Don't grieve for what doesn't come. Some things that don't happen keep disasters from happening.

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves.

This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.

nothing grieves more deeply or pathetically than one half of a great love that isn’t meant to be.

How would you like to live with somebody who was everlastingly grieving your heart by his conduct?

I think it's good for people to see the positive beauty that can flower from the deepest grieving.

The proof of a well-trained mind is that it rejoices in which is good and grieves at the opposite.

Never grieve for me if it is my good fortune to die with my boots on. That's what I most hope for.

Formerly, people used to grieve over the departed, but in our days they grieve over the survivors.

I think you have to grieve the loss of youth before you can claim the joy on the other side of it.

What is there to do when people die - people so dear and rare - but bring them back by remembering?

Grieve not because thou understand-not life's mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.

My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself.

Happiness is a choice. You grieve, you stomp your feet, you pick yourself up and choose to be happy.

So may I, blind fortune leading me, Miss that which one unworthier may attain, And die with grieving.

Many churches today have special programs for people who are grieving, and these can be very helpful.

I once fisted two babies and then used the corpses as boxing gloves to fight off the grieving parents.

There are places in the heart that do not yet exist; suffering has to enter in for them to come to be.

In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us.

He seemed, indeed, to accept everything without the least condemnation though often grieving bitterly.

When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.

For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back.

Men must learn how to grieve, or they are inevitably angry or controlling, and they don't even know why.

The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility.

The time you spend grieving over a man should never exceed the amount of time you actually spent with him.

Grief affects job performance, so giving workers time off to grieve can lead to stronger outcomes at work.

There is a point in the grieving process when you can run away from memories or walk straight toward them.

Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

In a world where there is so much to grieve and so little good to take? I grieve nothing. I take everything.

Grief is like manure, if you spread it out it fertilizes, if you leave it in a big pile it smells like crap.

When our communication supports compassionate giving and receiving, happiness replaces violence and grieving.

The leaves fall patiently Nothing remembers or grieves The river takes to the sea The yellow drift of leaves.

Worship your body, beauty, and sexual allure and you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you.

It is so much easier to grieve for the dead than to care for the living. At least in death we are all perfect.

For survivors, the word closure often connotes that the bereaved are underachievers who flunked a grief course.

The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.

We can grieve over lost powers and memories, or rejoice over gained knowledge and maturity, according to taste.

Do not grieve over any joy that has gone forever, for it will return to you in another form, know that for sure.

There is no single way of grieving. But research suggests that there are some broad similarities among grievers.

All those who try to go it sole alone, Too proud to be beholden for relief, Are absolutely sure to come to grief.

It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.

We're more concerned about our own "victory" over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God's heart.

I depart, Whither I know not; but the hour's gone by When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye.

I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings.

[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68)

The tragedy of loss is not that we grieve, but that we cease to grieve, and then perhaps the dead are dead at last.

Waiting is worse than knowing. Grief rends the heart cleanly, that it may begin to heal; waiting shreds the spirit.

Fashion is only complete when it is worn by ordinary people who exist now, managing their lives, loving and grieving.

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