100+ Heartfelt Sympathy Quotes for Comfort and Support

Summary: Sympathy, the heartfelt ability to understand and share in the feelings of others, is a cornerstone of human connection. In this article, we're delving into the art of expressing sympathy through quotes. Each subtitle highlights a unique aspect of sympathy, offering a collection of quotes that resonate with compassion, understanding, and empathy. Whether you're seeking solace for a grieving friend or wish to enhance your emotional intelligence, these quotes are crafted to echo the profound depths of human empathy.

Quotes for Comfort in Loss

"What we have once enjoyed deeply, we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." – Helen Keller

"Grief is the price we pay for love." – Queen Elizabeth II

"The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it." – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

"Tears are the silent language of grief." – Voltaire

"Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch." – Jack Thorne, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"

"The darker the night, the brighter the stars; the deeper the grief, the closer is God!" – Fyodor Dostoevsky

"There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart." – Mahatma Gandhi

"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal." – Thomas Moore

"Grief changes shape, but it never ends." – Keanu Reeves

"We understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love." – Anne L. de Stael

"Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break." – William Shakespeare

"While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil." – John Taylor

Quotes of Empathy and Understanding

"Whenever you are able to do a kindness for someone, do it. The world needs more of that." – Unknown

"Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself." – Mohsin Hamid

"The greatest cruelty is our casual blindness to the despair of others." – Anonymous

"Sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand." – Anonymous

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view." – Harper Lee

"Whenever you’re having a selfless moment, realize it’s your larger self doing it." – Frederick Lenz

"Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things." – Thomas Merton

"I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person." – Walt Whitman

"Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load." – Charles Henry Parkhurst

"Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another." – Alfred Adler

"To love and understand each other is the greatest gift anyone could ever give." – Anonymous

"The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others." – Albert Schweitzer

Quotes for Sharing Compassion

"A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal." – Steve Maraboli

"True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it." – Daniel Goleman

"Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering." – Dalai Lama

"Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation." – Henry Ward Beecher

"Give compassion: Every day the demand for it is more pressing, yet the supply never diminishes." – Anonymous

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." – Dalai Lama

"Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion." – Jack Kornfield

"Until you have real compassion, you can not recognize love." – Bob Thurman

"If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete." – Jack Kornfield

"Let our hearts be stretched out in compassion toward others, for everyone is walking their own difficult path." – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a covenant between equals." – Gregory Boyle

"Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek." – Dalai Lama

Quotes for Positivity and Hope

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." – Desmond Tutu

"The little things you do can brighten someone else's day. Be the light in their darkness." – Anonymous

"Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you only carry one thing throughout your entire life, let it be hope and be kind." – Anonymous

"Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope too can be given to one only by other human beings." – Elie Weisel

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." – Audrey Hepburn

"Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start." – Nido Qubein

"There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for." – J.R.R. Tolkien

"Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again." – Anne Frank

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." – William James

"Hope laughs at the threshold of the door." – Augustine of Hippo

"Hope is the only thing stronger than fear." – Unknown

Quotes for Encouraging Resilience

"Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again." – Nelson Mandela

"The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you'd ever believe." – Jodi Picoult

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it." – Helen Keller

"The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived." – Robert Jordan

"Turn your wounds into wisdom." – Oprah Winfrey

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." – Nelson Mandela

"It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up." – Vince Lombardi

"Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later." – Bob Goff

"Growth is often uncomfortable, messy, and full of feelings you weren’t looking forward to experiencing. But it’s necessary." – Anonymous

"Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'" – Mary Anne Radmacher

"Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and responsibility to pick yourself up." – Mary Holloway

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." – Albert Einstein

Quotes to Inspire Kindness

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." – Mark Twain

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." – Aesop

"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward." – Princess Diana

"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees." – Amelia Earhart

"Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth." – C. A. Bartol

"In a world where you can be anything, be kind." – Anonymous

"Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle." – Charles Glassman

"Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." – Mother Teresa

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." – Mahatma Gandhi

"A warm smile is the universal language of kindness." – William Arthur Ward

"If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours." – Dolly Parton

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." – Dalai Lama

Quotes about Healing

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you." – Rumi

"To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear." – Stephen Levine

"Healing yourself is connected with healing others." – Yoko Ono

"The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love." – Hubert H. Humphrey

"Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it." – Tori Amos

"You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that." – Louise Hay

"Healing means accepting all parts of ourselves, not just the parts we like, but all of us." – Unknown

"Time heals everything. Give yourself the time." – Boss Marley

"Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives." – Akshay Dubey

"Awareness is the first step in healing." – Dean Ornish

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." – Eleanor Roosevelt

"Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us." – David Richo

Quotes of Sympathy in Difficult Times

"Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don’t remember me at all." – Laura Ingalls Wilder

"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." – Thomas Campbell

"Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated." – Alphonse de Lamartine

"If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever." – A.A. Milne

"What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness." – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality." – Emily Dickinson

"When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure." – Unknown

"You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful." – John Green, "The Fault in Our Stars"

"What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." – Helen Keller

"The best way out is always through." – Robert Frost

"Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow." – Unknown

"Hoping you find gentle moments of peace and comfort in the days ahead." – Unknown

Quotes for Emotional Support

"The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares." – Henri Nouwen

"The only way to get rid of the pain is to feel the pain." – Bryant McGill

"The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up." – Mark Twain

"Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man." – Louis Nizer

"There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up." – John Holmes

"Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours." – Vera Nazarian

"The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it." – C.C. Scott

"There are moments when the heart breaks, and it is in the cracks that the light begins to shine through." – George Bernard Shaw

"Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet." – Charles Swindoll

"You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone." – Amit Ray

"Support and encouragement are found in the simplest acts of kindness, compassion, and love." – Unknown

"During a difficult time, know that you have the power and strength to see it through." – Lori Deschene

Quotes of Love and Remembrance

"There is nothing ever really lost to us as long as we remember it." – Lucy Maud Montgomery

"As long as we live, they too will live, for they are now a part of us as we remember them." – Jewish Prayer

"The love we share with those we have lost is immortal." – Unknown

"Loved and missed, but never forgotten." – Unknown

"In the end, we will always find that love was the answer to every question." – Unknown

"When we have joy, we crave to share; we remember someone we love and want to call them." – Unknown

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal." – Irish Proverb

"Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose." – Kevin Arnold

"Though the song has ended, the melody lingers on." – Irving Berlin

"When you focus on the good, the good gets better; their light continues to shine." – Unknown

"Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity." – Terri Guillemets

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

Final words

Conclusion: Sympathy is a powerful tool that helps bridge the emotional distances created by life's inevitable difficulties and losses. By sharing quotes that encapsulate the essence of empathy, understanding, and support, we can provide solace and comfort to those in need. These collections are more than mere words; they are affirmations of humanity's innate compassion, reminding us of our shared experiences and the healing power of kindly gestures. In times of grief or struggle, let these quotes be your guide to building stronger connections with those who need it most. In the end, the love and kindness we extend to others create ripples that can transform lives and leave a lasting legacy of hope and resilience. In embracing others' pain as our own, we not only uplift those around us but also enrich our lives with deeper meaning and fulfillment.