Sympathy Condolences Quotes & Sayings

Compassion, the fairest associate of the heart. — Thomas Paine

Happiness is the freedom of choice. The freedom to choose where to live, what to do, what to buy, what to sell, from whom, to whom, when and how. — Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin

The light has gone out of my life. — Theodore Roosevelt

When you are sorrowful, look again. — Khalil Gibran

There is nothing so lovely as to be beautiful. Beauty is a gift of God and we should cherish it as such. — Marie De Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise De Sevigne

Sending you sincere condolences and the wish that the passing of time eases your sorrow. — Margaret Jones

We understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love. — Madame De Stael

For grief is crowned with consolation. — William Shakespeare

I like to be other people, not me. And when you're on the red carpet, it's like, 'Here's Tom Hardy.' I don't want to be me. That's why I play other people. — Tom Hardy

And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile. — John Henry Newman

He who steps on stones is glad to feel the smallest spray of moss beneath his feet. — Anna Katharine Green

Good-night! good-night! as we so oft have said Beneath this roof at midnight, in the days That are no more, and shall no more return. Thou hast but taken up thy lamp and gone to bed; I stay a little longer, as one stays To cover up the embers that still burn. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free. — Barbara Boxer

The entire annals of Observation probably do not elsewhere exhibit so extraordinary a verification of any theoretical conjecture adventured on by the human spirit! — John Pringle Nichol

Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others. — Samuel Smiles

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

Thanks, sir; all the rest is mute. — William Shakespeare

Sympathy does not think. It acts. It acts to remove. The ceaseless sufferings. Of the world — Sri Chinmoy

I have a kind soul that would give you thanks. And knows not how to do it but with tears. — William Shakespeare

Please, accept the most sincere words of sympathy over the natural disaster that affected the United States . I know that hurricane Katrina that hit the US south-western coast led to casualties, left homeless dozens of thousands of US citizens and inflicted a strong damage to the economy of this region. I ask you to convey my condolences to the next of kin of those killed,. — Vladimir Putin

Death cannot kill what never dies. — William Penn

Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind. — John Milton

How bless'd the heart that has a friend. A sympathizing ear to lend. — Thomas Hood

Shocked to learn of the serious attacks against certain areas in New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, which caused horrendous casualty, I wish to express, on behalf of the Chinese Government and people, our deepest sympathy and solicitude to you and, through you, to the Government and people of the United States. I wish also to extend our condolences to the families of the victims. The Chinese Government has consistently condemned and rejected all forms of terrorist violence. — Jiang Zemin

In the struggle to remain a complete person and to love from her fullness instead of her inadequacy a woman may appear hard. She may feel her early conditioning tugging her in the direction of surrender, but she ought to remember that she was originally loved for herself; she ought to hang on to herself and not find herself nagging, helpless, irritable and trapped. Perhaps I am not old enough yet to promise that the self-reliant woman is always loved, but she cannot be lonely as long as there are people in the world who need her joy and her strength, but certainly in my experience it has always been so. Lovers who are free to go when they are restless always come back; lovers who are free to change remain interesting. The bitter animosity and obscenity of divorce is unknown where individuals have not become Siamese twins. A lover who comes to your bed of his own accord is more likely to sleep with his arms around you all night than a lover who has nowhere else to sleep. — Germaine Greer