quotes for memorials

Most memorials or monuments include your lost loved one’s name, relationship, birth and death date. However, also including a personal headstone quote or special saying can make your loved one’s final resting place much more comforting and unique. 
Headstone quotes—or epitaphs—are sandblasted or laser etched on memorials like cemetery markers/headstones to portray the significance and memory of a lost loved one.

Memorial Quotes from the Bible

• Providing Comfort and Peace

Come to me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Matthew 11:28
He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.  Psalm 147:3
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.  Matthew 5:4
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.  John 14:27
Whosoever believers in Him should not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:15
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.  Philippians 1:3
Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me.  Psalm 23:4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there by ay more pain; for the former things are passed away.  Revelation 21:4
The Lord bless you and keep you. Numbers 6:24
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death. Song of Solomon 8:6
Let all that you do be done in love. 1 Corinthians 16:14
Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:8

• Providing Hope and Faith

Be faithful unto death and I will give you the crown of life.  Ephesians 2:10
​Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.  Matthew 5:8
Not my will, but thy will be done.  Luke 22:42
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid.  Isaiah 12:2
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.  Psalm 23:1
Well done good and faithful servant.  Matthew 25:21
You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32
Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. Revelation 2:10
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. John 11:25
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. I John 2:25
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. Colossians 3:14

• Providing Strength and Courage 

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.  
2 Timothy 4:7
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.  Corinthians 16:13
Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.  Joshua 1:9
Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.  Nehemiah 8:10
God is love, and those who live in love live in God and God lives in them. 1 John 4.16
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Matthew 11:28

Common Memorial Quotes
Forever in our hearts
Greatly loved, deeply missed
Those who touch our lives, stay in our hearts forever
When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.
Not a day goes by when you are not loved and missed.
No farewell words were spoken, there was no time to say goodbye. You were gone before we knew it and only God knows why. 
Always in Our Hearts 
Never Forgotten
Beloved by all who knew him/her
Always loved
Till We Meet Again
Your memory lives on 
Rest in peace
You will forever be my always 
Loving you forever 
In Loving Memory
The Lord is my refuge 
Goodbye is not forever. Goodbye is not the end. It simply means I’ll miss you until we meet again.
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. 
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.

Memorials Quotes for a Mother or Wife 
Forever my wife, my love, my life. 
A mothers love lasts forever.
Her life was full of love, her heart filled with joy.
A wife’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.
Devoted mother 

Memorials Quotes for a Father or Husband
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.
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 building light, a king without a crown.
Devoted father 

Memorials Quotes for Children
So small, so sweet, so soon
Budded on earth to bloom in heaven.
Goodnight, my angel, tie to close your eyes.
Rest easy sweet child. 
Our Little Angel

Quotes for Companion Memorials
Death cannot part them
Reunited at last 
Always in our hearts
Everlasting love
Your love will light the way, and your memory will be forever with us.
Forever in our hearts
Together forever
Together forever with God
Together forever with our Savior
We know that for those who love God, all things work together for good.
Together forever in God’s loving care
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. - Henry Ward Beecher
“Real love stories never have endings.” - Richard Bach
“True love lasts forever.” - Joseph B. Wirthlin

Classic Memorial Quotes 
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 the golden key that opens the palace of eternity. - John Milton 
Beyond is the infinite morning of a day without tomorrow. - W.S. Abbot
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. - Henry Ward Beecher