Words of Condolence

How to tell someone your sorry for their loss may be assisted using words of condolence.  It is always difficult to find those appropriate words.  Not wanting to say the wrong thing is often a barrier for us when it come to writing that special message.  Taking some help from bereavement sayings, sympathy quotes or condolence phrases may give you the help you need to make that special message come right from the heart.

I would say to those who mourn... look upon each day that comes as a challenge, as a test of courage.  The pain will come in waves, some days worse than others, for no apparent reason.  Accept the pain.  Do not suppress it.  Never attempt to hide grief.   Daphne du Maurier

If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand.

Author Unknown

 

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.

Julie Burchill

 

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

 

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. 

Indian Proverb

 

What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose.  All that we love deeply becomes part of us.

Helen Keller

 

While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil.  

John Taylor

 

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

 

Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers, but the seed remains.
Kahlil Gibran

 

Perhaps they are not the 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.
Author Unknown

 

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

From a headstone in Ireland

 

Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow,May looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.

Author Unknown

 

The angels are always near to those who are grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones are safe in the hand of God.  

Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994

You cannot take away the pain someone is feeling, but you can try and ease it with some comforting words of sympathy.  You may also find sympathy phrases to be a helpful resource. Being there for someone, just as a quiet body next to them and sharing your thoughts of happiness for them may just be what they need to help them through this very difficult time.