Headstone Quotes

“I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life” - Jean Giraudoux.

Life surely is a beautiful game to play which encompasses within surprises and uncertainties. Life is a game that you play to reach your ultimate destination ‘death’ therefore; you should not either fear death or shed tears over someone’s death. You should not forget that death just takes away the person, but he/she is still alive with you in form of memories which no one can take away from you. You should cherish these memories and provide a respectful and peaceful cremation to the loved ones. One way in which the family members and close friends can pay homage to the soul of the dead is by getting inspirational quotes carved on the headstone of that person. Let these sayings be the replica of the person’s personality and belief from which the people can learn and gain the essence of life and living. You can either pen down one yourself by picking up words suiting the beliefs and personality of the deceased, or you may refer to the below mentioned tombstone quotes to pick what suits the personality of your loved ones.

Tombstone Quotes

“If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.” - Michelangelo
“Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.” - Seneca
“Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” - Eskimo legend
Say not in grief: "He is no more", but live in thankfulness that he was. - Hebrew Proverb
“If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I’d walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.” - Unknown
“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
“I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.” - Helen Keller
“A death is not the extinguishing of a light, but the putting out of the lamp because the dawn has come. Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it. Let the dead have the immortality of fame, but the living the immortality of love.” - Tagore
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Soren Kierkegaard
“Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.” - Anonymous
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Remember sadness is always temporary. This, too, shall pass.” - Chuck T. Falcon
“He who has hope has everything.” - Arabian Proverb
“Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.” - Richard Bach
“Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.” - David Searls
“Knowledge by suffering entereth, and life is perfected by death.” - Elizabeth Barret Browning
“If God hath made this world so fair, where sin and death abound, How beautiful beyond compare Will paradise be found!” - James Montgomery
“Death came with friendly care; the opening bud to heaven conveyed, And bade it lossom there.” - Samuel Taylor
“They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill whatever dies.” - William Penn
“A little tribute, small and tender, Just to say we still remember.” - Anonymous
“Good friend, for Jesus´ sake forbeare to dig the dust enclosed here! Blest be ye man that spares thes stones and curst be he that moues my bones.” - William Shakespeare
“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared, for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” - Winston Churchill
“Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.” - Moore
“Now twilight lets her curtain down and pins it with a star.” - L.M. Child
“The heart of man is restless until it finds its rest in Thee.” - St. Augustine
“Joy, joy forever! - My task is done - the gates are passed and heaven is won.” - Moore
“Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory.” - Shelley

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