Inspirations for Headstone Quotes and Epitaphs
Everlasting Tributes of Poetry, Quotes, Bible Verses,
Headstone Sayings, Words of Sympathy and Comfort

A headstone quote or headstone saying inscribed on a memorial, called an epitaph, serves as an everlasting tribute to a departed loved one. You are invited to use this list of 1,543 headstone quotes and headstone sayings (epitaphs) as inspiration in deciding on your own meaningful and personal epitaph, or you might find that find that one from the list fits perfectly as it is.

There is something special to say about everyone but summarizing a life in just a few words can be very difficult. Often a familiar biblical verse or classical quotation is an ideal way to preserve an enduring memory. An epitaph is a short text honoring a deceased person, which is often inscribed or engraved on their monument, headstone, memorial plaque, gravestone, tombstone or cemetery marker. If you have your own Headstone Quotes, Saying or Epitaphs, Schlitzberger and Daughters can help you make it a part of your loved one’s memorial. Please contact us to discuss adding an epitaph to your monument or memorial.

Headstone Quotes, Sayings and Epitaphs
Headstone Quotes, Sayings and Epitaphs
Headstone Quotes, Sayings and Epitaphs

Advice Regarding Headstone Quotes and Epitaphs

1) Say more with less- epitaphs tell a story about the person being memorialized. The best are both poignant and to the point.

2) Both emotion and connection are expressed in epitaphs. However, you want to avoid being overly florid or sentimental.

3) Epitaphs are often in the first person (such as a loved one, friend, or from the point of view of the deceased), think about whose voice is expressing the sentiment.

4) Consider who you are addressing with the epitaph. Is it the deceased? A passerby?

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Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

A

  • A beautiful face will age and a perfect body will change, but a beautiful soul will always be a beautiful soul
  • A beautiful memory lingers
  • A beautiful life came to an end, she died as she lived, everyone’s friend
  • A beautiful soul
  • A beloved and capable wife and mother
  • A beloved husband, dad and grandfather
  • A bud from earth bloomed in Heaven
  • A caring, sharing person
  • A child is God’s precious jewel
  • A citizen without reproach, a friend without pretense, a philanthropist without display, a Christian without hypocrisy
  • A day of duty done, a day of rest begun
  • A dear husband, father and grandfather
  • A devoted son
  • A devoted wife, mother and grandmother
  • A godly man who served the Lord all his days
  • A free spirit
  • A friend indeed
  • A friend to all
  • A friend to many and sadly missed
  • A friend you have to buy won’t be worth what you pay for him
  • A gentle man and a gentleman
  • A gentle man
  • A godly man who served the Lord all his days
  • A good and kind heart is the best of all qualities
  • A good wife, affectionate mother and true friend
  • A happy soul, that all the way to heaven hath a summer’s day
  • A heart of gold stopped beating / Working hands at rest / God broke our hearts to prove to us / He only takes the best / Leaves and flowers may wither / The golden sun may set / But the hearts that loved you dearly / Are the ones that won’t forget
  • A kinder, gentler woman you will never meet again
  • A lady of rare understanding and of generous heart
  • A life full of years of understanding
  • A life like theirs has left a record sweet for memory to dwell upon
  • A life may last for just a moment, but memory can make that moment last forever
  • A life of beauty and service
  • A life of deeds, not of years
  • A life of giving through love, thought and deed
  • A life so brief, a child so small, you had the power to touch us all
  • A light from our household is gone, a voice we loved is stilled, a place is vacant in our hearts that never can be filled
  • A little flower of love, that blossomed, but to die transplanted now above, to bloom with God on high
  • A little flower, lent not given, to bud on earth and bloom in Heaven
  • A little soul takes wings
  • A little time on earth he spent till God for him His angels sent and then on time he closed his eyes to wake in glory in the skies
  • A little while and you shall see me no longer; and again a little while and you shall see Me because I go to the Father (John 16:16)
  • A love, constant and true
  • A loved one is gone from our circle, on earth we will meet her no more. She has gone to her home in heaven and all her afflictions are over
  • A loved one sleeping
  • A loved one sleeping, gone but not forgotten
  • A loving father, tender and kind, what a beautiful memory you left behind
  • A loving husband (wife) and father (mother)
  • A loving mother and a faithful friend
  • A majestic memory
  • A man (woman) of talent and courage
  • A man (woman) of vision
  • A man greatly beloved
  • A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others
  • A man of virtue kindness and modesty
  • A memory to be ever with us
  • A moment in our arms, a lifetime in our hearts
  • A mother is a mother still; the holiest thing alive
  • A mother’s love, like an imperishable sun, cannot go out
  • A mother’s love grows by giving
  • A person is a person, no matter how small
  • A righteous woman remembered for a blessing
  • A rose like her called to the angels
  • A song is more lasting than the voice of the birds
  • A special kind of love
  • A star on earth and a star in Heaven
  • A tender heart and generous spirit
  • A tender mother a faithful friend
  • A thousand words can’t bring you back, I know because I tried. And neither can a million tears, I know because I cried
  • A tiny flower, lent not given, to bud on earth, and bloom in Heaven
  • A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough
  • A treasure on earth
  • A woman of grace and dignity
  • A woman of virtue, kindness and modesty
  • A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string
  • A youth to who was given so much of earth so much of Heaven
  • Abiding love never dies
  • Abiding the day when we meet again in that infinity of time and space which men call heaven
  • Absence doth join, and time doth settle
  • Absent from the body, present with the Lord
  • Absent in body, but present in spirit (1 Corinthians 5:3)
  • After life’s cares and sorrows, His comfort, sweetness and peace
  • After the night comes the morning, bidding all darkness to cease…After life’s cares and sorrows, His comfort, sweetness and peace
  • Affliction for a long time I have, physicians skill in vain till Christ was pleased to give me last and rid me of my pain
  • Ah youth! Forever dear, forever kind!
  • All hope despair, that stands not on the Cross
  • All that I am or ever hope to be I owe to my angel mother
  • All things are possible to him who believes
  • All things change but God remains
  • All things change, creeds, and philosophies and outward systems but God remains!
  • All things change…but God remains the same
  • All things to the glory of God
  • All things work together for good to them that love God (Romans 8: 28)
  • All things work together unto good
  • All things you ask for in prayer, believing, you shall receive
  • All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
  • Alone to thee, dear Lord, can we our well-beloved resign
  • Along the cool sequestered vale of life they kept the noiseless tenor of their way
  • Although she sleeps, her memory lives on
  • Although your smile is gone forever and your hand I cannot touch, I still have so many memories of the one I loved so much. Your memory is my keepsake with which I’ll never part. God has you in His keeping, I have you in my heart
  • Always a lady (gentleman)
  • Always in our hearts
  • Always in our thoughts, forever in our hearts
  • Always in our thoughts
  • Always kind and willing
  • Always loving always loved
  • Always remembered
  • Amen
  • An angel, in the Book of Life, wrote down my baby’s birth. Then whispered as he closed the book, too beautiful for Earth
  • An angel on earth and an angel in Heaven
  • An angel shining in Heaven
  • An angel visited the green earth, and took a flower away
  • An honest man, beloved in life, and regretted in death by all
  • An inspiration to all
  • An unforgettable person
  • And a little child shall lead them
  • And as the evening twilight fades away the sky is filled with stars, invisible by day
  • And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest
  • And He will take you up on eagle’s wings and hold you in the palm of his hand
  • And I give unto them eternal rest
  • And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever
  • And I will give you rest
  • And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also (John 14:3)
  • And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make
  • And let there be no sorrow; for remember when the sun goes down, it returns with a bright tomorrow. So, a toast to the past; a toast to the future…
  • And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:13)
  • And now cometh eternal rest and blessed tranquility
  • And rove where angels love to dwell. Where trees of life bear fruit of love
  • And so make life, death and that vast forever one grand sweet song
  • And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7)
  • And they wake into the Light whose day shall never die in night
  • And we remember you with love in our hearts
  • And what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God
  • And what I say unto you I say unto all, watch (Mark 13:37)
  • And when it is God’s holy will, may she be prepared to meet her God and friends in peace, and leave this world of care
  • And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow, let it be
  • And with the morn those angel faces smile which I have loved long since, and lost awhile
  • Angels guard you forever
  • Angel, you were born to fly!
  • Artist
  • As a family we are never apart loving memories keep you alive in our hearts
  • As a wife-devoted, as a mother-affectionate, as a friend-our trust and love, in life-she exhibited all the graces of a Christian, in death-her redeemed spirit returned to God who gave it
  • As a wife, she had no equal. As a mother, she had no superior
  • As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord (Jos. 24:15)
  • As I am now so you must be
  • As long as I live you will live. As long as I  live you will be remembered. As long as I live you will be loved
  • As long as we live, they too will live; for they are now a part of us; as we remember them (Jewish Prayer)
  • As long as life and memory last I shall remember thee
  • As the bird free of its cage seeks the heights, so the Christian soul in death flies home to God
  • As we trust the sun will rise, so trust we the mystery will be explained
  • As you are now so once was I
  • As you danced in the light with joy, love lifted you. As you brushed against this world so gently, you lifted us
  • Asked for so little and gave so very much
  • Asleep in Christ Jesus
  • Asleep in Jesus
  • Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, from which none ever wake to weep
  • Asleep in Jesus, blessed thought
  • Asleep, not dead
  • At last until we meet again
  • At peace
  • At rest with God
  • At rest
  • At rest, an American soldier and defender of the Constitution
  • At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them
  • Awaiting the touch of a little hand, and the smile of a little face

 

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

B

  • Be a little kinder than you have to
  • Be of good courage and He shall strengthen thine heart (Psalm 31:24)
  • Be strong and courageous, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go (Joshua 1:9)
  • Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life (Revelation 2: 10)
  • Beautiful as a bright shining star
  • Beautiful isle of memory echoes of the past
  • Beautiful, lovely, she was but given  A fair, but to earth, to bloom in Heaven
  • Beauty & Creativity
  • Beauty is truth, truth beauty-that is all ye know on Earth, and all ye need to know
  • Because he (she) cared
  • Because someone we love is in heaven, we feel heaven in our home
  • Behind the dim unknown, standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own
  • Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: Is there any thing too hard for me? (Jeremiah 33:27)
  • Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? (Job 9:12)
  • Behold the Lamb Of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29)
  • Behold the Lord taketh away, who can hinder him (Job 9:12)
  • Believe on Him to life everlasting. (I Timothy 1:16)
  • Beloved (Name), inspiration and companion
  • Beloved and dear in life…in death they are not divided (2 Samuel 1:23)
  • Beloved by all who knew them (him, her)
  • Beloved by God and man
  • Beloved Dad
  • Beloved father (mother), brother (sister), grandfather (grandmother) & Friend
  • Beloved how we miss you
  • Beloved Husband
  • Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather and Great-Grandfather
  • Beloved In Life
  • Beloved Mom
  • Beloved Mother, Daughter and Sister
  • Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Friend
  • Beloved Mother, Your Orb Will Rise A Beautiful Star In Paradise
  • Beloved Mother (Father)…. Our Guide And Counselor
  • Beloved Of The Lord
  • Beloved One, Farewell
  • Beloved Son and Brother
  • Beloved Son, Brother and Father
  • Beloved Son, Brother and Friend
  • Beloved soul of great pride and dignity
  • Beloved Wife
  • Beloved Wife, Aunt, Sister and Professor
  • Beloved Wife, Mother And Grandmother
  • Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother
  • Beneath this simple stone that marks his resting place, our precious darling sleeps alone, in the Lord’s long embrace
  • Best Friends (For Companion Monuments)
  • Beyond is the infinite morning of a day without a tomorrow
  • Beyond the far horizon when we’ll finally be together, where love will be eternal and life will last forever
  • Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above, unmeasured by the flight of years; And all that life is love (James Montgomery)
  • Bless the little children
  • Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name (Psalm 103:1)
  • Blessed are the dead which die in the lord (Revelations 14:13)
  • Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the spirit that they may rest from their labours (Revelation 14:13)
  • Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy (Matthew 5:7)
  • Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God (Matthew 5: 8)
  • Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs in the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:10)
  • Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted (Matthew 5:4)
  • Blessed are those who give of themselves (Proverbs 22:9)
  • Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted (Matthew 5:4)
  • Blessed be the Holy Trinity and Undivided Unity
  • Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust (Psalm 40: 4)
  • Blessed is the woman who abides under the shadow of the almighty (Psalm 91:1)
  • Blessed sleep to which we all return
  • Blessed to us is the memory of your unselfish love
  • Blossomed on Earth to bloom in Heaven
  • Both feet in Heaven
  • Brave in spirit, strong in love
  • Breathe. Listen for my footfall in your heart. I am not gone but merely walk within you
  • Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you (Psalm 55:22)
  • Budded on Earth to bloom in Heaven
  • Build me no monuments. Should my turn come, please do not weep for me and waste your tears. Write not my name on honour rolls of fame to crumble with man’s memory through the years. Wear no dark clothes; speak in no saddened voice, Seeking rare virtues which didn’t exist. I ask one thing – that in still, far-off days, Someone who knew me should in their daily rounds, Suddenly pause, caught by some sight or sound, Some glance, some phrase, some trick of memory’s ways which brings me to mind, then I shall wait, eager with hope, perhaps to hear – “how great if he were with us still!” And then at the end, all that I wish for is just – “he was my friend!”
  • Build on, and make thy castles high and fair, Rising and reaching upward to the skies
  • But gone to our Father’s house above
  • But in the night of death hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing
  • But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first (Matthew 19:30)
  • But O for the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still
  • But O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone and never must return!
  • But still I dream that somewhere there must be the spirit of a child that waits for me
  • But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, walks o’er the dew of yon high eastward hill
  • By cloudless starlight on he treads, And thinks no lamp so cheering As that light which Heaven sheds

 

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

C

  • Call back yesterday, bid time return!
  • Call unto me and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not
  • Called back
  • Called by one who loves him (her) dearly
  • Called home by the Lord, to be remembered forever
  • Calm on the bosom of thy God, fair spirit, rest thee now
  • Calm on the listening ear of night come heaven’s melodious strains
  • Cease father mother to complain, God lent and claimed his own again
  • Cherish the memories
  • Children are a precious gift of God
  • Children are an heritage of the Lord (Psalm 127: 3)
  • Children are the heritage of the Lord
  • Children are the keys of paradise
  • Children bring their own love with them when they come
  • Children shine like the rays of sun
  • Christ is my hope
  • Closed are the sweetest eyes from this world of pain, but trust in God to meet again
  • Come home and rest
  • Come Lord from the skies and command us to rise to the mansions of glory above
  • Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28)
  • Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden. (Matthew 11:28)
  • Come, Blessed Of My Father (Matthew 25:34)
  • Conceived by the love of two died with the love of many
  • Could I have this dance for the rest of my life
  • Courage to change the things we can and the wisdom to know the difference

 

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

D

  • Dad – Peace be with you
  • Dance then, wherever you may be
  • Dear Lord, I would have loved to hold my baby on my lap and tell them about you, but since I didn’t get the chance, would you please hold them on yours and tell them about me?
  • Dear Lord Jesus, please hold my hand
  • Dearest father, thou hast left us, hear thy loss we deeply feel; but ’tis God that has bereft us,
    He can all our sorrows heal
  • Death if only a horizon, a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight
  • Death is eternal life, thy shouldn’t weep
  • Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure
  • Death is only a shadow across the path to heaven
  • Death is the golden key that opens the palace of Eternity
  • Death is the port where all may refuge find, the end of labor, entry into rest
  • Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal
  • Death only binds us close to the bright shore of love
  • Death’s truer name is “Onward,” no discordance the roll and march of that eternal harmony where to the world beats time
  • Death’s but a path to be trod if man would ever pass to God
  • Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
  • Delight in love while time is still yours
  • Deposited upon the silent shots of memory images and precious thoughts that shall not die, and cannot be destroyed
  • Devoted Father
  • Devoted in love
  • Devoted Mother
  • Devoted Wife, Loving Mother
  • Died Happy
  • Died on the field of battle, twas noble thus to die, God smiles on valiant soldiers, his record is on high
  • Do not grieve for the joy of the Lord is your strength
  • Doctor
  • Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail
  • Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened (Dr. Seuss)
  • Don’t cry for me, laugh with me
  • Down the fair-chambered corridor of years the quiet shutting one by one, of doors
  • Down they go the tender, the beautiful, the kind
  • Dust thou art, to dust returnest, was not spoken of the soul
  • Duty, honor, country, well done, be thou at peace
  • Dying is but going home

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

E

  • Each duty done they rest in peace
  • Each lonely scene shall thee restore
  • Each new life, no matter how fragile or brief, forever changes the world
  • Earth has one mortal less, Heaven an angel more
  • Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal
  • Entered into rest
  • Eternal love
  • Eternal rest grant unto them let perpetual light shine upon them
  • Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord
  • Eternity, be thou my refuge!
  • Even a life-time isn’t enough
  • Evening trails her robes of gold through the dim hall of night
  • Ever kind and true
  • Ever remembered, ever loved
  • Everlasting Life
  • Everlasting Life Through Christ
  • Everlasting shall be thy remembrance
  • Every life has a story
  • Every man’s life is a plan of God
  • Every time I pass this church, I pay a little visit! So when at last, I’m carried in the Lord won’t say, “Who Is It?”
  • Everybody’s friend
  • Everyone grieves in different ways. For some, it could take longer or shorter. I do know it never disappears. An ember still smolders inside me. Most days, I don’t notice it, but, out of the blue, it’ll flare to life
  • Everyone who acknowledges Me before men, I will acknowledge him before my Father in Heaven
  • Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

F

  • Faith builds a bridge across the gulf of death
  • Faith hope & charity
  • Faith over fear
  • Faith points to hope above the skies, where virtuous friendship never dies
  • Faith was her anchor, welcomed she will be
  • Faith, Hope and Courage
  • Faithful and of good understanding
  • Faithful forever
  • Faithful to her trust, even unto death
  • Faithful wife and mother dear, in sweet repose is sleeping here, her painful loss we deeply feel, but God can all her sorrows heal
  • Family is everything
  • Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations
  • Farewell
  • Farewell my wife and children all. From you a father, Christ doth call. Mourn not for me, it is in vain to call me to your sight again
  • Farewell O sister dear, farewell, Thoust left us lonely in this world of pain. O may we meet in heavenly bliss to dwell at God’s right hand no more to part again
  • Father
  • Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am (John 17:24)
  • Father in thy gracious keeping leave me now thy servant sleeping
  • Father!  Let thy grace be giving that we may meet in Heaven
  • Father not my will but Thine be done (Luke 22:42)
  • Father, Mother, weep not for me, for I am in Glory, waiting for thee
  • Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will uphold you with my righteous hand (Isaiah 41:10)
  • Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose
  • Fly high, beautiful butterfly
  • Fond memories linger every day, remembrance keeps him (her) near
  • Fondly loved and deeply mourned
  • For all the boundless universe is life-there are no dead
  • For every joy that passes, something beautiful remains; your precious memory shall always be alive in my heart
  • For Glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave
  • For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity (Solomon 2:23)
  • For God hath not given us a spirit of fear but of power and of love of a sound mind
  • For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John3:16)
  • For I know the plans I have for you’ says the Lord, ‘They are plans for good, and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope’ (Jeremiah 29:11)
  • For love will still be Lord of All
  • For my soul is full of troubles and my life draweth nigh unto the grave (Psalm 88:3)
  • For of such is the Kingdom Of Heaven (Matthew 19:14)
  • For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world (John 6:33)
  • For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised, he is to be feared above all Gods (Psalm 96:4)
  • For they conquer who believe they can
  • For to the end Christ died and rose again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living (Romans 14:9)
  • For to this end Christ died
  • For with God nothing shall be impossible
  • For with Thee is the fountain of life: in the light shall we see light (Psalm 36: 9)
  • For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be (Psalm 139:13-16)
  • Forever at peace
  • Forever in our hearts
  • Forever loved
  • Forever missed
  • Forever singing as they shine the hand that made us is divine
  • Forever with the Lord
  • Forever young, forever in our hearts
  • Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty I’m free at last
  • Frolic in the land of forever with me
  • From the gloom of darkness comes morning’s glow

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

G

  • Gardening in Heaven
  • Generous of heart
  • Generous of heart, constant in faith
  • Generous of spirit and a friend to many
  • Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, look upon this little child
  • Gentle of heart…faithful and just
  • Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o’erfraught heart and bids it break….
  • Give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness (Isaiah 61:3)
  • Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be; world without end (Doxology)
  • Go lovely rose that lived its little hour
  • God bless thee wheresoe’er thou art in his great universe today
  • God called him (her) from among us to a home of eternal rest
  • God could not have made earthly ties so strong to break them in eternity
  • God gave—He took—He will restore; He doeth all things well
  • God give me strength in my life without you
  • God gives peace now and love in Heaven
  • God gives us love. Something to love He lends us
  • God giveth, God taketh away (Job 1:21)
  • God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change
  • God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference
  • God has called thee home
  • God has called this man home to heaven
  • God is and all is well
  • God is love
  • God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him (John 4:16)
  • God is our refuge and strength (Psalm 46:1)
  • God saw you getting tired, a cure not meant to be. So he put his arms around you and whispered, “Come with me”. With tearful eyes we watched you and saw you fade away, although we loved you dearly, we could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, your tender hands at rest. God took you home to prove to us he only takes the best
  • God took her home but she lives on in our hearts
  • God took her home, it was his will but in our hearts she liveth still
  • God took you from our home, but never from our hearts
  • God would not weave a chain, to break its links so soon
  • God, from a beautiful necessity, is love
  • God, too, must have loved him much
  • God’s finger touched him and he slept
  • God’s garden has need of a little flower, it had grown for a time here below
  • God’s garden has need of our little flower
  • God’s greatest gift returned to god
  • God’s greatest gift to a little child, my darling Mother, was you
  • God’s will is law and all is well
  • Godspeed my love
  • Gone are the days we used to share, but in our hearts you’re always there
  • Gone is the face we loved so dear, silent the voice we loved to hear
  • Gone but not forgotten
  • Gone fishin’
  • Gone from our home but not from our hearts
  • Gone from us but not forgotten
  • Gone huntin’
  • Gone to be with Jesus
  • Goodbye is not forever. Goodbye is not the end. It simply means I’ll miss you until we meet again.
  • Goodbye to a wonderful Mother and Grandmother
  • Goodness is its own reward
  • Goodnight and God bless you
  • Goodnight, God bless
  • Goodnight, good sleep, good rest from sorrow
  • Grace was in her steps, Heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love
  • Gracious is the Lord and righteous: yea our God is merciful (Psalm 116:5)
  • Great is thy faith; let it be done to thee as thou wilt
  • Great love lives on
  • Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)
  • Greater love than this no one has
  • Greatly loved and deeply missed
  • Greatly loved and sadly missed
  • Guide us on the long dim trail ahead that stretches upward to the Great Divide

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

H

  • Happiness was his (her) gift to all
  • Hasten, oh blessed hour of reunion!
  • Have mercy on me O’ Lord
  • Have pity on me, at least, you, my friends… because the hand of the Lord hath touched me. (Job 19::25)
  • He (She) always brightened our days
  • He (She) always went the extra mile
  • He (She) changed our lives for the better
  • He (She) did his (her) best
  • He (She) did it his (her) way
  • He (She) enriched our lives
  • He (She) gave of himself (herself)
  • He (She) gave us beautiful memories
  • He (She) had a magic touch
  • He is her King of Kings and Lord of Lords
  • He (She) inspired us all
  • He (She) led the way
  • He (She) lived an extraordinary life
  • He (She) lived to help others
  • He (She) made beautiful music
  • He (She) made everyone feel like somebody
  • He (She) made history
  • He (She) never gave up
  • He (She) never met a stranger
  • He (She) touched the lives of many
  • He (She) was a friend to all
  • He (She) will never be forgotten
  • He (She) wore a yellow ribbon
  • He (She) always fought a good fight of faith
  • He (She) always held a grateful heart.
    He (She) always stood for what was right and good
  • He bringeth them unto the haven where they would be (Psalm 107:30)
  • He careth for you
  • He (She) did more than exist, he (she) lived
    He (She) died as he (she) lived, trusting God
  • He freely gave of himself to anyone who needed his advice or help. Never looking for anything in return other than the satisfaction of helping someone
  • He gave his heart to his family
  • He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee
  • He giveth his beloved sleep (Psalm 127:2)
  • He graced his family with acts of loving kindness
  • He graced his years with courage, strength and truth
  • He had a kindly word for each and died beloved by all
  • He had so many things he wanted to do, but had so little time to finish
  • He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much
  • He achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth’s beauty or failed to express it; Who has left the world better than he found it, Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; Whose life was an inspiration; Whose memory a benediction
  • He has outsoared the shadows of our night
  • He hath awakened from the dream of life
  • He held his ground with steadfast soul
  • He is a chosen one of God
  • He is at rest in Heaven
  • He is Lord of Lords and Kings of Kings (Revelation 17:14)
  • He is immortal because he has a soul. A spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance (William Faulkner)
  • He is walking on the streets of gold (Revelation 21:21)
  • He leadeth me beside the still waters (Psalm 23:2)
  • He lived justly, loved mercy and walked humbly with his God (Micah 6:8)
  • He lived life to the fullest
  • He lives with us in memory and will forevermore
  • He longest lives who most to others gives, himself forgetting
  • He loved and was loved
  • He loved his fellow man
  • He loved people and laughter
  • He loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night
  • He respected God, loved his family, and had many friends
  • He restoreth my soul he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name sake (Psalm 23:3)
  • He saw beauty and painted it with a master’s hand
  • He sawed logs for forty years but he won’t saw this one
  • He served God well
  • He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God and the rock of my salvation (Psalm 89:26)
  • He shall gather the lambs within his arms (Isaiah 40:11)
  • He shall love thee O Lord which is his strength (Psalm 18:22)
  • He shall receive in the world to come eternal life (Mark 10:30)
  • He shall receive the blessings from the Lord and righteousness from the God of His salvation (Psalm 24:5)
  • He shall sing with the angels
  • He still lingers in our memory
  • He tends his flock like a shepard: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; He gently leads those that have young (Isaiah 40:11)
  • He that believeth in the Son hath everlasting life (John 3: 16)
  • He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty (Psalm 91:1)
  • He that endureth to the end shall be saved (Matthew 10: 22)
  • He that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed (Proverbs 13:20)
  • He took in all the wonders of life
  • He touched everyone with special love and kindness
  • He touched the lives of many
  • He was a faithful man and feared God
  • He was beloved in life
  • He was filled with a zest for life that never grew old, and kept him eternally young
  • He was the strength and foundation of the family
  • He was the sunshine of our home
  • He that believes has everlasting life (John 6:47)
  • He was beloved by God and man
  • He was one who followed dreams, stars and ships
  • He who hears my word and believes him who sent me has life everlasting, and has passed from death to life (John 5:24)
  • He will be loved and missed forever
  • He will be remembered for his kindness
  • He will praise Him with a righteousness heart
  • Healing in his hands and humanity in his heart
  • Hear and bless thy beast and singing birds. Guard with tenderness small things that have no words
  • Hear, oh hear my prayer Father bless our precious child
  • Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter
  • Heaven awaits this child
  • Heaven is as beautiful as the sun cometh up and goeth down
  • Heaven is the home where spirits dwell, who wandered here a while, and, seeing things invisible, departed with a smile
  • Heaven means to be with God
  • Heaven stored a special place for you, Our Mother
  • Heaven, the treasury of everlasting joy
  • Heavens arms are open
  • Heaven’s eternal year is thine
  • Her children arise up and call her blessed
  • Her cup filleth over with joy
  • Her dedication, thoughtfulness and generosity will ever be remembered
  • Her deeds will never be forgotten
  • Her fearless buoyant youth will always live, revealing love and truth and radiant joy
  • Her friends were her world
  • Her friendship was an inspiration, her love a blessing
  • Her greatest joy was in making others happy
  • Her heart shall be filled with praises
  • Her heart was pure and filled with joy
  • Her joy was in kindness and humility
  • Her life a beautiful memory, her absence a silent grief
  • Her life made charity as real as hope itself
  • Her love sounded all depths, measured all heights
  • Her memory is blessed
  • Her memory is enshrined in our hearts
  • Her rock and her salvation – Jesus
  • Her smile gladdened the hearts of those who have the privilege of loving her
  • Her song has ended but the melody lingers on
  • Her star shines in Heaven
  • Her works were kindness, her deeds were love
  • Here he lies where he longed to be; home is the sailor, home from the sea, and the hunter home from the hill
  • Here I lay my burden down, change thy cross into a crown
  • Here lies a child of the living God
  • Here lies a father of 29: There would have been more but he didn’t have time
  • Here lies a mother of 28: But now it’s too late
  • Here lies (one), who in this life, was a kind father and a true husband
  • Here lies one who meant well, tried a little, failed much
  • Here the weary are at rest
  • Heroes live beyond the tomb
  • Him who is dead and gone, honor with remembrance not with tears
  • His (Her) smile will always be with us
  • His courage, his smile, his grace gladdened the hearts of those who have had the privilege of loving him
  • His daily prayer, far better understood in acts than words, was simply doing good
  • His family was his world
  • His friends were his world
  • His friendship was an inspiration, his love a blessing
  • His greatest joy was in making others happy
  • His joy was in kindness and humility
  • His joy was in serving others
  • His last words were, “I am going to see my Jesus”
  • His life a beautiful memory, his absence a silent grief
  • His life made charity as real as hope itself
  • His life never touched another, except that life was helped
  • His life was close-knit strands of an unbroken thread of love
  • 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!”
  • His memory is enshrined in our hearts
  • His memory will be forever
  • His mission on earth fulfilled
  • His modesty and devotion are remembered
  • His presence lent a radiance so sublime no sense of death can dim or time
  • His star will forever shine
  • His time’s forever, everywhere his place
  • His toils are past, his work is done. He fought the fight-the victory won. Living he made the poor man’s heart be glad. And at his death the sorrowing ones more sad
  • His true wealth was in his generous heart
  • His was a man’s courage
  • Home is the fisherman, home from the lake
  • Home Is the hunter, home from the hill
  • Home she is now, to be with friends long not seen
  • Home with God, which is far better. The world’s loss was Heaven’s gain when God took you home
  • Honest in his ways, trusted in word, beloved by friends
  • Honor life and live with love
  • Hope is the feeling that the feeling you have isn’t permanent
  • Hope sees a light and listening, faith can hear the murmuring on the shore
  • Hopeful hearts will find forever roses underneath the snow
  • How beautiful life was to me
  • How blest are they who from their labors rest (Revelation 14:13)
  • How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard (Winnie The Pooh)
  • How much of hope, how much of joy, is buried with our darling boy
  • How sleep the brave, who sink to rest by all their country’s wishes blest!
  • How soon fades the tender flower
  • How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
  • How very softly you tiptoed into our world, almost silently, only a moment you stayed.  But what an imprint your footsteps have left upon our hearts
  • Humble love, and not proud science, keeps the door of Heaven
  • Humor was his friend, the world his audience
  • Husband and children are left, called home to be an angel overlooking her family from above she will
  • Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Uncle, Friend
  • Hush, my dear, be still and slumber; Jolly angels guard your bed

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

I

  • I am going the way of the earth (Joshua 23:14)
  • I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and loved today
  • I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies (John 11:25)
  • I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. (John 11:25)
  • I am the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6)
  • I am with you always, even unto the end of the world (Matthew 28:20)
  • I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it
  • I did not see you close your eyes or hear your last sigh. I only heard that you were gone, too late to say goodbye
  • I don’t regret anything, thanks
  • I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand (John 10:28)
  • I go to prepare a place for you that where I am, there you may also be (John 14:3)
  • I have fought a good fight (2 Timothy 1: 7)
  • I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 1: 7)
  • I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing. (2 Timothy 4:7-8)
  • I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 1: 7)
  • I have loved the stars too fondly, to be ever fearful of the night
  • I held you every second of your life
  • I know I’ll see the sun shine bright upon my babies face, When I finally get to Heaven all my pain will be erased. We’ll soar the skies together, as angels two by two. We’ll have a sweet reunion, this mother’s dream come true!
  • I know that my redeemer lives, therefore I too shall live (Job 19:25)
  • I leave you peace, my peace I give you (John 14:27)
  • I look for the resurrection of the dead and of the life of the world to come
  • I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, as long as I’m living my baby you’ll be
  • I rejoice in thy salvation (I Samuel 2:1)
  • I send an angel before thee (Exodus 23:20)
  • I shall but love thee better after death
  • I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever (Psalm 23:6)
  • I shall remember while the light lives yet, and in the night time I shall not forget
  • I sought the Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears (Psalm 34:4)
  • I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. (Philippians 1:3)
  • I think of you as watching from a time and space beyond the sky, a place where we might someday come
  • I told you I was sick
  • I will be in the wind that moves by you
  • I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth (Psalm 34:1)
  • I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety (Psalm 4:8)
  • I will lie down and sleep in peace for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in your safety (Psalm 4:8)
  • I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help (Psalm 121:1)
  • I will see my love in heaven
  • I will trust and not be afraid
  • I’d rather be (insert hobby)
  • I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.(Psalm 84:10)
  • I’ll hold you in my heart until I can hold you in my arms
  • I’ll remember you. When I’ve forgotten all the rest. You to me were true. You to me were the best (Bob Dylan)
  • if every tear we shed for you became a star above, you’d stroll in Angel’s garden, lit by everlasting love
  • If God hath made this world so fair, Where sin and death abound, How beautiful beyond compare. Will paradise be found!
  • If I had lost a leg, I would tell them, instead of a boy, no one would ever ask me if I was ‘over’ it. They would ask me how I was doing learning to walk without my leg. I was learning to walk and to breath and to live without Wade. And what I was learning is that it was never going to be the life I had before
  • If I were to begin my life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more
  • If it takes forever I will wait for you
  • If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever
  • If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, put me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever
  • If ever there is a tomorrow when we’re not together, there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart, I’ll always be with you. (Winnie The Pooh)
  • If our love could have saved him, he would not have died
  • If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I’d walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again
  • If you can remember me, I will be with you always
  • If you met him (her), you liked him (her).  If you knew him (her), you loved him (her)
  • Immortality is the word that through the ages hope has been whispering to love
  • I’m glad my living was in God’s plan
  • In a league of his (her) own
  • In every pang that rends the heart the Man Of Sorrows has a part
  • In God we have put our trust
  • In God we trust and die we must
  • In God’s care
  • In God’s will is (Name)’s peace
  • In God’s keeping
  • In God’s loving care
  • In Heaven there is one angel more
  • In heavenly love abiding God bless
  • In him was life, and the life was the light of men (John 1:4)
  • In His will is our peace
  • In loving memory
  • In loving memory of our Son (Daughter)
  • In memory of (Insert Name)
  • In memory you are with us as you always were before
  • In my Father’s house are many mansions if it were not so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you (John 14:2)
  • In my Father’s house are many mansions (John 14:2)
  • In nearer presence of God
  • In one of the stars I shall be living
  • In our arms for a little while, in our hearts forever
  • In our hearts most sacred place, thou alone shall dwell forever
  • In our hearts there will always be a place for you, for all our lives
  • In our hearts we keep sweet memories
  • In our hearts you will always stay, loved and remembered every day
  • In our hearts your memory lingers, sweetly, tender, fond and true
  • In our lives for a short time – In our hearts forever
  • In perfect peace
  • In silence we remember
  • In steadfast hope of that glad day here lies entombed my weary clay
  • In the arms of Angels
  • In the Cross of Christ I Glory
  • In the light we shall see light
  • In the morning of his day in youth and love he passed away
  • In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost
  • In the presence of trouble, some people grow wings; others buy crutches
  • In thee O Lord, have I put my trust
  • In thy Sacred Heart, my Jesus, hide Thou me
  • In whom lived always kindness, loyalty and understanding
  • In whom lived always love of family, understanding and a kind heart
  • Infant Son of (Insert Mother’s First Name and Father’s First Name)
  • Infinite day excludes the night
  • Into the care of our Lord Jesus Christ
  • Into the sunshine until we meet again
  • Into thy hands I commend my spirit (Luke 23:46)
  • Is anyone of you sad? Let him pray (James 5:13)
  • It broke our hearts to lose you, but you did not go alone. A part of us went with you, the day God took you home
  • It broke my heart to lose you, but you didn’t go alone. Part of me went with you, wherever you may roam.
  • It distresses us to return work which is not perfect
  • It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High. (Psalm 92:1)
  • It is I; Be not afraid. (Matt. 14:27)
  • It is in dying that we are born to eternal life
  • It is not length of life, but depth of life
  • It is the journey that counts, not the destination
  • It is the Lord: let him do what seems him good (Samuel 3:18)
  • It is in solitude that the works of hand, heart and mind are always conceived, and in solitude that individuality must be affirmed
  • It is not the number of breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away
  • It is well with my soul
  • It shall be well with them that fear God (Ecclesiastes 8:12)
  • It shall not be the night with us when with you it is the dawn
  • It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but an entire life to forget them
  • It was an angel that visited the green earth and took my wife away
  • It was an angel that visited the green earth and took the flowers
  • It’s a happy life, but someone is missing. It’s a happy life, and someone is missing
  • It’s hard to forget someone who gave me so much to remember
  • It’s hard to look back on any gain in life that does not have a loss attached to it
  • It’s ok, we had a good time

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

J

  • Jesus called a little child unto Him
  • Jesus lover of my soul
  • Jesus loves the little children
  • Jesus love the pure and holy
  • Joy, joy forever! My task is done-the gates are pass’d, and heaven is won
  • Just a song at twilight when lights are low
  • Just in the morning of the day in youth and love, he died
  • Just neighborly folk

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

K

  • Kind, loving, and faithful
  • Kindness and gentleness were your strength
  • Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see
  • Kindness Is Always Remembered
  • Kindness is its own reward (Proverbs 11:17)
  • Kindness was his trademark
  • Kindness, strength and courage were his badge
  • Kindness, their greatest virtue
  • Knowing that nature never did betray the heart that loved her

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

L

  • Laid to rest
  • Laughed often and loved much
  • Lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven (Matthew 6:20)
  • Lead kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on!
  • Let her own works praise her in the gates (Proverbs 31:31)
  • Let me sail the winds of time with gentle seas and mighty roars with the lord at my side and my love holding my hand and my heart
  • Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me (John 14: 1)
  • Let Our Father’s Will Be Done (Matthew 6:10)
  • Let The Child Rest In Hope And Rise In Glory
  • Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these (Matthew 9:14)
  • Let thy child rest in hope and rise in glory
  • Let us glide down thy stream gently
  • Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality
  • Life is a jest; and all things show it, I thought so once; but now I know it
  • Life is but a day at most, sprung from night, in darkness lost
  • Life is ever lord of Death, and Love can never lose its own
  • Life is God and God is life
  • Life is limited, but the love between us is eternal. Everything we are and will be is because of your love
  • Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass…it’s about learning to dance in the rain
  • Life is not as sweet without the sour
  • Life is not forever, love is
  • Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away
  • Life is the rose’s hope while yet unblown
  • Life of beauty, goodness and love
  • Life’s race well run, Life’s work well done, Life’s victory won
  • Life’s work well done
  • Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound
  • Light after darkness, gain after loss, strength after weakness, crown after cross
  • Little Boy Blue has gone away
  • Live * Laugh * Love
  • Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much
  • Lives are like rivers: Eventually they go where they must. Not where we want them to (Richard Russo)
  • Lived His Years With Grace, Charm And Spirit
  • Lived With Fortitude And Zest For Life
  • Living with Jesus
  • Look not here for what we have done, look all around you
  • Look up to realms of light and song where no one says farewell
  • Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget-lest we forget
  • Lord I put my trust in your hands
  • Lord in trouble have I visited thee I poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon me (Isaiah 26:16)
  • Lord, have mercy on us
  • Lord, thank you for a beautiful life
  • Lord, we give you our littlest angel
  • Lost for now but loved forever
  • Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop
  • Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down
  • Love forever true
  • Love from here to eternity
  • Love is a light that never dims
  • Love is eternal
  • Love is how often you stay alive, even after you are gone (Mitch Albom)
  • Love is indestructible its holy flame forever burneth
  • Love is life, and death at last crowns it eternal and divine
  • Love is like loving a child
  • Love is love forever more
  • Love is not love that alters with the flight of time, love is enduring, changeless, constant and divine
  • Love is the only bow on life’s dark cloud
  • Love is waiting
  • Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation
  • Love leads to preset rapture-then to pain; but all through love in time is healed again
  • Love light thy way to that far distant shore
  • Love lives on
  • Love makes memory eternal
  • Love never ends
  • Love one another
  • Love the Lord thy God (Luke 10:27)
  • Love this child – always and forever
  • Love’s greatest gift – remembrance
  • Loved and missed
  • Loved on earth, may heaven open its arm and welcome you
  • Loved with a love beyond telling, missed with a grief beyond all tears
  • Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower
  • Lovely pictures still shall bloom upon the walls of memory’s room
  • Loves last gift, remembrance
  • Loving Father
  • Loving Husband, Father and Son
  • Loving memories last forever
  • Loving Mother of (Insert Number) Nana to many
  • Loving Parents
  • Loving Son
  • Loving Son and Brother
  • Loving you forever

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

M

  • Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace (Psalm 37:37)
  • Man (Woman) of the years
  • May God be with you and comfort you
  • May God grant you eternal rest, dear Mother
  • May he (she) be remembered as he (she) remembered others
  • May heaven’s eternal joy be thine
  • May his (her) light guide you
  • May his (her) soul rest in peace
  • May he (she) rest in peace
  • May she rest in peace with God
  • May the angels carry our prayer for you before the throne of God
  • May Heaven’s eternal joy be thine
  • May the journey on your next adventure be as joy-filled as your time with us
  • May the peace of God which surpasses all understanding guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7)
  • May the peace of the Lord be with you
  • May the road rise up to meet you.  May the wind be always at your back.  May the sun shine warm upon your face (old Irish blessing)
  • May the road rise up to meet you. May the sun shine warm upon your face, And the rain fall soft upon your fields, And until we meet again may God hold you in the palm of his hand (old Irish blessing)
  • May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace
  • May the waters of hope, keep her grave ever green
  • May those whole love to her was given all meet and live with her in Heaven
  • May we be a reunited family in Heaven
  • May your soul be bound up in the bond of Life Eternal
  • Meet me in Heaven
  • Memories guide the hand of love
  • Memories live forever
  • Memories, images and precious thoughts that shall not die and cannot be destroyed
  • Memories are links in a golden chain, that bind us till we meet again
  • Memory is the light of yesterday casting its rays today
  • Memory kneels with voiceless sorrow to weep above the grave of beautiful sorrow
  • Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule
  • Mighty like an angel
  • Miss me but let me go
  • Missed
  • Missed By All
  • Modest and gentle of heart
  • Modest, upright, devout an inspiration to his family
  • Mom – Just take a closer walk with thee
  • Mother
  • Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children
  • Mother thou art gone to rest, and this shall be our prayer.. That when we reach our journey’s end, his glory we may share
  • Mother thou has from us flown to the regions far above we to thee erect this stone consecrated by our love
  • Mourn not my death, but celebrate my life
  • Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine
  • Music is love in search of a word
  • Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory…
  • Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss
  • My beloved Husband (Wife), sadly missed
  • My Darling
  • My flesh shall slumber in the ground, till the last Trumpet joyful sound, then burst the chains with sweet surprise, and in my Savior’s Image rise
  • My Guardian Angel, watch over me
  • My Jesus mercy
  • My lifetime companion
  • My Little Angel
  • My Lord, have mercy on us
  • My love is with you everywhere. You cannot pass beyond my prayer
  • My pal on Earth, God’s Angel in Heaven
  • My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest (Exodus 33:14)
  • My son – Keep your Father’s commandments
  • My son, attend unto my wisdom and bow thine ear to my understanding (Proverbs 5:1)
  • My time is come next may be thine therefore prepare while thou hast time for that thou must prepared be to live with Him who died for thee
  • My trust is in God
  • My Wife, my Friend, the Mother dear
  • Mystery of life and death bow down to the mystery of love

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

N

  • Nada pode me separar do amor de Deus (Translation: “Nothing can separate me from the love of God”)
  • Nature is the art of God Eternal
  • Nature’s loving proxy, the watchful mother
  • Nearer my God to thee
  • Neither height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:39)
  • Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another
  • Never far from our thoughts, always close to our hearts
  • Never say goodbye, always say so long…until we meet again
  • Never to forget
  • Never will your memory fade
  • Never yet a springtime when the buds forgot to bloom
  • Night cannot darken the sunlight of his memory
  • Night dropped her sable curtain down, and pinned it with a star
  • Night shall fold her in soft wings
  • No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted
  • No cracks a noble heart and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest
  • No farewell words were spoken, no time to say goodbye. She was gone before we knew it and only God knows why. Our family chain is broken and nothing seems the same but as He calls us one by one the chain will link again
  • No farewell words were spoken, there was no time to say goodbye. You were gone before we knew it and only God knows why
  • No jewel is as perfect as the innocence of childhood
  • No more let life divide what death can join together
  • No man is indispensable but some are irreplaceable
  • No night can darken the sunlight of her memory
  • No one can know how much I love you, because you are the only one who knows what my heart sounds like from the inside
  • No one says farewell
  • No one spread more live in one lifetime
  • No pain, no grief, no anxious fear can reach our loved one sleeping here
  • Nobody’s perfect
  • None knew thee but to love thee
  • Nor shall your glory be forgot while fame her record keeps, or honor points the hallowed spot where valor proudly sleeps
  • Nor sink those stars in empty night: they hide themselves in Heaven’s own light
  • Not a day goes by when you are not loved and missed
  • Not fair my boy this theft now done to rest forever for a race unrun
  • Not goodbye, while memory reigns
  • Not lost to memory! Not lost to love! But gone to our Father’s house above
  • Not my will, but thine be done (Luke 22:42)
  • Not parted, only just apart; in memory, kept close in heart
  • Nothing can ever take away the love a heart holds dear
  • Nothing happens unless first a dream
  • Nothing now is left but a majestic memory
  • Now comes still evening, with twilight gray
  • Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1)
  • Now mend a broken heart, goodnight sweet prince (princess) and may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest
  • Now the laborer’s task is o’er; Now the battle day is past
  • Now upon the farther shore stands the voyager at last
  • Now twilight lets her curtain down and pins it with a star

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

O

  • O Lord I put him (her) in thy hands
  • O Mother dear a short farewell, that we may meet again above, and roam where angels love to dwell
  • Of generous heart…and of beautiful spirit
  • Of rare understanding and fortitude
  • Of spirit and a friend to many
  • Of such is the Kingdom Of Heaven (Matthew 19:14)
  • Of tender heart and generous spirit
  • Oh how beautiful was life to me
  • Oh never star was lost here but it rose afar
  • Oh, for boyhood’s time of June, crowding years into one brief moon
  • On fame’s eternal camping-ground their silent tents are spread, and glory guards, with solemn round
  • On him (her) and on his (her) high endeavor, the light of praise shall shine forever
  • On marble we engrave thy name, thy memory on our hearts
  • On that bright immortal shore we shall meet to part no more
  • Once in a lifetime
  • Once upon a time we had a little pumpkin! Now she is a little angel
  • One day at a time
  • One God, one law, one element, and one far-off divine event, to which the whole creation moves
  • One is nearer God’s heart in a garden: Than anywhere else on earth
  • One of a kind
  • Onward to thy glory! ‘Tis always morning somewhere in the world
  • Our angel
  • Our baby (Insert Name)
  • Our baby is in Heaven
  • Our beloved Daughter (Son)
  • Our beloved Daughter and Sister
  • Our blessing
  • Our brief partings on earth will appear one day as nothing beside the joy of eternity together
  • Our child – always to be remembered
  • Our darling baby, God took him home where there’s no sorrow, no dark paths to roam
  • Our darling Daughter
  • Our father and mother are gone. They lay beneath the sod. Dear parents tho we miss you much we know you rest with God
  • Our Hearts Still Ache in Sadness, And Our Tears Will Forever Flow, What It Meant To Lose You, No One Will Ever Know (unknown)
  • Our hearts still ache in sadness and secret tears still flow. What it means to lose you, no one will ever know.
  • Our hope is in God
  • Our journey together will never end
  • Our joy’s will be greater, our love will be deeper, our lives will be fuller, because we shared your moment
  • Our legacy is really the lives we touch, the inspiration we give, altering someone’s plan – if even for a moment – and getting them to think, cry, laugh, argue. More than anything, we are remembered for our smiles; the ones we share with our closest and dearest, and the ones we bestow on a total stranger, who needed it right then, and God put you there to deliver (Carrie Hamilton)
  • Our little angel
  • Our little one has gone home to be an angel a chosen bud in the Master’s bouquet
  • Our littlest angel who went back to Heaven
  • Our lives are better today, because we knew them yesterday
  • Our love goes with you and our souls wait to join you
  • Our love is eternal
  • Our love is forever
  • Our love is love forever
  • Our loved one sleeps here
  • Our loved one
  • Our precious angel
  • Our souls have sight of that immortal sea, which brought us hither
  • Our time is a very shadow that passeth away
  • Our trust is in God
  • Our way lies where God knows. And love knows where. We are in love’s hand today
  • Ours for a little while, with Jesus forever
  • Out littlest angel who went back to Heaven
  • Out of sorrow, God speaks to us best
  • Out of the shadows of night the world rolls into light; It is daybreak everywhere
  • Out of these ashes, beauty will rise

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

P

  • Pardon me for not getting up
  • Parted friends again may meet, when the storms of life are past, from the toils of nature free; and the spirit freed from pain, crowned with mercy, oh! how sweet, basks in friendships that will last. Will eternal friendship be! (C.W. Thomson)
  • Passive to his holy will, Trust I in my Master still (John Greenleaf Whittier)
  • Peace be with God
  • Peace be with you
  • Peace is thine and sweet remembrance is ours
  • Peace is when time doesn’t matter as it passes by (Maria Schell)
  • Peace to the mighty dead
  • Peace which passeth all understanding (Phillippians 4:7)
  • Peace with be you my child
  • Peace, perfect peace
  • Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones shines through to let us know they are with us
  • Playing in God’s garden
  • Praise ye the Lord, O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good and his mercy endureth for ever (Psalm 106:1)
  • Pray for one another, that you may be saved (James 5:16)
  • Precious are the memories of (name)
  • Precious are the memories of him
  • Precious baby
  • Precious memories of a little angel
  • Prepare for death and follow me
  • Prepare to meet me in Heaven

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

R

  • Rare understanding and of generous heart
  • Reader, awake, believe, repent; thy bones as mine are only lent
  • Redeemed with the precious blood of Christ
  • Remember friends as you pass by
  • Remember man as you walk by, as you are now so once was I, as I am now, so to you shall be, bow your head and pray for me (Nanuet, New York)
  • Remember me in the glow of the sunset or when robins return in the spring. Know that in life there are ups and downs.  Remember beauty exists in all things. Remember me with the radiance of the sun as the glow of me warms your face. When the gentle breeze blows your hair to your eyes, know it is me sending God’s grace. Remember me as you pray at night for this is when you sense me the most. Know that I am, and forever will be alive, with God as my host
  • Remember me, O Lord when thou comest into thy kingdom (Luke 23:42)
  • Remembered dearly by family and friends
  • Remembered with a smile
  • Remembered with love
  • Remembering a tiny angel
  • Remembering you is easy. I do it every day, but there is an ache within my heart that will never go away
  • Requiescat in pace
  • Respected while living, lamented when dead. Her sanctified spirit to Heaven has fled
  • Rest in peace
  • Rest in peace, O ye child of God
  • Rest in thine, sweet memory ours
  • Rest Is Thine And Sweet Remembrance Ours
  • Rest Mother, rest, in peace
  • Rest, Mother, rest in quiet sleep while friends in sorrow o’er thee weep
  • Rest O weary traveler, for with the dawn cometh great joy
  • Rest peacefully
  • Resting in hopes of a glorious resurrection
  • Resting peacefully with Jesus in that beautiful home above
  • Resting till the resurrection morn
  • Resting where no shadows fall
  • Resting with those he (she) loved
  • Reunited in Heaven
  • Reunited
  • Reverend
  • Risen to Heaven you are home

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

S

  • Sacred are the memories
  • Sacred is the memory of (Name)
  • Sad cause of grief for here in dust lies a dear friend, good, virtuous, just great cause of joy, when Christ shall come and break up every grave and tomb whilst at the mighty Sovereign voice sinners shall tremble, Saints rejoice
  • Sadly missed
  • Sadness is a wall between two gardens (Khalil Gibran)
  • Sadness will fall and heaven bring peacefulness
  • Safe in the arms of Jesus
  • Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past (James Russell Lowell)
  • Safely home
  • Savior of the world, have mercy on us. May perpetual light shine upon them, our help is in the name of the Lord. May the angels lead thee into paradise
  • Say not “Good-night,” but in some brighter clime, bid me “Good-morning” (Anna Letitia Barbauld)
  • Send forth thy light and thy truth : they have conducted me, and brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles (Psalm 43:3)
  • Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought the better fight (John Milton)
  • Shadow the sun – How great the sun, how small the shade
  • She always had a smile on her face
  • She appreciated every moment
  • She built a monument of love in their hearts
  • She concealed her tears but shared her smiles
  • She died as she lived, trusting in God
  • She dwells in the secret place of the most High Place
  • She filled every second of her life with laughter, love and happiness
  • She gave her family loving acts of kindness
  • She gave her heart to her family
  • She gave so much and demanded so little
  • She graced her family with acts of loving kindness
  • She had a kindly word for each and she died beloved by all
  • She has gone to her home in heaven … Enjoy the sweet rapture of sacred repose. She has quitted forever this wilderness dreary. And bid farewell to time and its woes
  • She is at rest in Heaven
  • She is gone to the land where the weary enjoy the sweet rapture of sacred repose. She has quitted forever this wilderness dreary. And bid farewell to time and its woes
  • She is not dead, but sleepeth (Luke 8:52)
  • She is not far away
  • She is resting peacefully
  • She is resting peacefully with Jesus in that beautiful home above
  • She left the world knowing that she was loved
  • She lived justly, loved mercy, and walked humbly with her God
  • She lives with us in memory still, and will forevermore
  • She looked on the loveliness of the world and yet shared its sorrows
  • She loved and was loved
  • She loved everyone
  • She loved people and laughter
  • She passed through glory’s morning gate and walked in paradise
  • She served and kept the faith
  • She shared our joys, and cheered when sad, the greatest friend we ever had
  • She sleepeth with those she loved
  • She took the hand of her Lord today
  • She touched everyone with special love and kindness
  • She touched the lives of many
  • She walked in beauty
  • She was a child of the Most High God
  • She was but words are wanting to say what Think what a wife should be and she was that
  • She will always be with us…in our hearts, in our memories, in our lives
  • She walks in beauty like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies (Lord Byron)
  • She was by nature gentle, kind and unassuming. Her life was spent in the service of God and her family
  • She was the sunshine of our home
  • She would rather give than receive
  • She (He) gave her (his) heart to her (his) family
  • Shed not for her the bitter tear nor give the heart to vain regret. Tis but mere ashes that lie here. The gem that filled it sparkles yet (Epitaph of Belle Star)
  • Sheltered and safe from sorrow
  • Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
  • Should we lose each other in the shadow of the evening trees I’ll wait for you, and should I fall behind wait for me (Bruce Springsteen)
  • Show me the way
  • Show us, oh Lord, thy mercy and grant us thy salvation
  • Side by side in life, side by side in death
  • Since I am so quickly done for, I wonder what I was begun for
  • Since I no longer can see your face, nor shake you by the hand, I send my soul through time and space, to greet you, you will understand (James Elroy Flecker)
  • Sing the lovers’ litany “Love Like Ours Can Never Die”
  • Sister, rest in peace in the heavens
  • Sleep my little one, sleep
  • Sleep my love and peace attend thee
  • Sleep on dear child and take thy rest In Jesus arms forever blest
  • Sleep on dear Mamie Thou art at rest God called thee home He thought it best
  • Sleep on now, and take your rest. (Matthew 26: 45)
  • Sleep on, sweet babe, and take thy rest. God called thee home. He thought it best
  • Sleep peacefully
  • Sleep sweet love and tough thy rest, Mother opens the gates wide, and will put you to rest
  • Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, morn of toil, nor night of waking (Sir Walter Scott)
  • Sleep till Eternity
  • Sleep undisturbed within the peaceful shrine till angels wake thee with a note like thine (Samuel Johnson)
  • Sleep with a smile
  • Sleep without fear angels are near
  • Sleep, holy spirit, blessed soul, while the stars burn, the moons increase, and the great ages onward roll (Alfred Tennyson)
  • Sleep, my little one, sleep (Harrington)
  • So dearly loved, so sadly missed
  • So little, yet so loved
  • So live, that sinking to thy life’s last sleep,. calm thou may’st smile, whilst all around thee weep (Sir William Jones)
  • So much love, so much laughter
  • So prone was he to find some good in all mankind, so quick to stop and heed the cry of those in need, that heaven with love abrim did not seem strange to him
  • So shuts the marigold her leaves at the departure of the sun (William Browne)
  • So small, so sweet, so soon
  • Softly the leaves of memory fall. Gently I gather and treasure them all. Unseen unheard you are always near, so missed, so loved, so very dear. No longer in our lives to share, but in our hearts you’re always there (Colin Godon-Farleigh)
  • Soldier
  • Some people believe in angels. I held one in my arms
  • Some people only dream of angels. I held one in my arms
  • Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else (George Dennison Prentice)
  • Some people stay in our hearts forever
  • Some say you’re too painful to remember. I say you’re too precious to forget
  • Someone who has given me the best there is in life; The one I loved with all my heart, my sweetheart and my wife
  • Sometimes love is a moment, sometimes love is a lifetime, sometimes a moment is a lifetime
  • Sometimes memories sneak out of my eyes and roll down my cheeks.
  • Somewhere my love
  • Sorrow and sighing shall flee away (Isaiah 35:10)
  • Sorrow more closely ties our love
  • Sorrows are like tall angels with star-crowns in their hair. (Margery Eldredge Howell)
  • Soulmates
  • Speak your love still once again (Edward Clinton)
  • Step softly, a dream lies buried here (Yates)
  • Step softly, an angel lies here
  • Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand (Charles Kingsley)
  • Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will (Gandhi)
  • Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts, not amid joy. (Felicia Hemans)
  • Strew gladness on the paths of men— You will not pass this way again (Sam Walter Foss)
  • Strike! Thou the Master, we Thy keys, The anthem of the destinies (John Greenleaf Whittier)
  • Such graves as his are pilgrim shrines, Shrines to no code or creed confined (Fitz-Greene Halleck)
  • Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God (Matthew 19:14)
  • Sunshine and rain at once; her smiles and tears (William Shakespeare)
  • Sweet are the memories that never fade
  • Sweet are the memories so clear, in our thoughts you will always be near (John Kilpatrick)
  • Sweet as a rose
  • Sweet by thy sleep
  • Sweet dreams little buddy (for a child)
  • Sweet in her ways, observant in his (her) mitzvahs
  • Sweet In her ways
  • Sweet is the calm of paradise blest
  • Sweet little bud for earth too fair, hath gave to Heaven to blossom there
  • Sweet of countenance devout of faith
  • Sweet rest be thine
  • Sweetly sleeping
  • Sweetly Sleeping the firstborn offspring of our love has safely winged its flight above

Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

T

    • Take me then, O Lord, I pray into thine arm unto my rest
    • Take salutations, do not weep. They’re not dead but here do sleep. Within this narrow house of clay. Until the resurrection day
    • Take them, O great Eternity! Our little life is but a gust. That bends the branches of thy tree, And trails its blossoms in the dust! (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
    • Take ye heed watch and pray for ye know not when the time is (Matthew 24:42)
    • Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; Help us to spend them as we should (Psalm 90:12)
    • Teacher
    • Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into Heaven (H.W. Beecher)
    • Tears water our growth (William Shakespeare)
    • Tender Mother, a faithful friend
    • Thank you for the gift of you. You gave us hope by just being you! After the hurting and healing are through, we’ll treasure most of all the gift of you
    • Thank you for your courage and inspiration
    • thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57)
    • That he may rest from his labors and his works do follow him (Revelation 14:13)
    • That the sky is brighter than the earth means little unless the earth itself is appreciated and enjoyed (Helen Keller)
    • That merry shout no more I hear, no laughing child I see, no little arms are round my neck, no feet upon my knee; no kisses drop upon my cheek; These lips are sealed to me. Dear Lord, how could I give Johnnie up to any but to Thee?
    • The acts of this life are the destiny of the next. (Eastern proverb)
    • The amount of time on earth matters very little: a man can live in greed and pride 90 years and never find God, know Him or accomplish His Plan. A stillborn baby on the other hand, teaches people to love, brings people to the Lord, teaches us the tenuous nature of life and teaches us a faith that those who have not suffered loss can never know. A child not even breathing for an hour, can have an impact greater than a famous preacher. The purpose of a life is not ours to decide nor in our hands: it is brought about by God (Author Unknown)
    • The anchor of our family
    • The Angel of Death is the invisible Angel of Life (Henry Mills Alden)
    • The angels singing unto one another, can find among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of “Mother” (Edgar Allan Poe)
    • The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart. (Helen Keller)
    • The best is yet to be
    • The best is yet to come
    • The best of what we do and are, Just God, forgive! (William Wordsworth)
    • The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich (Proverbs 10:22)
    • The candle of his spirit is still alight – that lives may yet be illuminated
    • The child is the father of the man (William Wordsworth)
    • The cross hath lifted up my head to peace
    • The cross leads generations on (Shelley)
    • The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day (Thomas Gray)
    • The curtain of night is drawn aside and truth emerges (Sadhana)
    • The dearly loved Wife of (name)
    • The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtue (Cicero)
    • The Earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein (Psalm 24:1)
    • The Earth’s last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried (Rudyard Kipling)
    • The end and the reward of toil is rest (James Beattie)
    • The fairest flower in all God’s garden
    • The fairest garden in her looks, and in her mind the wisest books (Abraham Cowley)
    • The first emotion of pain he ever caused was caused by his departure
    • The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams (Eleanor Roosevelt)
    • The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all (2 Corinthians 13:14)
    • The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy. (Beaumont and Fletcher)
    • The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in which direction we are moving. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.)
    • The happiness of others was her joy
    • The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness (Honore de Balzac)
    • The heart of him who truly loves is a paradise on earth (Abbe Lamennais)
      The heart of him who truly loves is a paradise on earth ; He has God in himself, for God is love (Abbe Lamennais)
    • The heart of man is restless until it finds its rest in Thee (St. Augustine)
    • The heart that has truly loved never forgets (Thomas Moore)
    • The hour-glass of time turns over and pours out the sands of hope
    • The hours part us, but they bring us together again
    • The influence of a Father upon his children lives through generations forever
    • The Kindness of a beautiful life well lived from start to close, lives on in cherished memory
    • 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)
    • The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
    • The life spark existed before birth and death does not extinguish it
    • The little of earthly life returns to the eternal harmony of the infinite all
    • The longest lives who most to others gives
    • The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. (Isiah 49:1)
    • The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away; Blessed be the name of the Lord! (Job 1:21)
    • The Lord has touched them
    • The Lord hath given him rest from all his enemies (II Samuel 7: 1)
    • The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens and his kingdoms ruleth over all. (Psalm 103:19)
    • The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him (Nahum 1:7)
    • The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid (Psalm 27:1)
    • The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. (Psalm 23)
    • The Lord is my shepherd. (Psalm 23)
    • The Lord is thy keeper (Psalm 121:5)
    • The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants (Psalm 34:22)
    • The Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another (Genesis 31:49)
    • The loss is immeasurable, but so is the love left behind
    • The loveliest rainbow is in our vision rather than in the sky (Will Durant)
    • The man (woman) with a plan
    • The measure of a great heart is not how much you love, but how much you are loved by others (L. Frank Baum)
    • The record of a generous life runs like a vine around the memory of our dead, and every sweet unselfish act is now a perfumed flower (Robert Green Ingersoll)
    • The Memory Of Every Unselfish Act Is Now A Perfumed Rose (Robert Green Ingersoll)
    • The memory of the past will stay, and half our joys renew (Thomas Moore)
    • The moment that you died, my heart was torn in two, one side filled with heartache, the other died with you. I often lie awake at night, when the world is fast asleep, and take a walk down memory lane, with tears upon my cheeks. Remember you is easy, I do it every day, but missing you is heartache that never goes away. I hold you tightly within my heart and there you will remain until the joyous day arrived, that we will meet again (Emma Jane Rae)
    • The morning shall awaken, the shadows flee away (Song of Solomon 2:17)
    • The night is darkest just before the dawn (Thomas Fuller)
    • The night is long that never finds the day (William Shakespeare)
    • The ones we love are never gone. They live within our hearts and our memories we will have forever
    • The pains of death are past. Labor and sorrow cease and life’s long warfare closed at last, his soul is found in peace
    • The past is history, the future a mystery but we will hold dear our memories of her. Her smile, the sound of her laughter…forever
    • The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown (William Cowper)
    • The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7)
    • The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people (George Dennison Prentice)
    • The purest affection the heart can hold is the honest love of a nine-year-old (Holman Day)
    • The record shows I took the blows, I faced it all and I stood tall, I did it my way (Frank Sinatra)
    • The righteous shall go into life eternal (Matthew 25:46)
    • The rose may fade, the lily die. But flowers immortal bloom on high. Beyond the taint of sinful powers. Willie is safe in Eden’s bowers
    • The saddened hearts were healed in knowing the pain of life is over and the beauty of the soul revealed
    • The sea is as deep in a calm as in a storm
    • The shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day (Proverbs 4:18)
    • The song has ended, but the melody lingers on (Irving Berlin)
    • The Soul Immortal Wings Its Flight To Never-Setting Day (Samuel Johnson, ‎Alexander Chalmers)
    • The soul that suffers is stronger than the soul that rejoices (E. Shepard)
    • The spirit lives in the shelter of God’s love and mercy (Jon Douglas Levenson)
    • The spirit shall return unto God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7)
    • The starry tree Eternity put forth the blossom Time (Robert Williams Buchanan)
    • The sweetest sounds to mortals given are heard in Mother, Home and Heaven (William Goldsmith Brown)
    • The task accomplished, the long day done (William Ernest Henley)
    • The time God allots to each of us is like precious linen which we embroider as best we know how
    • The tint of health has left his cheeks. And cold is his fair brow. His eyes are closed, his pulse is still. He is an angel now
    • The Twilight Gates Are Open Wide, Within Lies Eternal Peace
    • The unity that binds us all together that makes this earth a family and all men brothers and the sons of God is love (Thomas Wolfe)
    • the world is a divine dream, from which we may presently awake to the glories and certainties of day (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
    • The world is now a better place because he walked this way
    • The world’s a theatre, the earth a stage, Which God and nature do with actors fill (John Heywood)
    • The world’s loss was heaven’s gain when God took you home
    • Their greatest peace was found in nature…and those moments spent crossing the next mountain
    • Their Love Will Last An Eternity
    • Thy memory be as a dwelling-place. For all sweet sounds and harmonies (William Wordsworth)
    • Them that love God
    • Then dawns the Invisible: the Unseen its truth reveals (Emily Bronte)
    • Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7)
    • Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father (Matthew 13:43)
    • Then the just will shine forth (Matthew 13:43)
    • Then they are glad because they are at rest (Psalm 107:30)
    • There are blossoms of gladness ‘neath the winter’s snow (Lizzie DeArmond)
    • There are no barriers that love cannot conquer (Shirley Weiss-Wilton)
    • There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart (Mahatma Gandhi)
    • There are no partings in Heaven
    • There are special people in our lives who never leave us, even after they are gone (D. Morgan)
    • There are three that bear witness in Heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one
    • There hath pass’d away a glory from the earth (William Wordsworth)
    • There is a bright region above. We long to reach its shore to join with the dear ones we love, not lost, but gone before (Francis Marion)
    • There is a garden in her face where roses and lilacs blow
    • There is a sweet joy that comes to us through sorrow (Charles Spurgeon)
    • There is a land of pure delight, where saints immortal reign; infinite day excludes the night, and pleasures banish pain (Isaac Watts)
    • There is no death! The stars go down’ To rise upon some other shore, And bright in heaven’s jewelled crown. They shine for evermore. There is no death! (J.L. McCreery)
    • There is no foot too small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world
    • There is no parting in Heaven
    • There is, I am convinced, no picture that conveys in all its dreadfulness, a vision of sorrow, despairing, remediless, supreme. If I could paint such a picture, the canvas would show only a woman looking down at her empty arms (Charlotte Bronte)
    • There never was night that had no morn. (D.M.N. Craik)
    • There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God (Hebrews 4:9)
    • There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest (Job 3:17)
    • There was a friendly warmth about you, a faith in the fondness of human kind
    • There was grace in all her steps, heaven in her eyes. In every gesture, dignity and love (J.D. Robb)
    • Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think not the son of God cometh (Matthew 24:44)
    • Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19)
    • These lovely babes were called away to mingle with their native clay nipp’d in the bud, it was god’s will to land them safe on Zion’s hill
    • They are not dead but sleeping (Matthew 9:24)
    • They are not dead; life’s flag is never furled: they passed from world to world (Edwin Markham)
    • They are not dead; they have but passed beyond the mists that blind us here into the new and larger life of that serener sphere
    • They died rejoicing in hope
    • They gave their today for our tomorrow. Time cannot steal the treasures that we carry in our hearts
    • They gave their today for our tomorrow
    • They gave us love and that love continues to grow
    • They loved their Lord with all their hearts, with all their minds and with all their spirits (Luke 10:17)
    • They Serve God Well Who Serve His Creatures
    • They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old (Laurence Binyon)
    • They were lovely and amiable in their life, and were not parted in their death (2 Samuel 1:23)
    • They who forgive most, shall be most forgiven (William Blake)
    • They who have done good shall come forth unto resurrection of life (John 5:29)
    • Things past belong to memory alone, things future are the property of hope. (John Home)
    • This child – gone but not forgotten
    • This child – resting in the arms of God
    • This child enters the gates of Heaven
    • This child goes to a much better place
    • This child loved, and was loved
    • This is but a covered bridge leading from light to light, through a brief darkness (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
    • This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased (Matthew 3: 17)
    • This is over my head
    • This is the promise he hath promised us, even eternal life (John 2:25)
    • This is the promise…the life everlasting (John 2: 25)
    • This is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith (1 John 5:4)
    • This isn’t death – it’s glory
    • This little one shines like a star in the heavens
    • This man is sailing on the wings of eagles
    • Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day
    • Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed, and very dear
    • Those we love remain with us
    • Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on
    • Those who knew him could not help but love him
    • Those who touch our lives, stay in our hearts forever
    • Thou soul of my soul! I shall clasp thee again, and with God be the rest! (Robert Browning)
    • Thou straggler into loving arms, young climber-up of knees (Mary Lamb)
    • Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. (Psalm 23:4)
    • though life’s valley be a vale of tears, A brighter scene beyond that vale appears (William Cowper)
    • Though lost to Sight, to Memory dear (George Linley)
    • Though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow (Psalm 90:10)
    • Thy cross is my crown
    • Thy day is hastening when like me thou too shall dust and ashes be
    • Thy faith has saved thee (Luke 7:50)
    • Thy memory shall ever be a guiding star to Heaven
    • Thy remembrance shall endure unto all generations (Psalm 102:12)
    • Thy trials ended, thy rest is won
    • Thy will be done
    • Til memory fades and life departs, you will live forever in our hearts
    • Til spring comes back with rustling shade and apple blossoms fill the air (Alan Seeger)
    • Til the day break
    • Til the sun grows cold, and the stars are old, and the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold (Bayard Taylor)
    • Til time shall every grief remove with life, with memory and with love (Thomas Gray)
    • Til we shall meet and never part
    • Till Shadows Vanish In The Light Of Light
    • Till the Master of all good workmen shall set us to work anew. (Rudyard Kipling)
    • Till we meet again
    • Time cannot steal the treasures that we carry in our hearts
    • Time passes, love remains
    • Time passes, memories stay, loved and remembered, everyday
    • Time takes even the simple and small memories we hold of those we love and silently turns them into gold
    • Tis always morning somewhere, and above (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
    • Tis not the whole of life to live, nor all of death to die (James Montgomery)
    • Tis sweet, as year by year we lose friends out of sight, in faith to muse how grows in Paradise our store (Keble)
    • To all the world just one, but to us all the world
    • To be a child is tTo know the fun of living, to have a child is to know the beauty of life
    • To Each There Comes A Time Of Beautiful And Lasting Peace.
    • To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour (Sir Winston Churchill)
    • To forget is vain endeavor! Love’s remembrance lasts forever
    • To know her was to love her
    • To know him was an honor. He was loved by many, but loved many more
    • To know him (her) was to love him (her)
    • To know, to esteem, to love, and then to part, Makes up life’s tale to many a feeling heart! (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
    • To live in the hearts of others is not to die
    • To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die (Thomas Campbell)
    • To live in the hearts we leave (Thomas Campbell)
    • To live is to go on a journey, to die is to come back home
    • To live with Him and sing in endless morn of light (John Milton)
    • To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another (Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz)
    • To love that well which we must leave ere long, makes our love ever more strong (William Shakespeare)
    • To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth
    • To the world you may be one person…but to one person you may be the world (Dr. Seuss)
    • To those who knew and loved him, his memory will never grow old
    • Today she dances with angels
    • Today, tomorrow, forever
    • Together again
    • Together forever
    • Tones I loved fall on my heart as dew upon the withered rose-leaf
    • Too dearly loved, to be forgotten
    • Too good for Earth God called her home
    • Too good in life, to be forgotten in death
    • Too well loved to ever be forgotten
    • Train a child in the way he should go and he shall never depart from you (Proverbs 22:6)
    • Tread softly for an angel band. Doth guard the silent dust. And we can safely leave our boy. Our darling, in their trust
    • Treasure The Memories
    • Treasured by us is the memory of your unselfish love
    • Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you (Matt 21:31–32)
    • Trust in God
    • Two hearts joined as one

    Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

    U

    • U.S. Navy World War II
    • Underneath this stone doth lie As much virtue as could die ; Which, when alive, did vigor give To as much beauty as could live
    • Until the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars (Will Hayes)
    • Until the day break and shadows flee (Song of Solomon 2:17)
    • Until the day breaks
    • Until we meet again
    • Until we meet again, to part no more
    • Unto them that love God, all things work for good (Romans 8:28)
    • Unto you is paradise opened (2 Esdras 8:52)
    • unto you is paradise opened, the tree of life is planted, the time to come is prepared, plenteousness is made ready, a city is builded, and rest is allowed, yea, perfect goodness and wisdom (2 Esdras 8:52)
    • upon the silent shore. Of memory images and precious thoughts. That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed (William Wordsworth)

    Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

    W

    • Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart (Psalm 27:14)
    • Warm summer sun, Shine kindly here, Warm southern wind, Blow softly here. Green sod above, Lie light, lie light. Good night, dear heart, Good night, good night (Mark Twain)
    • Was borne away by an angel band
    • Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come (Matthew 24:42)
    • We are born, we suffer, we love, we die, but the waves continue to beat upon the rocks; the seed time and the harvest come and go, but the earth remains (Victoria Holt)
    • We are grieving, We are not contagious, We are not sad all the time, We laugh, We smile, We cry, We weep for being happy, We live, We talk, We feel, We come from every background, We are sad, we lost a baby, We are… (Jennifer Davis)
    • We can’t know why the lily has so brief a time to bloom in the warmth of sunlight’s kiss upon its face before it folds into its fragrance and bids the world good night to rest its beauty in a gentler place. But we can know that nothing that is loved is ever lost and no one who has touched a heart can really pass away because some beauty lingers on in each memory of which they’ve been a part (Ellen Brenneman)
    • We cannot Lord thy purpose see, but all is well that’s done by thee (Dennis Rainey)
    • We could hold you in our hands, now we hold you in our hearts
    • We do not remember days, we remember moments (Cesare Pavese)
    • We have loved you in life. Let us not forget you in death
    • We hear from the misty troubled shore the voice of the children gone before, drawing the soul to its anchorage (Bret Hitrle)
    • We know our God is taking care of you now
    • We know that all things work together for good to them that love God (Romans 8:28)
    • We know that all things work together for good to what we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever (Romans 8:28)
    • We know that for those who love God all things work together unto good (Romans 8:28)
    • We live to love you more each day (Jayne Mansfield)
    • We lived life to the fullest with no regrets
    • We lived together in happiness. Now we rest together in peace.
    • We lived together in happiness; we rest together in peace
    • We love you always
    • We love you to the moon and back…
    • We love; we grieve; we wait; we hope
    • We loved him a lot but God loved him more
    • We loved this tender little one. And would have wished her stay. But let our Father’s will be done. She shines in endless day
    • We made a promise till death to us part, but when the time came it broke my heart
    • We miss thee from our home dear Mother, we miss thee from thy place, a shadow o’er our life is cast, we miss the sunshine of thy face. We miss the kind and willing hand, thy fond and earnest care. Our home is dark without thee, we miss thee everywhere. We Will Meet Again
    • We miss you
    • We miss you and love you always
    • We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us (E.M. Forester)
    • We remember how you loved us
    • We shall meet again who have loved each other
    • We walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7)
    • We will keep a part of you with us and everywhere we are there you will be
    • We will love you always
    • We worked together in happiness, now we rest together in peace
    • We’ll be together again
    • Weep not Father and Mother for me for I am waiting in Glory for thee
    • Weep not, he is at rest
    • Weep not for him who departs from life, for there is no suffering beyond death for those who love Jesus
    • Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5)
    • Well done, thou good and faithful servant (Matthew 25: 21)
    • Went to be an angel
    • Were ever he met a stranger, there he left a friend
    • What a wonderful life
    • What seem to us but sad, funeral tapers, may be Heaven’s distant lamps. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
    • What the heart has owned, it shall never lose (Henry Ward Beecher)
    • What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God (Eleanor Powell)
    • What we have once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us (Helen Keller)
    • What we keep in memory is ours forever
    • What we keep in memory, is ours unchanged forever
    • What would the world be to us if the children were no more? (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
    • Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye (Saadi Shirazi)
    • When Christ ascended Triumphantly from star to star, He left the gates of Heaven ajar (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
    • When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
    • When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure
    • When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory (Matthew 25:31)
    • Where faith is… there is no loss. Where love is…there is no separation
    • Where He leads me I can safely go (Millay)
    • Where is the heart that doth not keep, Within its inmost core, Some fond remembrance hidden deep, Of days that are no more? (Ellen Clementine Howarth)
    • Where our sorrows and our trials like a dream will pass away, and our souls shall dwell forever
      In the realms of endless day (Fanny Crosby)
    • Where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest (Job 3:17)
    • Where there is great love there are always miracles (Willa Cather)
    • Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
    • Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground. (Oscar Wilde)
    • While he lives cherished in our memories, he is never far away
    • While Memory watches o’er the sad review Of joys that faded like the morning dew (Thomas Campbell)
    • While we have time, let us do good (Galatians 6:10)
    • Whither thou goest, I will go (Ruth 1: 16)
    • Who knows but on their sleep may rise such light as never heaven let through to lighten earth from Paradise? (Algernon Charles Swinburne)
    • Whose feet have trod the path to God -“Not lost, but gone before”
    • Whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life (John 3: 16)
    • Wise in counsel and in deed
    • With all my love
    • With Christ in Heaven
    • With God which is far better
    • With loving memories, there is no loneliness
    • With man it is impossible, but not with God for with God all things are possible (Mark 10:27)
    • With tender love and deep regret,  we who love you will never forget (John Kilpatrick)
    • Without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:16)
    • Without thee what is all the morning’s wealth? (William Wordsworth)
    • Without thy light what light remains in me? (John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester)
    • Wonderful was your love for us
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    Headstone Quotes & Epitaphs

    Y

      • Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me (Psalm 23:4)
      • Yesternight the sun went hence, and yet is here today (John Donne)
      • Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also (John 14:19)
      • Yet in this heart’s most sacred place, thou, thou, alone, shall dwell forever (Thomas Moore)
      • Yet spirit immortal the tomb cannot bind thee (Lyman Heath)
      • Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like Eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary (Isaiah 40:31)
      • Yet tho’ thy smile be lost to sight, to memory thou art dear (George Linley)
      • Yet to each loving heart, how near (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
      • You are always in my thoughts, your love is still my guide, and though I cannot touch your hand, I know you are by my side
      • You are not dead to us: But as a bright star unseen; We hold that you are ever near Though death intrudes between
      • You are safe in Jesus arms
      • You are to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself (Luke 10:27)
      • You graced your home with goodness
      • You made a beautiful difference in our lives
      • You may be gone from my sight, but you are never gone from my heart
      • You may not be living here for all to see but in my heart you will be living forever , you will always be with me
      • You taught all that knew you what courage meant
      • You will forever be my always
      • Your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color (W.S. Merwin)
      • Your beautiful spirit lifted up our hearts
      • Your beloved memory enriches our lives
      • Your devotion to your family was our blessing
      • Your gentle sweet nature made you beloved by all
      • Your joy was in acts of loving kindness
      • Your life devoted to the happiness of others
      • Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure.
      • Your light will shine forever
      • Your love and kindness will never be forgotten
      • Your love is like a red, red rose (Robert Burns)
      • Your love will light my way
      • Your love will light my way, your memory will ever be with me
      • Your love will never be forgotten
      • Your love and kindness will never be forgotten
      • Your loving kindness and fortitude brightened my days
      • Your loving kindness is a light to guide us
      • Your loving kindness shall be our everlasting remembrance
      • Your memory is a light to guide us
      • Your memory is dear to us
      • Your memory is our keepsake, with which we’ll never part; God has you in his keeping, and we have you in our hearts
      • Your patient courage is a beloved memory
      • Your presence was a gift to this world
      • Your smile, love and heart will be missed forever
      • Your tender love and understanding will remain with us forever
      • Your tiny footprints forever embedded on our hearts
      • Your trial is ended, your rest is won
      • Your words were kindness, your deeds were love
      • Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall. A mother’s secret love outlives them all (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
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