Losing someone dear in our lives is heart breaking. Therefore, we’ve compiled a list of rest in peace quotes as a message for someone who lost a loved one and grieving.
Death is inevitable and eventually something we all have to come face to face one day in our lives. It’s sad to know and hard to think about. We find it especially difficult too when it comes to finding the right comfort words to say to someone who is grieving over the lost of someone dear.
102 Rest In Peace Quotes To Comfort Someone Who Has Lost A Loved One Click To TweetGiven this, we hope the following quotes about rest in peace will act as a valuable bereavement messages for you to find the right word to say.
Here are 102 Rest In Peace Quotes to comfort someone who has lost a loved one
- “What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller
- “Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death’s perfect punctuation mark is a smile.” – Julie Burchill
- “The bonds I shared with my aunt can never be severed. While her breath may have left her body, she will continue to live on in our memories.”
- “As you close your eyes in rest may all your pain and troubles be lost forever. May you find paradise and a world of eternal beauty. Your lost will forever be felt. Adieu.”
- “The Remembrance of the good done by those we have loved is the only consolation when we have lost them.” – Demoustier
- “Sleep well best friend. Words cannot explain the vacuum you’ve left. I’ll continue rekindling our memories together.”
- “Our hearts go out to you and your family. Death is a part of life that we dread but can’t avoid. In this time of grief we hope you find comfort.”
- “Goodbye for now dearest, I believe more than ever that someday I will see you again and never let you go. Sleep well and sweet dreams.”
- “Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes but it cannot hide love from the soul.” – Rumi
- “My heart hurts every time I think about you, but knowing you are in a better place brings me comfort to live on.”
- “Across the years I will walk with you, in deep green forests, on shores of sand and when our time on earth is through, in heaven too, you will have my hand!” – Robert Sexton
- “I keep wishing this is a dream and I’ll open my eyes and see you walk through the door. Wherever you are may you find peace and all your pains gone forever, and I hope that someday we meet again and I get a chance to tell you how grateful I am to have shared a lifetime with an angel.”
- “Some have life but are not truly living, but you seized every opportunity to live your life to the fullest. Even in death you still inspire us to take each moment and make the most of it. Rest now and sleep in peace.”
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Rest in peace quotes about love
- “What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness.” – Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- “I know that your kind soul is in Paradise watching over us. Till we meet again.”
- “You may be gone for now but you live forever in our memories and in our hearts, because you have given us a lifetime of memories filled with laughter, joy and happiness. Thank you so much for who you were, we love you and we wish you a peaceful sleep.”
- “A man may die but his legacy will continue through his deeds. Today the pain of losing you is difficult to bear because this world needed you for some more years.”
- “You lived your life as a living embodiment of love. You changed our lives. If only we had more time to give back some of the love you selflessly shared. Rest in peace.”
- “Life can be so illogical at times. Today I am crying for the person who taught me how to laugh. You meant everything to me. Rest in peace, my dear!”
- “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss
- “I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love.” ― Leo Buscaglia
- “When we were kids you believed with all your heart that your mom was among the stars looking down on us. Tonight I look up searching for you among the stars. Dedicated to Rohinie Haridat.” ― Tilicia Haridat
- “Loving memories last forever, I am at a loss for words during this sorrowful time. Please know that I am thinking of you and praying for peace and comfort.” — Leo Buscaglia
- “You are irreplaceable and treasured in our hearts forever. To say we will miss you does no justice for what we feel, no amount of tears can express the pain we feel in losing you but then again thank you for the honor of sharing a lifetime with you. Rest in peace.”
- “You will always be remembered no matter what. Your presence, love and kindness will forever be with us. Rest for now until we meet again.”
- “Our God has called you home, if only we were forewarned so we would have made the most of the time we had and tell you how much you made our lives better. A world without you is a reality we are not ready to face. Rest in peace.”
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More rest in peace quotes about memory
- “Not everyone who died had left a memory and not everyone who had left a memory had left a blessed one. Therefore, not all who have died should be tagged with a blessed memory.” — Israelmore Ayivor
- “I’ll remember you. When I’ve forgotten all the rest. You to me were true. You to me were the best.” — Bob Dylan
- “Every step I take, every move I make. Every single day, every time I pray. I’ll be missing you.” ― Sean Combs, Faith Evans
- “You may be gone for now but I have hope we will meet again. In a world where darkness and pain will be no more. You have closed your eyes to rest and I pray for your peace.”
- “Not many have a chance to meet their heroes. I was lucky to have known mine and for that I am truly grateful, I only hope to do the best I can to make you proud. Sleep in peace my hero.”
- “Not many people can accomplish in 3 lifetimes what you did in one lifetime. You are indeed a legend and we will try our best to uphold your legacy. Rest in peace.”
- “It’s funny how life works, you remain the strongest person we know, weathering everything life threw at you with such bravery you almost seemed invincible. You have touched the lives of countless lives and today you leave a void in our hearts no one can fill. Rest in peace our hero.”
- “Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keeping grief inside increases your pain.” ― Anne Grant
- “When your heart is heavy, sometimes it’s just easier to retweet the words of another person who seems to know exactly how you feel.” ― Germany Kent
- I want to find a quiet place, to sit with you awhile, to talk about the happy times, and hope that makes you smile. Rest in Peace Darling.” — Susan Smith
- “There are no goodbyes. Where ever you’ll be, you’ll be in my heart.” — Ghandi
- “A thousand words won’t bring you back, I know because I’ve tried; Neither will a thousand tears, I know because I’ve cried.” — Jessica Crowley
- “Your smile was the brightest and your laughter the warmest. We have truly experienced the death of a star because along with you left the radiance that had profoundly filled our lives. You remain alive in our hearts and we will miss you deeply.”
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Best rest in peace quotes on life
- “This is one of those moments I wish rebirth was possible because I wish more than anything to know and meet you again because one lifetime with you is simply not enough. Sleep in peace and rest now our dearest.”
- “We always thought we would have you and losing you has reminded us of the cruelty of reality. A world without you is unimaginable yet we are now forced to face it. Sleep now our dearest and pay your pains be gone forever.”
- “Life has shown us again it’s hurtful side by taking you away from us when we didn’t see it coming. There’s no way to make up for time lost and now gone but I hope wherever you are, you know that you are truly loved and we hope you find peace and Joy.”
- “Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.” — Albert Einstein
- “He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- “How many brothers fell victim to the streets? Rest in peace, there’s a heaven for a G.” — Life Goes On, Tupac Shakur
- “My life will end someday, but it will end at my convenience.” — Michael Bassey Johnson
- “Despite all progress in science, there’s still no way to show gratitude to a person who is no more. Show your love when people are around.” ― Vineet Raj Kapoor
- “You left us too soon and we wish you’d stayed with us a little longer, we hope we meet again someday to say and do the things we couldn’t, That’s why we say bye for now.”
- “Today the world mourns the departure of a legend who has left behind shoes no one can fill. It will be very difficult to live without you. We pray you find peace wherever you are.”
- “Loss cannot be expressed in words, it can only be felt. So I shall remember you in silence.”
- “Grief is not a disorder, a disease, or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical, and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.” — Rabbi Earl Grollman
- “Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.” ― Rabindranath Tagore
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Rest in peace quotes on grief
- “But not all men seek rest and peace; some are born with the spirit of the storm in their blood.” ― Robert E. Howard
- “You took the hurt and the sorrows away wherever you went. Today, as you leave, you are taking a piece of our lives along with you. Life will never be complete without you.
- “Let’s learn to live! Then there is no death, save the transition, when desired. Many live who have never died as yet.” ― Edgar Cayce
- “My religion is to live and die without regret.” ― Milarepa
- “As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well used brings happy death.” ― Leonardo da Vinci
- “Could I not, for one moment, see your sweet smile again? How will I live and bear this excruciating pain? Answer me as you leave my dearest…forever my tears shall rain.”
- “On the sands of time, you have left your footprints with glory. Everyone will know your name and shall recall your story.”
- “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.” ― Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- “And because I love this life I know I shall love death as well. The child cries out when From the right breast the mother Takes it away, in the very next moment to find in the left one its consolation.” ― Rabindranath Tagore
- “Without you by my side, I will never be complete; alas, with death I could not compete. But you will always be my better half; your memories will always be fresh and sweet.”
- “When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in a manner so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.” ― Native American Proverb
- “We tell the dead to rest in peace, when we should worry about the living to live in peace.” ― Anthony Liccione
- “Keep the door to her life open.” ― Edith Fogg Hickman
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More rest in peace quotes on remembering
- “Like the ocean, life ebbs and flows with the occasional rip.” ― Kamil Ali
- “If there is any place between heaven and earth where I can meet you, do lead me to that place… or sometimes come in my dreams to show me the path of life.”
- “As you go away, along with you goes a part of me…but I am happy that now you are free.”
- “He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.” — Garth Stein
- “Rest your mind for a moment in the peace of knowing you were created and you do exist.” ― Bryant McGill
- “A rested face is a beautiful face. However you can, find your place of rest and peace.” ― Goldie Hawn
- “Peace is joy at rest. Joy is peace on its feet.” ― Anne Lamott
- “Death is only passing through God’s other door.” ― Edgar Cayce
- “Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.” ― Rabindranath Tagore
- “Roses are red, skies are blue, you can leave us, but we will not forget you.”
- “There are some who rule this land and think themselves to be kings. You ruled the hearts of people around you and will do so in paradise too.”
- “Why is it that you have to go, why is life so cruel? I wish you could stay with us forever.”
- “God has now a precious and loving friend, the one we have lost. Your company will even regale angels of death and make them smile.”
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Rest in peace quotes and goodbyes
- “You have been our greatest source of inspiration and courage. Deep in our hearts we will always keep your image.”
- “Nothing breaks our hearts more than having a world that no longer has you in it. You weren’t one in a million but just you and it was an honor to have shared this life with you. Rest in peace our dearest.”
- “Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.” ― Isaiah
- “After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” ― Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- “Life is pleasant, death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome” ― Isaac Ashimov
- “Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for eternity.” ― Nelson Mandela
- “Even in death you are still loved and forever will be. You have touched the hearts of so many who owe you a lifetime of gratitude. We are not saying goodbye forever but goodbye for now. I pray you find peace and rest wherever you are.”
- “We are never ready to say goodbye forever even though we know it is a part of life. This day our hearts are heavy for losing someone so special, but as we mourn your death, we also celebrate your life. Rest in peace.”
- “All say, How hard it is that we have to die—a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.” ― Mark Twain
- “Wishing the dead, ‘rest in peace’ is meaningless – it’s something they already have. Resting peacefully is an exclusive desire of the living or do you wish to be disturbed when at rest? Rest peacefully and rest in peace are one and the same thing. The difference is only in our perception.” ― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu
- “When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death,so when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over gain in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.” ― Chief Aupumut
- “We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.” ― Marcel Proust
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More rest in peace quotes and sayings
- “Death is just another stage of life, although the one you kind of hope comes last.” ― Robert Breault
- “When you are alive – try to find peace at rest; After death – RIP!” ― Amresh Jha
- “You embrace death because life doesn’t exist without it.” ― Dominic Riccitello
- “Death is beautiful, part of life…No, it is sad. It’s sad when anyone dies. Even though every single human dies. So it’s really not that sad.” ― Harris Wittels
- “Too well loved to ever be forgotten. Rest in peace.”
- “Gone, but never forgotten. Rest in peace.”
- “Life is stressful dear. That’s why they say rest in peace.” David Mazzucchelli
- “I can’t hold the tears back. It wasn’t fair that your life had to end. I’ll always keep you in my heart. Rest in peace my friend.” Jay Jay
- “If the dead can’t rest in peace, how on Earth can the living?” Cheri Revai
- “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never tastes of death but once.” – William Shakespeare
- “When I bought the Rolls Royce they thought it was leased, then I bought that new Ferrari hater rest in peace.” – Meek Mill
- “Fate has ordained that the men who went to the Moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin [Buzz] Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.” – Richard M. Nixon
Which of these rest in peace quotes helped you through the most?
It’s definitely not easy reading through the list of rest in peace quotes and sayings above. But it helps a lot especially if you add a short prayer for the dead together with the quotes. In fact, it’s difficult to know that some day our loved ones will leave us. Learning this brutal truth is never easy, but we can all do something about it when we have the chance. Cherish and live each moment with them like it was the last. Never take anything for granted.
We hope that the compiled quotes about rest in peace will help you or others feel better, and instead of grieving too much over it, remember the good and positive times instead. Share with us in the comment section below, which of these rest in peace quotes helped you the most. If you have one that’s not included, comment it below and share it with us.
