Grief Quotes
There are some men above grief and some men below it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone, his own burden, his own way.
No one is exempt from grief.
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.
To bury grief plant a seed.
Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.
Sophocles
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
Shared grief is half the grief.
I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart.
Look well into thyself. There is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou will always look there.
We acquire the strength we have overcome.