Memorial Verses: Catalogue of Quotes for Obituaries

Memorial verses are often included in obituaries and condolence messages, or are found on ribands of funeral wreaths. The most beautiful remembrance is always a heartfelt one, but it doesn’t hurt to add a poem, a passage from the Bible, or a mourning quote that you find most fitting.

We understand how difficult the time around planning a funeral can be, which is why we’ve put together a list of mourning verses.

You can also find verses here that we can print for you on an obituary, or on mourning ribbons and other decorations.

We bring you commemorative quotes divided into the following categories:

• mourning verses for remembrance
• mourning verses in memory of mother
• mourning verses in memory of father
• mourning verses in memory of grandmother
• mourning verses in memory of grandfather
• mourning verses in memory of daughter and son
• mourning verses from the bible

List of mourning verses

We have divided the mourning verses for remembrance into several categories for better clarity. Here you will find mourning poetry, verses from the Bible, quotes for mother and father, quotes for grandmother or grandfather, mourning verses for children and other memorial texts.

To the living, I am gone,
To the sorrowful, I will never return,
To the angry, I was cheated,
But to the happy, I am at peace,
And to the faithful, I have never left.

I cannot speak, but I can listen.
I cannot be seen, but I can be heard.
So as you stand upon a shore gazing at a beautiful sea,
As you look upon a flower and admire its simplicity,
Remember me.

Remember me in your heart:
Your thoughts, and your memories,
Of the times we loved,
The times we cried,
The times we fought,
The times we laughed.
For if you always think of me, I will never have gone.

Don’t cry for me now I have died, for I’m still here I’m by your side,
My body’s gone but my soul is here, please don’t shed another tear,
I am still here I’m all around, only my body lies in the ground.
I am the snowflake that kisses your nose,
I am the frost, that nips your toes.
I am the sun, bringing you light,
I am the star, shining so bright.
I am the rain, refreshing the earth,
I am the laughter, I am the mirth.
I am the bird, up in the sky,
I am the cloud, that’s drifting by.
I am the thoughts, inside your head,
While I’m still there, I can’t be dead.

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn’s rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

If I should go tomorrow
It would never be goodbye,
For I have left my heart with you,
So don’t you ever cry.
The love that’s deep within me,
Shall reach you from the stars,
You’ll feel it from the heavens,
And it will heal the scars.

Time will not dim the face I love,
The voice I heard each day,
The many things you did for me,
In your own special way.
All my life I’ll miss you,
As the years come and go,
But in my heart I’ll keep you,
Because I love you so.

Memorial verses

We commonly print these verses on funeral announcements smuteční oznámení, ribands and funeral decorations pohřební dekorace , as well as other funeral merchandise.

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal;
Love leaves a memory no one can steal.

To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die.

When someone you love becomes a memory,
the memory becomes a treasure.

Gone yet not forgotten, although we are apart,
Your spirit lives within me, Forever in my heart.

Those we love and lose are always connected
by heartstrings into infinity.

What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose,
for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.

Elegies:

Gold survives the fire that’s hot enough
to make you ashes in a standard urn.
An envelope of course official buff
contains your wedding ring that wouldn’t burn.

Tony Harrison

I hold it true, whate’er befall;
I feel it when I sorrow most;
‘Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

Tread lightly, she is near
Under the snow,
Speak gently, she can hear
The daisies grow.
All her bright golden hair
Tarnished with rust,
She that was young and fair
Fallen to dust.

Oscar Wilde

Music I heard with you was more than music,
And bread I broke with you was more than bread;
Now that I am without you, all is desolate;
All that was once so beautiful is dead.

Conrad Aiken

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.

Thomas Cambell

Mourning quotes:

We commonly print these verses on funeral announcements smuteční oznámení, ribands and funeral decorations pohřební dekorace , as well as other funeral merchandise.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal;
love leaves a memory no one can steal.

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

Grief does not change you.
It reveals you.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

You never know how strong you are
until being strong is the only option.

With grief, you know, the only way
to get through it is through it.

Grief can’t be shared. Everyone carries it alone;
his own burden in his own way.

Mourning verses for mother / woman:

We commonly print these verses on funeral announcements smuteční oznámení, ribands and funeral decorations pohřební dekorace , as well as other funeral merchandise.

There is something about losing a mother
that is permanent and inexpressible —a wound that will never quite heal.

My mother taught me everything
—except how to live without her.

The death of a mother is the first sorrow
we weep without her arms around us.

I chose not to lose my mom,
and instead to gain an angel.

The heart knows a love
that death cannot take away.

Mother was comfort. Mother was home.
A girl who lost her mother was suddenly a tiny boat on an angry ocean.
Some boats eventually floated ashore.
And some boats, like me, seemed to float farther and farther from land.

Ruta Sepetys

I have an angel watching over me. She is my mom.

To my mother in heaven, thank you for always loving me and guiding me.
Even though you are no longer here with me I can still feel your love guiding me.
You are always in my heart. I love you and miss you dearly.

A great soul serves everyone all the time.
A great soul never dies.
It brings us together again and again.

Maya Angelou

Mourning verses in memory of father:

Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder
will remain with me forever.

Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day.
Unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed, and very dear.

A loving father, tender and kind,
what a beautiful memory you left behind.

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.

What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose,
for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.

Mourning verses for father / man:

We commonly print these verses on funeral announcements smuteční oznámení, ribands and funeral decorations pohřební dekorace , as well as other funeral merchandise.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

To live in hearts we leave behind
is not to die.

What we have once enjoyed
we can never lose.

The song is ended,
but the melody lingers on.

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory,
abides with us, more potent, nay,
more present than the living man.

Your love continues to light my path,
even in your absence.

Though you’re no longer by my side,
your love continues to surround me

The bond we shared is unbreakable,
transcending time and space.

Say not in grief ‘he is no more’
but in thankfulness that he was.

May your laughter, love, kindness, and strengthlive on forever.

Your memory is a keepsake
from which we’ll never part.

When someone you love becomes a memory,
the memory becomes a treasure.

Deep grief is the result of deep love.

Unable are the loved to die,
for love is immortality”

Memorial quotes for son:

Losing my beloved son has been my greatest heartache;
having had him in my life has been my greatest joy.

The silence you left behind is deafening.
The emptiness is unbearable.

Those we have held in our arms for a little while,
we hold in our hearts forever.

A mother’s love is a bond forever.

You have been my greatest joy,
and your loss my greatest pain.

Though my heart aches at your absence,
it rejoices at the memory of you.

Memorial quotes for daughter:

Your bright light will never fade;
it will continue to shine in our hearts forever.

A daughter is a mother’s best friend and a father’s princess.
The loss is immeasurable, but so is the love she left behind.

No matter how much time passes,
I will miss you every minute of every day.

She was a beautiful soul
who touched so many lives in her short time here.

Memorial quotes for grandfather:

A grandfather is someone with silver in his hair and gold in his heart.

Grandpa, your guiding hand on my shoulder
will remain with me forever.

Those we love deeply become a part of us forever.
Your spirit will live on through all the wonderful memories we shared.

His eyes so full of happiness, his heart that of a child.
Memories we will treasure.

A great soul never dies,
they live on forever in our hearts.

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal.
ove leaves a memory no one can steal.

Deep grief is the result of deep love.

While I don’t yet know how to rest easy without him here,
may the force of nature that was my grandfather rest in peace.

When someone you love becomes a memory,
the memory becomes a treasure.

I’ll give double hugs to Nan. Goodnight,
God bless you, Granddad, from your loving ‘little man.

Memorial quotes for grandmother:

Heaven gained an angel, but I lost a piece of my heart.
I miss you so much, grandma.

A grandmother’s love lasts forever.

Your love was the foundation of our family.
Rest easy, grandmother.

I’ll carry you in my heart forever.

My grandmother taught me everything,
except how to live without her.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane,
I’d walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again.

A garden of love grows in a grandmother’s heart.

You were never ‘just’ a grandma.
You were the one who gave my heart a safe place to land.

She’s gone but she is everywhere.

May all your happy memories of your Grandmother
give you peace and comfort.

In life, we loved you dearly,
in death we love you still.

Your smile and laughter lit up our lives.
We’ll miss you forever, grams.

Bible citations:

Matthew 5:1-3 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them. He said: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

1 Corinthians 15:42-44 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; and it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 5:8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Romans 14:8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Church mourning verses

We commonly print these verses on funeral announcements smuteční oznámení, ribands and funeral decorations pohřební dekorace , as well as other funeral merchandise.

Revelation 21:4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Psalm 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

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

John 14:1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.

Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

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