Beautiful Quotes for Headstones and Tombstones
A quick internet search for tombstone quotes will lead you to a multitude of websites about the 1993 western drama starring Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell. While I suppose that a few of the movie’s famous lines like, “Not me, I’m in my prime” or “I calculate that’s the end of this town” could foster a funny epitaph, sorry movie buffs, but this concludes our list of quotes from the famous film.
Instead, these beautiful quotes for tombstones embody an endearing love to the departed and offer peace and hope to the living. The headstone sayings and quotes for tombstones listed here are our choices for the best and most beautiful epitaph examples in recent time. We’ve included many references to current popular culture because we believe that a memorial tombstone should not be viewed as a boring relic from the past, but represent the modern time in which we live. A loving memory deserves a special tribute - we hope you find the perfect words for your loved one.
General Headstone Sayings
If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever.
In memories we find comfort, in love we find peace.
Gone from our sight but not from our hearts.
To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is never to die.
Too well loved to ever be forgotten.
The song has ended but the melody lingers on.
Step softly, a dream lies buried here.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember you.
Your love will light my way, your memory will forever be with me.
Death is only a shadow across the path to heaven.
In memory of a life so beautifully lived, love so deeply shared, and spirit so deeply missed.
Classic Headstone quotes
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. - Henry Ward Beecher
God gives us love, something to love he lends us. - Alfred Tennyson
Where there is sorrow there is holy ground. - Oscar Wilde
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. - Thomas Moore
Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure. - Sir Oliver Lodge
Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity. - John Milton
Beyond is the infinite morning of a day without tomorrow. - W.S. Abbot
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. - Dr. Seuss
Headstone Sayings for a Mother or Wife
Forever my wife, my love, my life.
A mother’s love lasts forever.
Her life was full of love, her heart filled with joy.
A wife's love is life's treasure.
A mother's love is a divine blessing.
In loving memory of a wife and mother like no other.
She will be forever cherished, loved, and remembered.
Her love, a symphony, now echoes through the ages.
Together in life, in love, and forever.
She loved deeply and left a legacy of grace.
Her light will shine eternally.
Headstone Sayings for a husband or father
Forever in our hearts and always our hero.
He guided us and leaves behind a legacy of strength.
A husband's love is earth’s most precious treasure.
We can still hear his laughter echoing through time.
A father's wisdom is a light that shines forever.
I find peace and comfort in remembering how it felt to be held in your arms.
My dear husband, my rock, my strength.
O Lord, I put him in thy hands.
He was the embodiment of strength and love.
To those who knew and loved him, his memory will never grow old.
Our father was a guiding light, a king without a crown.
Headstone Sayings for children
So small, so sweet, so soon.
Budded on earth to bloom in heaven.
Goodnight, my angel, time to close your eyes.
Rest easy, sweet child.
Headstone Sayings from the Bible
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. - Matthew 5:8
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. - Philippians 1:3
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. - Matthew 11:28
Well done, thou good and faithful servant. - Matthew 25:21
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. - John 11:25
Not my will, but thine, be done. - Luke 22:42
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. - I John 2:25
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. - II Timothy 4:7
other sources for headstone and tombstone quotes, sayings, and epitaphs
The headstone and tombstone quotes above are a good place to start, but an epitaph can be anything and come from anywhere. The more it speaks to your loved one, the better. Any of these epitaphs can be edited and personalized to speak to your loved one’s unique character, but I also encourage you to think about the things that your loved one enjoyed during their life. You may find a lyric or quote that serves as a fitting quote or saying on their tombstone. Other sources for headstone quotes and sayings include:
Song lyrics
Books
Poetry
Movies
Television shows
Video games
Mottos or slogans
Here are some of our favorite quotes and sayings from popular music, film, and literature that are appropriate for tombstone epitaphs.
Headstone Sayings from Popular Music
May angels lead you in - Jimmy Eat World
I will always love you - Whitney Houston
My heart will go on - Celine Dion
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you - Billy Joel
You are my everything - Gloria Gaynor
I'll be seeing you - Billie Holiday
Oh I miss you and I wish you were here - Elvis Presley
You'll be in my heart - Phil Collins
Love never dies - Andrew Lloyd Webber
When I'm gone, just carry on, don't mourn, rejoice - 2Pac
We'll be together again - Frankie Laine
Headstone Sayings from Popular Books
A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others. - L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting. - A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
Wherever you go, you will always be in my heart and I will always love you. - A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
No matter how far or how long we are apart, you will always be in my heart. - Roald Dahl, Matilda
The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. - Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not. - The Green Mile
Headstone Sayings from Popular Movies and TV
But what is grief, if not love persevering? - Marvel’s WandaVision
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. - The Shawshank Redemption
Love is never really gone. - The Fault in Our Stars
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
What we do in life echoes in eternity. - Gladiator
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