50+ Celebration of Life Quotes to Treasure the Memory of Someone Special

Celebration of Life Quotes Death

• “Grief is the price we pay for love”

• “Only a moment you stayed, but what an imprint your footprints have left on our hearts.”

• “If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.”

• “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.”

• “More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world.”

• “To me, you were more than just a person. You were a place where I finally felt at home.”

• “Every life is noted and is cherished, and nothing loved is ever lost or perished.”

• “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”

• “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Suess

• “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln

• “Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.” – Alan Sachs

• “Perhaps they are not stars but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones shines down to let us know they are happy.” – Eskimo legend

• “The passing of the years awakens in our hearts the cry for permanence.” – F. B. Meyer

• “Grief is the price we pay for love.” – Queen Elizabeth II

• “Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” – Hans Christian Andersen

• “We know you’d be with us today if heaven wasn’t so far away.” – Traditional / Anonymous

• “What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose,  for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.” – Helen Keller

• “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” – Percy Bysshe Shelley

• “I fall asleep in the full and certain hope that my slumber shall not be broken; and that, though I be all-forgetting, yet I shall not be all-forgotten, but continue that life in the thoughts and deeds of those I have loved.” – Samuel Butler

Celebration of Life Quotes and Sayings

• “And in the end it’s not the years in a life it’s the life in the years” – Abraham Lincoln

• “As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well-used brings happy death” – Leonardo Da Vinci

• “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened” – Dr Seuss

• “The idea is not to live forever but to create something that will” – Andy Warhol

• “Death is more universal than life; everyone dies, but not everyone lives” – Alan Sachs

• “A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again” – Maya Angelou

• “Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another” – Ernest Hemingway

• “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments but what is woven into the lives of others” – Thucydides

• “Life is meant to be a celebration! It shouldn’t be necessary to set aside special times to remind us of this fact. Wise is the person who finds a reason to make every day a special one” – Leo F. Buscaglia

• “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation” – Rumi

• “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel” – Maya Angelou

• “A limb has fallen from the family tree that says grieve not for me, remember the best times, the laughter, the song, the good life I loved when I was strong” – Unknown

• “Because someone we love is in heaven, there’s a little bit of heaven in our home” – Unknown

• “She loved life and it loved her right back” – Unknown

• “The sands of time will never wash away the love that I have for you. Your sweet memory will remain forever in my heart” – Louise Hay

• “I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful” – John Green

• “If I could sit across the porch from God, I’d thank Him for lending me you” – Flavia Weedn