Meaningful And Touching Funeral Quotes And Sayings

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“Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.”
– Quintus Ennius

“Say not in grief that she is no more
but say in thankfulness that she was
A death is not the extinguishing of a light,
but the putting out of the lamp
because the dawn has come.”
– Rabindranath Tagore

“Let life be beautiful like summer flowers
and death be like autumn leaves.”
– Rabindranath Tagore

“The flower fades and dies;
but he who wears the flower has not
to mourn for it for ever.”
– Rabindranath Tagore

“A death is not the extinguishing of a light,
but the putting out of the lamp
because the dawn has come.”
– Rabindranath Tagore

“Life is given to us,
we earn it by giving it.”
– Rabindranath Tagore

“Let the dead have the immortality of fame,
but the living the immortality of love.”
– Rabindranath Tagore

“Life’s errors cry for the merciful beauty
that can modulate their isolation into a
harmony with the whole.”
– Rabindranath Tagore

“Life, like a child, laughs,
shaking its rattle of death as it runs.”
– Rabindranath Tagore

“It is not length of life, but depth of life.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not
die, but only retire a little from sight and afterwards return again.
Nothing is dead; men feign themselves dead, and endure mock funerals
and mournful obituaries, and there they stand looking out of the
window, sound and well, in some new strange disguise. Jesus is not
dead; he is very well alive; nor John, nor Paul, nor Mahomet, nor
Aristotle; at times we believe we have seen them all, and could
easily tell the names under which they go.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“to win the respect of intelligent persons
and the affection of children;
to earn the approbation of honest critics
and to endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to give of one’s self;
to leave the world a little better,
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;
to have played and laughed with enthusiasm
and sung with exultation;
to know that even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived,
this is to have succeeded.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t.”
– Richard Bach

“I walked a mile with Pleasure;
She chattered all the way.
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow
And ne’er a word said she;
But oh, the things
I learned from her
When Sorrow
walked with me!”
– Robert Browning

“In three words I can sum up everything
I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
– Robert Frost

“Whatever you think matters – doesn’t.
Follow this rule, and you will add
decades to your life.”
– Rodger Rosenblatt

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

“I fall asleep in the full and certain hope
That my slumber shall not be broken;
And that, though I be all-forgetting,
Yet shall I not be all-forgotten,
But continue that life in the thoughts and deeds
of those I have loved.”
– Samuel Butler

“Death came with friendly care;
The opening bud to heaven conveyed,
And bade it blossom there.”
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends!
Hath he not always treasures, always friends,
The good great man? Three treasures, love and light,
And calm thoughts, regular as infants’ breath;
And three firm friends, more sure than day and night,
Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.”
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.”
– Seneca

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

“Death is not the end Death can never be the end.
Death is the road. Life is the traveller.
The Soul is the Guide
Our mind thinks of death. Our heart thinks of life
Our soul thinks of Immortality.”
– Sri Chinmoy

“It’s often said that life is strange.
But compared to what?”
– Steve Forbert

“The journey is the reward.”
– Tao Saying

“I will not insult you by trying to tell you that one day you will forget. I know as well as you that you will not. But, at least, in time you will not remember as fiercely as you do now – and I pray that that time may be soon.”
– Terence Rattigan

“Live your life that the fear of death
can never enter your heart.
Trouble no one about his religion.
Respect others in their views
and demand that they respect yours.
Love your life, perfect your life,
beautify all things in your life.
Seek to make your life long
and of service to your people.
Prepare a noble death song for the day
when you go over the great divide.
Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting
or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light,
for your life, for your strength.
Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living.
If you see no reason to give thanks,
the fault lies in yourself.
Touch not the poisonous firewater that makes wise ones turn to fools
and robs the spirit of its vision.
When your time comes to die, be not like those
whose hearts are filled with fear of death,
so that when their time comes they weep and pray
for a little more time to live their lives over again
in a different way.
Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.”
– The Teaching of Tecumseh

“Death cometh soon or late;
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods?”
– Thomas B. Macaulay

“Death – the last voyage, the longest and the best.”
– Thomas Wolfe

“We’re living in world, stars and dust
Between heaven ‘n all that surrounds us
We’re travellers here, spirits passing through
And the love we give, is all that will endure
Just like a rose after the rain
Something beautiful remains
Tears will leave no stains
Time will ease the pain
For every life that fades
Something beautiful remains”
– Tina Turner

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