Headstone Quotes and Epitaphs

Gone, but not forgotten


In Loving Memory of


Entered into rest


Until we meet again


To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die


I shall but love thee better after death


Forever in our hearts


Always in our hearts


At rest with God . Rest in Peace


Too well loved to ever be forgotten


Asleep in Jesus


Home with God, which is far better


Ours for a little while, with Jesus forever


Everlasting life through Christ


Beloved of the Lord


The song is ended, but the melody lingers on


Rest in thine, sweet memory ours


Sweetly sleeping


Loving memories last forever


Hasten, oh blessed hour or 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


Earth has no sorrow that heaven can not heal


I think of you as watching from

a time and space beyond the sky,

a place where we might someday come


May the journey on your next adventure be as joy-filled

as your time with us. See you soon!


I can only hope we shall see each other again

In that place where there is only love and no shadows fall,

You have touched my very being…I shall remember you


Life is not measured

By the number of breaths we take,

But by the moments

That take our breath away


 

Behold my friends as you pass by

As you are now, so once was I

As I am now, soon you shall be

Give thyself to God and follow me


 

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


 

Your presence is a gift to the world,

You’re unique and one of a kind.


 

Your life can be what you want it to be

Take it one day at a time.

We miss you very much and love you dearly

We know our God is taking care of you

And you are now one of his special angels

You are forever in our hearts

We can’t wait to be with you again

Shed not for her the bitter tear

Nor give the heart to vain regret

Tis but mere ashes that lie here

The gem that filled it sparkles yet


 

Beneath this simple stone

That marks his resting place

Our precious darling sleeps alone


 

To the world you may have just been somebody,

but to all of us you were the world.

Thank you for the time you spent here!

You taught all that knew you what courage meant

And have shown us an example in death as you

did in life. God give me strength in my life without you.


 

I pray you can see me now and be proud of what

I have become because of your example, but most

of all I thank you because you loved me so much


 

Don’t mourn my loss, whatever you do

My leaving brings you closer to the loved ones

I have left behind and all the joys the future holds


 

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.

Matthew 5:8


 

He that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Matthew 10:22


 

The Lord hath given him rest from all his enemies.

11 Samuel 7:1


 

Thy remembrance shall endure into all generations.

102nd Psalm


 

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.

Philippians 1:3


 

He that believeth in the Son hath 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 please.

Matthew 3:17


 

Blessed is the man who maketh the Lord his trust.

Psalms 40:4


 

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

Matthew 11:28


 

Sleep on now, and take your rest.

Matthew 26:45


 

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Matthew 5:4


 

…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


 

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 faith unto death

The Lord watch between me and thee, while we are absent, one from the other.

Genesis 31:49


For with thee is the foundation of life: in the light shall we see light.

Ps.36:9


 

God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

1 John 4:16


 

Greater love than this no one has, that one lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13


 

This is the promise… the life everlasting.

1st  John 2:25


 

For of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14


 

…Not my will, but thine be done.

Luke 22:42