Grief & Loss Quotes

Quotes About Grief and Loss

• The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God! --FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
• I will not say Do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.
• If I could build a stairway to heaven. I would, so I could climb it every day just to see you, tell you how much I miss you and give you a hug and a kiss.
• I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, from which I'll never part. God has you in His arms. I have you in my heart.
• When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place. - C.S. Lewis
• Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose. --C.S. LEWIS

Cheryl Strayed’s memoir "Wild" was a runaway hit in more ways than one. It was so tremendously popular that it ended up being made into a film starring Reese Witherspoon. Its narrative followed the author’s decision, after the death of her mother, to run away from her life and marriage and walk the Pacific Crest Trail alone. It was during that trek that, impelled by a desire to leave the difficulties of her past behind and start over anew, she changed her last name. Because it was impossible for her to go on as before, Cheryl strayed, and went on as she never had.

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Ecclesiastes 1:8 Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.

Matthew 5:4 ESV “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Psalm 147:3 ESV He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Revelation 21:4 ESV He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

1 Peter 5:7 ESV Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-17 ESV For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; ...

Psalm 34:18 ESV The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

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WHAT DO YOU LEARN WHEN YOU FAIL?

John Maxwell believes that losing is an opportunity to learn. But many people do not seize it. When they don't, losing really hurts.

In Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn, John explores the most common lessons we learn when we experience loss.

He then explains how to turn a set-back into a step forward by examining the eleven elements that make up the DNA of those who learn:

Humility - The Spirit of Learning
Reality - The Foundation of Learning
Responsibility - The First Step of Learning
Improvement - The Focus of Learning
Hope - The Motivation of Learning
Teachability - The Pathway of Learning
Adversity - The Catalyst of Learning
Problems - The Opportunities of Learning
Bad Experiences - The Perspective for Learning
Change - The Price of Learning
Maturity - The Value of Learning

As John often points out--experience isn't the best teacher; evaluated experience is.