. - Thomas Moore — Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. – Thomas Moore

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow. - Dirk Benedict — Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow. – Dirk Benedict

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery. - Dante Alighieri — There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery. – Dante Alighieri

Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in a time of sorrow. - Robert Louis Stevenson — Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in a time of sorrow. – **Robert Louis Stevenson**

Bear and endure This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good. - Ovid — Bear and **endure**: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good. – Ovid

The cure for sorrow is to learn something. - Barbara Sher — The cure for sorrow is to learn something. – Barbara Sher

Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us. - Orison Swett Marden — Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us. – Orison Swett Marden

14 Quotes on Sympathy That Will Make You Think

“It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Come away, O human child To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. - William Butler Yeats — Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand. – William Butler Yeats

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. - William Blake — Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. – William Blake

“Yes, death. Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace.”
Oscar Wilde