Sympathy Quotes: Words of Sympathy

Though, silent companionship to a friend or family member is the best way to help the person get over their misfortune; sometimes, few words can help soothe the sufferer's pain. There are times when we need to sympathize with people but can't come up with something appropriate. At times we ourselves die to listen to some words that would give us courage enough to forget about the present circumstance and look forward to better times that are bound to come. That is the time when sympathy quotes help us in struggling with the prevailing sorrow apart from showing us the true face of life that has to be seen, no matter how much we try not to see it. Here is a list of sympathy quotes that are strengthening and help us to view life positively.

Words of Sympathy by Famous People
Below is a list of condolence messages that can help you fill the awkward silence, and give some comfort to the person who is suffering. Make sure you use the appropriate sympathy quotes for loss of a child or loss of a husband or for any such delicate situation. Also, use these condolence messages at the appropriate time.

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal." - From a headstone in Ireland

"Friends are the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, sometimes they lean on you, and sometimes it's just enough to know that they are standing by." - Anonymous

"No person is ever truly alone. Those who live no more, Whom we loved, Echo still within our thoughts, Our words, our hearts." - Richard Fife

"Life is eternal, and love is immortal,
and death is only a horizon;
and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight."- Rossiter Worthington Raymond

"I see you cry, I cry for you. I see you hurt it hurts me too. Everyday as you grow worse, I die inside, as you get hurt."- Christina Brown

"It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals?" - Benjamin Franklin

"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight." - Kahlil Gibran

"For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of earthly blessings to my soul, If sympathy of love unite our thoughts." - William Shakespeare

"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering." - Ben Okri

"They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm" - Anne Frank

"Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of others...for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my outer and inner life is built upon the labors of people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received."- Albert Einstein

"Memory can tell us only what we were, In company with those we loved; It cannot help us find out what each of us, Alone, must now become."- Richard Fife

"No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure."- Emma Goldman

"We must never permit the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man."- Albert Schweitzer

"He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels."- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

These were the various sympathy quotes. Such kind words of sympathy will help you provide solace to a friend or relative. Apart from saying these kind words a gentle hug or holding hands can provide further comfort to the person.