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Thank You Quotes & Sayings for
Condolences & Sympathy Messages

"Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load."
Charles Henry Parkhurst (1842-1933), American priest & social reformer
In sad and difficult times, the comforting words and actions of friends and acquaintances can make all the difference. These gentle and sincere quotes will help you – when you are ready – to express your gratitude for the compassion, support, sympathy and condolences that you have received.
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Thank You Quotes for Sympathy and Condolences


How bless'd the heart that has a friend / A sympathizing ear to lend.
Thomas Hood (1799-1845), English poet & humorist


Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.
A.A. Milne (1882-1956), English author of the Winnie-the-Pooh books


Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian author & poet


If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), American poet. From: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson


I have a kind soul that would give you thanks / And knows not how to do it but with tears.
William Shakespeare (~1564-1616), English playwright & poet. From: King John, Act V, Scene 7


The dew of compassion is a tear.
Lord Byron (1788-1824), English poet


Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.
Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965), American Supreme Court Justice


For grief is crowned with consolation.
William Shakespeare (~1564-1616), English playwright & poet. From: Anthony & Cleopatra, Act I, Scene 2


He who steps on stones is glad to feel the smallest spray of moss beneath his feet.
Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935), American poet & novelist


One person caring about another represents life's greatest value.
Jim Rohn (1930-2009), American motivational speaker & author


He watch'd and wept,
he pray'd and felt for all.

Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774), Anglo-Irish writer & poet. From: Goldsmith's the Deserted Village


Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904), Scottish author & reformer. From: Character


Compassion, the fairest associate of the heart.
Thomas Paine (1737-1809), English-American author & radical, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States


I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks...
William Shakespeare (~1564-1616), English playwright & poet. From: Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene 3


Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
John Milton (1608-1674), English poet & writer


There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.
Frank Tyger (1929-2011), American cartoonist & writer


Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998), American motivational author, speaker & academic


Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Irish author, politician & philosopher


Thanks, sir; all the rest is mute.
William Shakespeare (~1564-1616), English playwright & poet. From: All's Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 3