35 Quotes About Your Dad Passing Away

Suffering the loss of a parent is a difficult time to experience. These quotes about your dad passing away can be considered one of the most painful experiences of a lifetime for you.

“A father’s guiding hand always sits on the shoulder of his children.”

“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.”

“A man who is not a father to his children can never be a real man,”

“A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.”

“After all, to the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”

“But I think, maybe, there is some validity in accepting that a part of you went with the person who died, and a part of them stayed with you.”

“God sometimes takes us into troubled waters not to drown us but to cleanse us.”

“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it’s overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.”

“He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.”

“He tends his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart. He gently leads those that have young.”

“He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much.”

“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”

“I try not to miss you, but in the end, I still do.”

“It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.”

“Let the memories of your father provide you with comfort and serve as guidance.”

“Life has to end, she said. Love doesn’t.”

“Life is a brief intermission between birth and death. Enjoy it.”

“Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.”

“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.”

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.”

“Never. We never truly lose our loved ones. They accompany us; they don’t disappear from our lives. We are merely in different rooms.”

“No love is greater than that of a father for His son.”

“One step at a time, one foot in front of the other. I’m gonna get through this, one way or another.”

“People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.”

“The death of a mother is the first sorrow wept without her.”

“The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.”

“The sun can break through the darkest cloud; love can brighten the gloomiest day.”

“The very worst part of grief is that you can’t control it. The best we can do is try to let ourselves feel it when it comes. And let it go when we can.”

“The weight of loss may never go away but we learn how to carry it.”

“There is no footprint too small to leave an imprint on this world.”

“When someone we love dies, the hardest part is not letting go of whom we have lost, it’s finding the strength and courage to move forward without them.”

“You have my whole heart. You always did. You’re the best guy. You always were.”

“You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.”

“You’re the one who doesn’t understand, I’ve been standing on the edge with you for years.”

Experiencing grief and sadness can take years to recover from.