Headstone Sayings And Quotes

by allinspiration.com

“The gift of God is eternal life.”
– Romans 6:23

“Whoever brought me here, will have to take me home.”
– Rumi

“Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.”
– Seneca

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
– Soren Aabye Kierkegaard

“If it were given a man to see virtue’s rewards in the next world he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.”
– St. Catherine of Genoa

“A pure soul is like a fine pearl. As long as it is hidden in the shell at the bottom of the sea, no one thinks of admiring it. But if you bring it into the sunshine, this pearl will attract all eyes. Thus, the pure soul which is hidden from the eyes ..of the world, will one day shine before the angels in the sunshine of ..eternity.”
– St. John Vianney

“Life passes. Eternity comes to meet us with great strides. Soon we shall be living with the very life of Jesus. Having drunk deep at the source of all bitterness, we shall be deified in the very source of all joys, of all delights.”
– St. Therese of Lisieux

“And now abide Faith, Hope, Love, These Three; but the greatest of these is Love.”
– 1 Corinthians 13:13

“God is love: and He that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. ”
– 1 John 4: 16

“I rejoice in thy salvation. ”
– 1 Samuel 2: 1

“Believe in Him to life everlasting. ”
– 1 Timothy 1: 16

“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. ”
– 23rd Psalm

“My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx’s grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them.”
– Alastair Campbell

“Speak to Him thou for He hears, and spirit with spirit can meet- closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.”
– Alfred, Lord Tennyson

“I don’t want a tombstone. You could carve on it ‘She never actually wanted a tombstone.’”
– Ali Smith

“I always thought I’d like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I’d like it to say ‘figment.’”
– Andy Warhol

“I never understood why when you died, you didn’t just vanish, everything could just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn’t be there. I always thought I’d like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I’d like it to say ‘figment.’”
– Andy Warhol

“I did not want my tombstone to read, ‘She kept a really clean house.’ I think I’d like them to remember me by saying, ‘She opened government to everyone.’”
– Ann Richards

“Memory, in widow’s weeds, with naked feet stands on a tombstone.”
– Aubrey de Vere

“Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.”
– Billy Sunday

“He who bears his sufferings with patience for God’s sake, will soon arrive at high perfection. He will be master of the world, and will already have on foot the other world.”
– Blessed Giles of Assisi

“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”
– Charles Spurgeon

“Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

“That’s the one for my tombstone… Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?”
– David Byrne

“When I go, if there’s a tombstone it will say, She doesn’t give in. She doesn’t give up. And she never takes no for an answer.”
– Doris Roberts

“Awaiting the touch of a little hand, and the smile of a little face. ”
– E. Field

“On my tombstone just write, ‘The sorest loser that ever lived.’”
– Earl Weaver

“I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.”
– Eartha Kitt

“Let not a man guard his dignity but let his dignity guard him.”
– Emerson

“Now me and my brother go to see him some times but he don’t have much to say anymore. So we sit on his headstone with a fifth of Jack D. Here’s to a long line of sinners like me.”
– Eric Church

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