Goodbye Quotes

Farewell to Loved Ones: 25+ Touching Goodbye Quotes

Last updated on January 31st, 2024

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Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when parting ways with loved ones. Whether it’s a temporary separation or something more permanent, these moments can leave us feeling sad, nostalgic, or apprehensive about the future. 

However, they also allow us to express our affection and appreciation for the people in our lives before a change in circumstances separates us, even if just for a while. The following collection of touching goodbye quotes is a way to give farewell to loved ones and aims to capture some of the complex emotions involved in taking leave of friends and family.

Sadness and Nostalgia

  1. “Saying goodbye is always hard because goodbye means going away and forgetting.” – J.M. Barrie
  2. “Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good night till it be morrow.” – William Shakespeare
  3. “The thing about goodbye is that you never really say it. You just wave or smile as you go around different corners, and then you make new paths, and they make new paths too.” – Jonathan Safran Foer
  4. “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.” – Rumi

Appreciation and Gratitude

  1. “Thank you for your smiles, your time, your care. These memories, I’ll keep them anywhere.” – A.A. Milne
  2. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – Winnie the Pooh
  3. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
  4. “However long the night, the dawn will break.” – African Proverb
  5. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity… It makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
  6. “Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” – Zig Ziglar
  7. “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
  8. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” – Cicero
  9. “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward
  10. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.” – Melody Beattie

Hope for the Future

  1. “Have no fear of moving into the light. Whenever you feel afraid, just remember that I am with you, and then you will not feel so afraid.” – Winnie the Pooh
  2. “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln
  3. “Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
  4. “Nothing gold can stay.” – Robert Frost

Promises to Meet Again

  1. “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss
  2. “See you later.” – Albus Dumbledore
  3. “This is not an end. It is the beginning of our history. Every end is a new beginning.” – Chuck Palahniuk
  4.  “I’ll miss you like the deserts miss the rain.” – The Lumineers

Words of Comfort

   25.  “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” – Thomas Haynes Bayly

   26. “When I look back, I am filled with gratitude for loved ones who have touched my life. Perhaps that is why tears come so easily at partings, because the heart knows it will never experience that exact same thing again.” – Author Unknown

   27. “Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Winnie the Pooh

28. “Don’t be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.” – Richard Bach

Farewell with Love

29. “Until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.” – Irish blessing

30. “Farewell is like the end of one thing and the start of another.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

31. “Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.” – Flavia Weedn

32. “So long for now, not goodbye, because I’ll see you again someday.” – Author Unknown

Saying goodbye is always tough, especially to those we care about. These quotes on farewells to loved ones capture the mix of emotions involved – sadness at parting yet gratitude for the memories.  

These quotes help us remember to appreciate the people close to us and all the good times we shared. Even though saying bye is tough, the messages in them offer some comfort. They help us hold on to the past in a nice way and have something to look forward to down the road. 

Most of all, they make the time we’ll be apart a bit more bearable to get through until we see each other again.  Until next we meet, the quotes to give farewell to loved ones provide solace and perspective to get us through.   

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Madhu is an Entrepreneur, a Mentor, a Writer and an Aspiring Car Race Driver. He is Deeply passionate about leveraging Technology and Human Centred Design to make complex care and End of Life Planning easier. With the ultimate aim of Improving the quality of Life in the Twilight years. Madhu is highly educated and Alumni of IIM-Bangalore, Sikkim Manipal University and Bangalore University besides a Rich Industry Experience in the field of Product Management, Design, Supply chain, Finance, Commercial Management and Funeral Services.

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Madhu

An Entrepreneur, a Mentor, a Writer and an Aspiring Car Race Driver. He is Deeply passionate about leveraging Technology and Human Centred Design to make complex care and End of Life Planning easier. With the ultimate aim of Improving the quality of Life in the Twilight years. Madhu is highly educated and Alumni of IIM-Bangalore, Sikkim Manipal University and Bangalore University besides a Rich Industry Experience in the field of Product Management, Design, Supply chain, Finance, Commercial Management and Funeral Services.

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