Sympathy Quotes for Loss of a Mother

Losing a mother is one of the hardest things a person will go through. These quotes are written to comfort, not to fix — meant for a sympathy card, a eulogy, or a quiet message to a friend.

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“A mother's love liveth on, its light is never dimmed.”

— Helen Rice

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”

— Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.”

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“She will always be the whisper in your heart that says, keep going.”

— Unknown

“In the blink of an eye, everything can change. So forgive often, and love with all your heart.”

— Unknown

“Grief is just love with no place to go.”

— Jamie Anderson

“A mother's love is never gone, even when she is.”

— Unknown

“Those we love never truly leave us. They live on in the mark they left when they were here.”

— J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter

“What is remembered lives.”

— Unknown

“The song is ended but the melody lingers on.”

— Irving Berlin

“Her memory is a blessing you'll carry for the rest of your life.”

— Unknown

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”

— Henry David Thoreau