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91 Inspirational Sympathy Quotes for Loss with Images

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March 25, 2022 By Anna Parsons Leave a Comment

Sympathy quotes are quotes or messages that can show your comfort to people. It is best used for people who lost their loved ones – family, friends, or even pets, or any other misfortune. In life, we can never detach the truth that everything will be gone especially the ones will love. These are the most difficult times that we would encounter along the way. Most people relate that receiving cards with personal memories helps them in healing their heartaches.

Writing a sympathy quote for cards or letters isn’t easy. We look for words and we wonder what would be comforting to hear. We even worry about saying the wrong things. If you have difficulty with what you will say or how to phrase your thoughts and feelings for them, don’t worry because we have compiled some of the best sympathy quotes that you can use. Use them to show how you feel for those people who have difficult times. Here are the Inspirational Sympathy Quotes for Loss with Images that we have prepared.

91 Inspirational Sympathy Quotes for Loss with Images

1. “You may have lost a loved one, but heaven gained another angel.”

you may have lost a loved one sympathy quote

2. “Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.” – Emily Dickinson

unable are the loved to die sympathy quote

3. “May the love of God heal you as the burden in your heart abounds.”

may the love of God heal you sympathy quote

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

grief is not a sign of weakness sympathy quote

5. “The goodbyes and tears will morph into memories that you’ll hold close to your heart, now and forever.”

goodbyes and tears sympathy quote

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

may my condolences bring you comfort sympathy quote

7. “Those we have held in our arms for a short while we hold in our hearts forever.”

those we have held in our arms sympathy quote

8. “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 sympathy quote

9. “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

when you are sorrowful sympathy quote

10. “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 sympathy quote

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

may He who knows your sorrow sympathy quote

12. “Gone from our sight, but never from our hearts.”

gone from our sight sympathy quote

13. “Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time. It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.” —Leo Buscaglia

death is a challenge sympathy quote

14. “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 sympathy quote

15. “The object is not to forget, but to remember to go on.”

the object is not to forget sympathy quote

16. “When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.” —Sufi Epigram

when the heart grieves over sympathy quote

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

when someone you love becomes a memory sympathy quote

18. There are some who bring a light so great to the world that even after they have gone the light remains.”

some who bring light so great sympathy quote

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

it's hard to forget someone sympathy quote

20. “As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.” —Leonardo da Vinci

as a well-spent day sympathy quote

21. “I will not say: Do not weep; for not all tears are evil.”

I will not say do not weep sympathy quote

22. “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 sympathy quote

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

no words can take away the sorrow sympathy quote

24. “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 sympathy quote

25. “We pray the love of God enfolds you during your journey through grief. We send you thoughts of comfort.”

we pray the love of God enfolds you sympathy quote

26. “But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.” —Viktor E. Frankl

no need to be ashamed of tears sympathy quote

27. “I am sending you this card to let you know that I am thinking of you. I am sorry for your loss.”

I am sending you this letter to let you know sympathy quote

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

grief is the last act of love sympathy quote

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

may the memories of your loved ones sympathy quote

30. “While we could never understand your pain, we feel your loss. Our condolences.”

we could never understand your pain sympathy quote

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

to live in hearts we leave behind sympathy quote

32. “Death ends a life, not a relationship. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on- in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here.” —Mitch Albom

death ends a life not a relationship sympathy quote

33. “Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.” —Joni Mitchell

sorrow is so easy to express sympathy quote

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

there are no goodbyes for us sympathy quote

35. “Grant but memory to us and we lose nothing by death.”—Whittier

grant but memory to us sympathy quote

36. “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

the pain of grief is just as much as part of life sympathy quote

37. “Grief and love are conjoined—you don’t get one without the other.” —Jandy Nelson

grief and love are conjoined sympathy quote

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

sympathy does not think it acts sympathy quote

39. “The season of mourning, like spring, summer, fall and winter, will also pass.” —Molly Fumia

the season of mourning sympathy quote

40. “Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.”

some people come into our lives sympathy quote

41. “While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil.”—John Taylor

while we are mourning sympathy quote

42. “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” —Richard Bach

what caterpillar calls the end sympathy quote

43. “Your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.” —W.S. Merwin

your absence has gone through me like thread sympathy quote

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

the darker the night sympathy quote

45. “When you find yourself weeping for what you have lost, remember that you are weeping for someone who blessed you with joy. How lucky we are to have all known such a wonderful person.”

when you find yourself weeping sympathy quote

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

your life was a blessing sympathy quote

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

perhaps they are not stars in the sky sympathy quote

48. “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.”

those we love can never be more than a thought away sympathy quote

49. “And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief.” —William Cullen Bryant

we wept that one so lovely sympathy quote

50. “I hold you with hands you cannot feel. I whisper words you cannot hear. I will never leave your side. I never left you I’m still here.” —John F. Connor

I hold you with hands you cannot feel sympathy quote

51. “Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.” —Rossiter W. Raymond

life is eternal and love is immortal sympathy quote

52. “There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.” —Dante Alighieri

there is no greater sorrow sympathy quote

53. “There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.” —Thornton Wilder

there is a land of the living sympathy quote

54. “Absence and death are the same. Only that in death there is no suffering.” —Theodore Roosevelt

absence and death are the same sympathy quote

55. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” —A.A. Milne

how lucky I am sympathy quote

56. “There is no death. Only a change of worlds.” —Chief Seattle

there is no death sympathy quote

57. “To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.” —J.K. Rowling

to have been loved so deeply sympathy quote

58. “May you take comfort in knowing there is one more angel above us.”

there is one more angel above us sympathy quote

59. “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 sympathy quote

60. “Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes but it cannot hide love from the soul.” —Rumi

darkness may hide the trees and the flowers sympathy quote

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

Best Death Sympathy Quotes for Loss

62. After a loved one passes, be encouraged by their passing and legacy. Instead of crying, live…

Best Inspirational Sympathy Quotes

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

Best Short Sympathy Quotes

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

Best Sympathy Quotes

65. Relationships can be strengthened through the veil with people we know and love. That is…

Best Sympathy Quotes for Loss

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

Best Sympathy Quotes for Loss of Friend

67. No person is every truly alone. Those who live no more, whom we loved, Echo still within our…

Best Sympathy Quotes for Loss of Loved One

68. Autumn wins you best by this, its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

Best Sympathy Quotes of All Time

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

Cute Short Sympathy Quotes

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

thinking of you at this sad time and sending love

71. A loss to us is a gain to our God so let’s rejoice to those who will see Him after this life.

Death Sympathy Quotes

72. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but…

Famous Sympathy Quotes

73. Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost…

they are not the stars

74. Words, however kind, can’t mend your heartache, but those who care and share your loss…

who care and share your loss

75. We thought of you in love today, but that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday…

We thought of you in love today

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

we have once enjoyed we can never lose

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

Sad Sympathy Quotes

78. Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words and missed…

Short Cute Sympathy Quotes

79. Death brings pain that time can only heal, no words could ease what we truly feel; but with…

Death brings pain

80. Tenderly, may time heal your sorrow. Gently, may your friends ease your pain. Softly, may…

Short Sympathy Quotes

81. An Eternal memory until we meet again. Those special memories will always bring a smile…

An Eternal memory until we meet again

82. Sympathy does not think. It acts. It acts to remove the ceaseless sufferings of the world.

Sympathy does not think

83. Seasons change and songs do fade. Death can never be detached in our fate. Don’t worry…

Sympathy Quotes for Loss of a Loved One

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

Sympathy Quotes for Loss

85. Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost…

Sympathy Quotes for a Friend

86. Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us everyday.

Those we love don't go away

87. Your friend can never be replaced, but will always be remembered.

Sympathy Quotes for Loss of a Friend

88. Gone is the face we loved so dear. Silent is the voice we loved to hear. Too far away for sight…

Sympathy Quotes for Loss of Brother

89. Losing a member of the family is never easy, especially one who offered such unconditional…

Sympathy Quotes for Loss of Friend

90. Don’t be sad. I’ll be waiting at the rainbow.

Don't be sad

And lastly,

91. A special smile, a special face in our hearts, a special place. Memories are a gift to treasure…

special smile

The Importance of Giving Sympathy

No matter how introverted some of you might seem, you can’t deny the fact that humans are social animals. With that said, the loss of someone near and dear to our hearts is downright tragic. Having other people close to us and willing to support us emotionally through this period is of utmost importance.

From this statement, we can confirm that giving sympathy to someone in need is crucial for that person’s mental health. You see, a regular human being gets to feel pity for another human who is going through a tough time. That’s when giving sympathy becomes second nature. However, sometimes it’s not enough. We must go the extra mile and give that person empathy as well. Empathy is above sympathy through the simple fact that empathy implies you should be able to put yourself in that person’s shoes.

Furthermore, empathy becomes the bridge that connects two people together and creates a space for more genuine healing, understanding, and compassion. By working on our empathy, it allows us to hear others’ points of view and spring us forward into automatically becoming more helpful. Through empathy, we garner not only the betterment of our afflicted acquaintances but also a lasting feeling of trust that will help shape your next big friendship.

Other Things That Can Help

We highly recommend going to therapy if you have recently lost a loved one. Psychological therapy can make all the difference in the world as long as the therapist you’re seeing is a real professional who is involved with their patients.

Another thing that can help, ironically, is spirituality. Going to church, saying a prayer, and other small gestures like these can somewhat alleviate the pain of losing someone near and dear to us.

FAQ

What is a good sympathy message?

When expressing sympathy you have to be very careful towards other people`s emotions. Expressing grief and dealing with others’ grief can be a hard thing to manage. That is why it is useful to use some grief quotes that will help you deal with the situation:

 “You may have lost a loved one, but heaven gained another angel.”

“May the love of God heal you as the burden in your heart abounds.”

What to say to someone who lost a family member quotes?

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

“The goodbyes and tears will morph into memories that you’ll hold close to your heart, now and forever.”

These are just a few of the selected quotes. Scroll down our site for more thoughtful sorrowful quotes.

What are some sympathy quotes?

“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.” – Emily Dickinson

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

“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

These are some of the best sympathy quotes that were written by some of the most talented people in our history. They will help you express the tender emotions you feel towards the complicated emotions that are surrounding you and your loved ones in these trying times.

In conclusion: Sympathy Quotes for the Loss of a Loved One

There are a lot of sympathy quotes out there. You can even write your own sympathy quotes based on your personal experiences, stories you have overheard, or even the messages of other experienced people. Writing a sympathy quote, message, or note can be a very difficult task because we are afraid that we might say the wrong words. The point is, that letting someone know you care for them will mean a lot, even if you are not quite sure what to say. Let your feeling transpire through unconditional love quotes.

The most important thing to remember while writing a sympathy quote is that your message comes from the heart. Your friend or loved one will surely appreciate that you are honoring their loss or acknowledging their sadness with grief quotes. Another note to remember is to write what feels natural or comfortable for you. Choose words that you think will not get other people offended.

We hope that you have enjoyed reading the Sympathy Quotes for Loss. You might also be interested in reading the 52 Best Osho Quotes on Love, Life, and Fear with Images. Feel free to share them with your friends and loved ones on Facebook or any other social media site.

Anna Parsons
Anna Parsons

Anna works as a full-time writer and editor and has devoted the last ten years of her career to assisting readers in improving their perspective on life. She is a Cultural Studies graduate and now contributes to Good Morning Quotes by sharing her traveling experiences and social knowledge with our readers. When she is not typing up her next article, Anna enjoys spending time with friends, visiting new places, and supporting a healthy lifestyle.

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