Sayings | Quotes

We are Humans and we offer sympathy. We always do, sometimes we express it, sometimes, we don’t but offer we do. We are always moved by someone else’ plight, and we offer sympathy to each other the plight is upon us together. But more often than, we are at a loss when we want to express our sympathy, and we end up saying something stupid like, “I understand”. Truth is you don’t. So we say, I am sorry.

What we have here is a collection of sympathy sayings and quotes that will come in handy, memorize them if you must. And you may also use them in Sympathy Cards, or ecards that you send.

“And you should always know, wherever you may go,
No matter where you are, I will never be far away.”
~ Billy Joel

“There is some danger lest there be no real religion in the heart which craves too much daily sympathy.”
~ Margaret Fuller

“To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die.” ~Thomas Campbell

“In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.” ~Robert Ingersoll

“For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.”
~William Penn

“A human life is a story told by God.”
~Hans Christian Andersen

“Whom the heart of man shuts out, Sometimes the heart of God takes in, And fences them all round about , With silence ‘mid the world’s loud din.”
~ James Russell Lowell

“He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“We pine for kindred natures to mingle with our own.”
~ Mrs. Felicia D. Hemans,

“Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow. ” Robert Louis Stevenson

This are about sympathy..

“Sympathetic people are often uncommunicative about themselves; they give back reflected images which hide their own depths.”
~ George Eliot

“The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Truth is the root, but human sympathy is the flower of practical life.”
~ Edwin Hubbell Chapin

“Women have the genius of charity. A man gives but his gold; a woman adds to it her sympathy.”
~ Ernest Wilfrid LeGouve

“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God”

“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. ”

“Absent in body, but present in spirit.”

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear.”

“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake.”

“Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and never succeed. ”

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

“Bear one another’s burdens. ”

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ … ”

“For the fashion of this world passeth away, ”

“It is more blessed to give than to receive. ”

‘If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.”

“Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them.”

“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not valid.”

“A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.”

“A crane standing amidst a flock of chickens.”

“Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.”

“A flea on the top of a bald head.”

“Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold.”

” Rise and fall of a nation rests with every one of its citizens”

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”

” Learn without thinking begets ignorance. Think without learning is dangerous.”

I like this one by Mao Zedong, ” Women can hold up half the sky”

” An inch of time is an inch of gold. But an inch of gold can’t buy an inch of time.”

“A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles. ”

“A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy. ”

“A good dog does not block the road. “

“A man is great by deeds, not by birth. ”

“Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.”

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth. ”

“A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.”

“Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. ”

“He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.”

“The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction. ”

“We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment. “

“No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee’s frothy goodness. ”

“Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ”

“I orchestrate my mornings to the tune of coffee. ”

“Decaffeinated coffee is kind of like kissing your sister. ”

“In America you can buy bucket-sized cups of coffee in any flavour you like other than coffee-flavour. ”

“I don’t have a problem with caffeine. I have a problem without caffeine!”

“Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions. ”

“Coffee sometimes, but normally tea with two sugars and milk out of that big plastic bottle we don’t know the price of. ”

“Coffee on an airplane always smells bad. Whenever it is served, suddenly the whole cabin stinks of it. “

“There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.”

“Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving. ”

“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.”

“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”

“Life’s blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.”

“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.”

“The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.”

“To respond is positive, to react is negative. “

“To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.”

“Christmas ain’t over ’til the fat angel sings”

“The Tassel is Worth the Hassle”

“Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ”

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”

“It’s not enough to succeed. Others must fail. ”

“Life is Too Important to Take Seriously”

“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”

“Sarcasm helps keep you from telling people what you really think of them.”

“So, rather than appear foolish afterward, I renounce seeming clever now.”

This is a page that list some famous Cicero Quotes, ie Quotes, Saying, Proverbs and wisdom quotation by Marcus Tullius Cicero.

A saying on advice by Cicero, “Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.”

A Friendship Quote by cicero, “A friend is, as it were, a second self.”

On Books, “A home without books is a body without soul. ”

A Life Quote by Cicero, “A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.”

A Freedom Quote by Cicero, “Freedom is a possession of inestimable value. ”

This is a saying on habits, “Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain. ”

I find this Cicero Quote very Motivating, “If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.”

“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally. ” So just because you hurt someone unintentionally, don’t think that it is OK…to hurt.

“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. ” Was it Churchill who also said this?

“I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. ”

“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. ”

A Women Quote by Oscar Wilde, “A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”

This is a good one by Oscar Wilde on marriage, ” Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed. ”

An Oscar Wilde Quote on Pessimism, “Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. ”

“The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it’s dead for you. ” Of course, you must never understand a work of art to appreciate it.

“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people”

“A wicked book cannot repent. ”

“Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ”

“A bird in your hand is worth more than 100 in the forest. ”

“Don’t listen to what they say. Go see.”

“It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to keep harms away from an arrow shot from behind. ”

“Learn to be content with what you have, and you will be a happy soul ”

“The good and kind ones are always being bullied ”

“If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ”

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. “