Quotes & Sayings About Staying Strong After Losing Someone

And although you have mastered the words, you haven't yet mastered the blank spaces. — Paulo Coelho

To be a leader meant that sometimes you had to look away from the pain — Gregory Benford

Hard times always uncover the basic goodness and evil of the day. — Zig Ziglar

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well. — William Osler

Infrastructure has no ideology," she writes. "Bridges either stay up or fall down. — Anonymous

On this site we're going to build an Eye and Ear Hospital. This is going to be a sight for sore eyes. — Morrie Ryskind

At Christmas, individuals are apportioned their roles in the family script - you're either the funny one or the sensitive one; or you either do the cooking or the washing up. And those roles aren't easy to change. — Tom Hiddleston

Politicians are trying to attract people to issues. — Nancy Pelosi

[ ... ] times of great idealism carry equal chances for great corruptibility. — Thomas Pynchon

Anyone has a right to make a fool of herself if she's really in love," Caroline said. "There aren't any laws. But you have to realize everyone else does it too, and forgive yourself. That is a law."

"Whose law?"

"Caroline's law," Caroline said.

"Do you really believe that?" April asked softly.

"I have to. I try to, that is. — Rona Jaffe

A man's ability to dream is the most sincere form of ambition he has in his arsenal, and the only true glimmer of one's self one has. And if one is to ever lose that ability, it's the same as losing one's self altogether. To reacquire this ability, to gain a new sense of 'self', one must first die ... only then can he be reborn, redefined, and ultimately rediscovered. — Dave Matthes

Think of this as a short book composed entirely of what I hoped would be a long book's quotable passages. — Sarah Manguso