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“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

Book:Anecdotes and Stories of Abraham Lincoln

Source: Anecdotes and Stories of Abraham Lincoln

“The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.”

“I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief”

Grows Grief Gratitude Prosperity Grieving Voyages Loathe

Book:Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion

Source: Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion

“All that we know about those we have loved and lost is that they would wish us to remember them with a more intensified realization of their reality. What is essential does not die but clarifies. The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.”

Knows Doe Reality Remember Dies Lost Wish Grief Gratitude Essentials Highest Realization Tribute Loved And Lost

Author:Thornton Wilder

“I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.”

Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual

“All I know from my own experience is that the more loss we feel the more grateful we should be for whatever it was we had to lose. It means that we had something worth grieving for. The ones I'm sorry for are the ones that go through life not knowing what grief is.”

Knows Feels Should Mean Loses My Own Loss Grief Knowing Gratitude Grateful Sorry Grieving Not Knowing I'm Sorry

Book:A Set of Variations: Twenty-seven Stories

Source: A Set of Variations: Twenty-seven Stories

“The answer to the mystery of existence is the love you shared sometimes so imperfectly, and when the loss wakes you to the deeper beauty of it, to the sanctity of it, you can't get off your knees for a long time, you're driven to your knees not by the weight of the loss but by gratitude for what preceded the loss.”

Long Sometimes Loss Answers Grief Existence Mystery Love You Gratitude Long Time Weight Deeper Driven Knees Sanctity Wakes You

Author:Dean Koontz

“Who was this Man of sorrows, acquainted with grief? Who is the King of glory, this Lord of hosts? He is our Master. He is our Savior. He is the Son of God. He is the Author of our Salvation. He beckons, “Follow me.” He instructs, “Go, and do thou likewise.” He pleads, “Keep my commandments.” Let us follow Him. Let us emulate His example. Let us obey His word. By so doing, we give to Him the divine gift of gratitude.”

Men Giving Grief Lord Example Divine Son Masters Kings Sorrow Gratitude Glory Salvation Savior Host Commandments Follow Me Emulate

Author:Thomas S. Monson

“Joy and woe are woven fine, A clothing for the soul divine. Under every grief and pine Runs a joy with silken twine.”

Life Inspirational Soul Running Joy Grief Divine Inspirational Life Fine Gratitude Clothings Woe Woven

Book:Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul

Source: Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul