Quotes about Loss

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose . . . a time to gain, and a time to lose" (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 6 NKJV). In times of loss there are lessons to be gained. Let's not miss the purposes of God even in times of sorrow and disappointment, for He is always with us on our journey.

What shall it profit a man, if he . . . gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" (Mark 8:36).

Every divorce represents a broken dream, a shattered hope, a ruined expectation.

There are countless opportunities to comfort others, not only in the loss of a loved one, but also in the daily distress that so often creeps into our lives.

Grief comes with many losses. Whatever its cause, grief will come to all of us.

Grief which is not dealt with properly can cause us to lose our perspective on life.

The winds that sometimes take something we love, are the same that bring us something we learn to love. Therefore we should not cry about something that was taken from us, but, yes, love what we have been given. Because what is really ours is never gone forever.

I cannot remember how I felt when the light went out of my eyes. I suppose I felt it was always night and perhaps I wondered why the day did not come.

It's wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon.

Tragedy, loss, and hurt often arrive unanticipated. How we react when we are surprised will tell our families whether what we have taught and testified lies deep in our hearts.

To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity.