| Words of Comfort inscribed on a memorial serve as a everlasting tribute to a departed loved one and as an enduring solace to the living. Listed below are a number of suggestions for your personalized, everlasting testament of love and rememberance and an ideal way to perserve the memory of one held dear. |
From the Bible
From the Classics
For a Child
For a Mother, Wife, Daughter, Sister
For a Father, Husband, Son, Brother
General Words of Comfort
| Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. | 23rd Psalm |
| Believe on Him to life everlasting. | 1 Timothy 1:16 |
| He shall receive in the world to come eternal life. | Mark 10:30 |
| The righteous shall go into life eternal. | Matthew 25:46 |
| Whosoever believeth in HIm should not perish, but have eternal life. | John 3:15 |
| Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. | Mathew 5:8 |
| He that endureth to the end shall be saved. | Matthew 10:22 |
| The Lord hath given him rest from all his enemies. | II Samuel 7:1 |
| Thy rememberance shall endure unto all generations. | 102nd Psalm |
| I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. | Philippians 1:3 |
| He that believeth in the Son that everlasting life. | John 3:16 |
| I rejoice in thy salvation. | 1 Samuel 2:1 |
| The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. | 23rd Psalm |
| This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. | Mathew 3:17 |
| Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust. | Psalms 40:4 |
| Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden. | Mathew 11:28 |
| Sleep on now, and take your rest. | Mathew 26:45 |
| Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. | Mathew 5:4 |
| ....Well done, thou good and faithful servant. | Mathew 25:21 |
| ....I am the resurrection and the life: he that believe in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. | John 11:25 |
| Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. | John 14:1 |
| ....All things work together for good to them that love God. | Romans 8:28 |
| ....Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. | Revelation 2:10 |
| ....Not my will, but thine be done. | Luke 22:42 |
| The Lord watch between me and thee, while we are absent, one from the other. | Genesis 31:49 |
| For thee is the fountain of life: in the light shall we see light. | Ps. xxxvi:9 |
| God is love: and He that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. | 1 John iv:16 |
| Greater love than this no one has, that one lay down his life for his friends. | John xv:13 |
| This is the promise....the life everlasting. | 1st Epistle of John ii:25 |
| For of such is the kingdom of Heaven. | Mathew xix:14 |
| I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. | II Tim. lv:7 |
| The soul that suffers is stronger than the soul that rejoices | E. Shepard |
| Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into Heaven. | H.W. Beecher |
| Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts, not amid joy. | Hemans |
| What seem to us but dim funereal tapers may be Heaven's distant lamps. | Longfellow |
| Death is the golden key that opens the palace of Eternity. | Milton |
| There is a sweet job that comes to us through sorrow | Spurgeon |
| Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. | Moore |
| Heaven, the treasury of everlasting joy. | Shakespeare |
| Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure. | Sir Oliver Lodge |
| Every man's life is a plan of God. | Horace Bushnell |
| The acts of this life are the destiny of the next. | Eastern proverb |
| Sorrows are like tall angels with star crowns in their hair. | Margerv Elderdge Howell |
| The heart of him who truly loves is a paradise on earth. | Lamennais |
| Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. | Milton |
| To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another. | Leibnitz |
| Humble love, and not proud silence, keeps the door of Heaven. | Young |
| The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy. | Beaumont and Fletcher |
| Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule. | Cowper |
| Nature's loving proxy, the watchful mother. | Bulwer |
| Dust thou art, to dust returnest, was not spoken of the soul. | Longfellow |
| 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 |
| Till the Master of all good workmen shall set us to work anew. | Rudyard Kipling |
| The end and the reward of toil is rest. | James Beattie |
| In his will is our peace. | Dante |
| Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past. | Lowell |
| Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory....... | Shelley |
| Each lonely scene shall thee restore. | William Collins |
| Things past belong to memory alone, things future are the property of hope. | |
| Yet in this heart's most sacred place,. though, thou, alone, shall dwell forever. | Moore |
| ....There hath pass'd away a glory from the earth. | Wordsworth |
| Joy, joy forever! - My task is done - the gates are pass'd, and heaven is won. | Moore |
| The cross leads generations on. | Shelley |
| ....The heart of man is restless until it finds its rest in Thee. | St. Augustine |
| God is and all is well. | Whittier |
| Death's but a path to be trod if man would ever pass to God. | T.Parnell |
| Onward to thy glory! 'Tis always morning somewhere in the world. | R.H. Horne |
| Life's a voyage that's homeward bound. | H. Melville |
| He hath awakened from the dream of life | Shelley |
| Beyond is the infinite morning of a day without a tomorrow. | W.S.Abbott |
| Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break.... | Shakespeare |
| Where He leads me I can safely go. | Millay |
| God gives us love. Something to love He lends us. | Tennyson |
| Whither thou goest, I will go. | Ruth i:16 |
| But in the night of death hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. | Ingersoll |
| Thou never was night that has no morn. | D. M.N. Craik |
| Faith builds a bridge across the gulf of death. | Young |
| Until the day break, and the shadows flee away. | Cant. ii:17 |
| 'Tis not the whole of life to live, nor all of death to die. | J. Montgomery |
| Where there is sorrow there is holy ground. | Wilde |
| Now twilight lets her curtain down and pins it with a star. | L.M. Child |
| Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. | Moore |
| Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest. | Goethe |
| His daily prayer, far better understood in acts than words, was simply doing good. | Whittier |
| Hush, my dear, be still and slumber; Jolly angels guard your bed | Watts |
| The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtue. | Cicero |
| Children bring their own love with then when they come. | Jean Ingelow |
| What would the world be to us if the children were no more? | Longfellow |
| Oh, for boyhood's time of June; Crowding years into one brief moon. | Whittier |
| Sleep undisturbed within the peaceful shrine, till angels wake thee with a note like thine. | Samuel Johnson |
| No jewel is as perfect as the innocence of childhood. | Anon. |
| Sleep, my little one, sleep. | Harrington |
| Children are a heritage of the Lord. | Psalms 127:3 |
| The child is the father of the man. | Wordsworth |
| Little Boy Blue has gone away. | Field |
| God's garden has need of little flowers. | |
| Remembering a tiny angel. | |
| So small, so sweet, so soon. | |
| Lord, we give you our littlest angel. | |
| Budded (or blossomed) on earth to bloom in Heaven. | |
| For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. | |
| He was a man's courage. | |
| Our littest angel who went back to Heaven. | |
| Called by one who loves him dearly. | |
| Let thy child rest in hope and rise in glory. | |
| Awaiting the touch of a little hand, and the smile of a little face. | E. Field |
| Children are the keys of paradise. | R. H. Stoddard |
| An angel visited the green earth, and took a flower away. | (Adapted) - Longfellow |
| God's greatest gift returned to God - my mother. | She walked in beauty. |
| O, Lord I put her in thy hands. | Her friends were her world. |
| She had a kindly word for each and she died beloved by all. | She loved people and laughter. |
| She lives with us in memory and will for evermore. | She would rather give than receive. |
| May God grant you eternal rest, dear Mother. | She concealed her tears but shared her smiles |
| God took her home, it was his will, but in our hearts she liveth still. | God bless thee wheresoe'er thou art in his great universe today. |
| She is resting peacefully with Jesus in that beautiful home above. | Her memory is enshrned in our hearts. |
| Her friendship was an inspiration, her love a blessing. | Resting with those she loved. |
| She served and kept the faith. | God called her from among us to a home of eternal rest. |
| Always loving: always loved. | To know her was to love her. |
| She gave so much and demanded so little. | Her children arise up and call her blessed. |
| A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive. | Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love. |
| When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. | She passed through glory's morning gate and walked in paradise. |
| No man is indispensable but some are irreplaceable. | His friendship was an inspiration, his love a blessing. |
| He was beloved in life | He loved his fellowman. |
| A loving father, tender and kind, what a beautiful memory you left behind. | Resting with those he loved. |
| His greatest joy was in making others happy. | His joy was in serving others. |
| God took him home, it was his will, but in our hearts he liveth still. | At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember him. | O, Lord I put him in thy hands. | His mission of earth fulfilled. |
| He loved people and laughter. | His friends were his world. |
| He lives with us in memory and will for evermore. | To those who knew and loved him his memory will never grow old. |
| He had a kindly word for each and died beloved by all. | My pal on earth, God's angel in heaven. |
| Fond memories linger every day, remembrance keeps him near. | The world's loss was heaven's gain when God took you home. |
| A man greatly beloved. | To know him was to love him. |
| We loved him a lot but God loved him more. | |
| On him and on his high endeavor the light of praise shall shine forever. | |
| 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!" | |
| To live with him and sing in endless morn of light! |
| Gone, but not forgotton. | In loving memory. |
| To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die. | Entered into rest. |
| I shall but love thee better after death. | Forever in our hearts. |
| Always in our hearts. | At rest with God. |
| Too well loved to ever be forgotten. | Asleep in Jesus. |
| Beloved of the Lord. | The song is ended, but the melody lingers on. |
| Rest is thine, sweet memory ours. | Sweetly sleeping. |
| Loving memories last forever. | Hasten, oh blessed hour of reunion! |
| Not lost to memory! Not lost to love! | But gone to our Father's house, above. |
| Step softly, a dream lies buried here. | Your love will light my way your memory will ever be with me. |
| What we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever. | Death is only a shadow across the path to Heaven. |
| At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them. | He longest lives who most to others gives, himself forgetting. |
| May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. | He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee. |
| God could not have made earthly ties so strong to break them in eternity. | Today, Tomorrow, Forever Together. |
| Until we meet again. | Rest in Peace. |
