Down through recorded history, Words of Comfort inscribed on a memorial have served an everlasting tribute to a departed loved one, and as an enduring solace to the living. Evolving from mere symbols that honored a brave hunter or a wise king, they have come to express the character of the departed in an appropriate phrase that told of the esteem in which he was held by those who knew and loved him. Often a familiar Biblical or Classical quotation, these ageless phrases have long been an ideal way to preserve the memory of one held dear.
Here are a number of suggested Words of Comfort, taken from the Bible and from the Classics. They are your personalized, everlasting testament of love and remembrance saying so simple yet so eloquently that a treasured memory will never die.
We have words for the following topics:
From The Bible
- Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.-23rd Psalm
- Believe in Him to life everlasting.- 1 Timothy 1:16
- He shall receive in the world to come eternal life. - Mark 10:30
- The righteous shall go into life eternal.- Matthew 25:46
- Whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.-John 3:16
- Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. - Matthew 5:8
- He that endureth to the end shall be saved. - Matthew 10:22
- The Lord hath given him rest from all his enemies. - II Samuel 7:1
- Thy remembrance shall endure unto all generations. - 102nd Psalm
- I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. - Philippians 1:3
- He that believeth in the Son hath everlasting life. - John 3:15
- I rejoice in thy salvation. - 1 Samuel 2:1
- The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. - 23rd Psalm
- This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. - Matthew 3:17
- Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust. - Psalms 40:4
- Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden. - Matthew 11:28
- Sleep on now, and take your rest. - Matthew 26:45
- Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. - Matthew 5:4
- Well done, thou good and faithful servant. - Matthew 25:21
- I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. - John 11:25
- Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. - John 14:1
- All things work together for good to them that love God. - Romans 8:28
- Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.- Revelation 2:10
- Not my will, but thine be done. - Luke 22:42
- The Lord watch between me and thee, while we are absent, one from the other. - Genesis 31:49
- For with Thee is the fountain of life: in the light shall we see light. – Psalm 36:9
- God is love; and He that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God; and God in him.- 1 John 4:16
- Greater love than this no one has, that one lay down his life for his friends – John 15:13
- This is the promise ... the life everlasting. – 1 John 2:25
- For of such is the kingdom of heaven. – Matthew 19:14
- I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.- II Timothy 4:7
From The Classics
- The soul that suffers is stronger than the soul that rejoices. - E. Shepard
- Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. - H.W Beecher
- Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts. not amid joy. - Hermans
- What seem to us but dim funereal tapers may be Heaven's distant lamps. - Longfellow
- Death is the golden key that opens the palace of Eternity. - Milton
- There is a sweet joy that comes to us through sorrow. - Spurgeon
- Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. - Moore
- Heaven. the treasury of everlasting joy. - Shakespeare
- Death is not a foe. but an inevitable adventure. - Sir Oliver Lodge
- Every man's life is a plan of God. - Horace Bushnell
- The acts of this life are the destiny for the next. - Eastern proverb
- Sorrows are like tall angels with star-crowns in their hair. - Margery Eldredge Howell
- The heart of him who truly loves is a paradise on earth. - Lamennais
- Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. - Milton
- To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another. - Leibnitz
- Humble love, and not proud science, keeps the door of Heaven. - Young
- The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy. - Beaumont and Fletcher
- Mercy to him that shows it. is the rule. - Cowper
- Nature's loving proxy, the watchful mother. - Bulwer
- Dust through art, to dust returnest, was not spoke of the soul. - Longfellow
- The kiss of the sun for pardon, the song of the birds for mirth, One's nearer God's heart in a garden, than anywhere else on earth.- Dorothy Francis Gurney
- Till the Master of all good workmen shall set us to work anew. - Rudyard Kipling
- The end and the reward of toil is rest. - James Beattie
- In His will is our peace. - Dante
- Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past. - Lowell
- Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory. - Shelley
- Each lonely scene shall thee restore. - William Collins
- Things past belong to memory alone,things future are the property of hope. -John Home
- Yet in this heart's most sacred place, thou, thou, alone shall dwell forever. - Moore
- There hath pass'd away a glory from the earth. - WordsworthJ
- oy, joy forever!-My task is done-the gates are pass'd, and heaven is won. -Moore
- The cross leads generations on. - Shelley
- The heart of man is restless until it finds its rest in Thee. - St. Augustine
- God is and all is well. – Whittier
- Death's but a path to be trod if man would ever pass to God. - T Parnell
- Onward to thy glory! 'Tis always morning somewhere in the world. - R.H. Horne
- Life's a voyage that's homeward bound. - H. Melville
- He hath awakened from the dream of life. - Shelley
- Beyond is the infinite morning of a day without tomorrow. - WS. Abbot
- Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break. - Shakespeare
General Words of Wisdom
- Gone, but not forgotten.
- In loving memory.
- To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die.
- Entered into rest.
- Until we meet again.
- I shall but love thee better after death.
- Forever in our hearts.
- Always in our hearts.
- At rest with God.
- Rest in Peace.
- Too well loved to ever be forgotten.
- Asleep in Jesus.
- Home with God, which is far better.
- Ours for a little while. with Jesus forever.
- Everlasting life through Christ
- Asleep in Christ Jesus.
- Beloved of the Lord.
- The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.
- Rest in thine, sweet memory ours.
- Sweetly sleeping.
- Loving memories last forever.
- Hasten, oh blessed hour of reunion!
- Not lost to memory! Not lost To Love! But gone to our Father's house, above.
- Step softly, a dream lies buried here.
- Your love will light my way, your memory will ever be with me.
- What we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever.
- Death is only a shadow across the path to heaven.
- At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them.
- He longest lives who most to others gives, himself forgetting.
- May the souls of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.
- He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee.
- God could not have made earthly ties so strong to break them in eternity.
- Where He leads me I can safely go. - Millay
- God gives us love. Something to love He lends us. – Tennyson
- Whither thou goest. I will go. - Ruth i:76
- But in the night of death hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. - Ingersoll
- There never was night that had no morn. - D.M.N. Craik
- Faith builds a bridge across the gulf of death. - Young
- Until the day break, and the shadows flee away. - Cant. ii:77
- Tis not the whole of life to live, nor all of death to die. - J. Montgomery
- Where there is sorrow there is holy ground. - Wilde
- Now twilight lets her curtain down and pins it with a star. - L.M. Child
- Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. -Moore
- Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest. - Goethe
- His daily prayer, far better understood in acts than words, was simply doing good. - Whittie
For a Wife, Mother, Daughter or Sister
- God's greatest gift returned to God - my mother.
- 0, Lord I put her in thy hands.
- She had a kindly word for each and she died beloved by all.
- She lives with us in memory and will for evermore.
- May God grant you eternal rest. dear Mother.
- She concealed her tears but shared her smiles.
- God took her home, it was his will, but in our hearts she liveth still.
- God bless thee whereso'er thou art in his great universe today.
- She is resting peacefully with Jesus in that beautiful home above.
- Her memory is enshrined in our hearts.
- Her friendship was an inspiration, her love a blessing.
- Resting with those she loved.
- She served and kept the faith.
- She walked in beauty.
- Her friends were her world.
- She loved people and laughter.
- She would rather give than to receive.
- God called her from among us to a home of eternal rest.
- Always loving: always loved.To know her was to love her.
- She gave so much and demanded so little.
- Her children arise up and call her blessed.
- A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive.
- Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love.
- When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
- She passed through glory's morning gate and walked in paradise.
For a Husband, Dad, Son or Brother
- No man is indispensible but some are irreplaceable.
- His friendship was an inspiration, his love a blessing.
- He was beloved in life.
- He loved his fellow man.
- A loving father, tender and kind, what a beautiful memory you left behind.
- Resting with those he loved.
- His greatest joy was in making others happy.
- His joy was in serving others.
- God took him home, it was his will , but in our hearts he liveth still.
- At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember him.0, Lord I put him in thy hands.
- His mission on earth fulfilled .He loved people and laughter.
- His friends were his world.
- He lives with us in memory and will for everyone.
- To those who knew him and loved him his memory will never grow old.
- He had a kindly word for each and died beloved by all.
- My pal on earth, God's angel in heaven.
- Fond memories linger every day, remembrance keeps him near.
- The world's loss was heaven's gain when God took you home.
- A man greatly loved.
- To know him was to love him.
- We love him a lot but God loved him more.
- On him and on his high endeavor the light of praise shall shine forever.
- His life was gentle, and the elements so mix'd in him, that nature might stand up and say to all the world , "This was a man"
- To live with him and sing in endless morn of light
For an Infant or Child
- Hush, my dear, be still and slumber; Jolly angels guard your bed. - Watts
- The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtue. - Cicero
- Children bring their own love with them when they come. - Jean Ingelow
- What would the world be to use if the children were no more? - Longfellow
- Oh, for boyhood's time of June crowding years into one brief moon. - Whittier
- Sleep undisturbed within the peaceful shrine till angels wake thee with a note like thine. - Samuel Johnson
- No jewel is as perfect as the innocence of childhood. -Anonymous
- Sleep, my little one, sleep- Harrington
- Children are an heritage of the Lord. - Psalms 727:3
- The child is the father of man. - Wordsworth
- Little Boy Blue has gone away. - Field
- God's garden has need of little flowers.
- Remembering a tiny angel.
- So small, so sweet, so soon.
- Lord, we give you our littlest angel.
- Budded (or blossomed) on earth to bloom in Heaven.
- For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.
- His was a man's courage.
- Out littlest angel who went back to Heaven.
- Called by one who loves him dearly.
- Let thy child rest in hope and rise in glory.
- Awaiting the touch of a little hand, and the smile of a little face. - E. Field
- Children are the keys of paradise. - R.H. Stoddard
- An angel visited the green earth, and took a flower away.
