95+ Losing Friends Quotes

Profound losing friends quotes will comfort you and help you find peace.

Best Quotes About Losing Friends

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod. Aristophanes

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings. Jean De La Bruyère

Life has taught me that you can’t control someone’s loyalty. No matter how good you are to them, doesn’t mean they’ll treat you the same.

We all lose friends. We lose them in death, to distance, and over time. But even though they may be lost, hope is not. Amy Marie Walz

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, do not accept, as you may lose a friend. Saint Augustine

Friendship causes heartbreak too.

To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses. Publilius Syrus

Life is a bus ride, with only so many seats. It took me a long time to comprehend that sometimes people had to leave my life, to make room for the better ones, but once I understood that it became easier to let go, and I was surprised at just how quickly new, interesting people somehow found their way onto my bus. Dodie Clark

The problem with having friends was that you might lose them. Gwenda Bond

Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained. Jonathan Harnisch

losing a friend quotes

Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. Richard Bach

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one. Seneca

But fate ordains that dearest friends must part. Edward Young

We can’t feel the lose of a friend until they are apart from us. Debolina

There’s a thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die their silence. Ben Becht

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. Charles Caleb Colton

A friend who dies, it’s something of you who dies. Gustave Flaubert

Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be cracks. Waqar Ahmed

Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken, it can rarely be put back together in exactly the same way. Charles Kingsley

Losing my friend is making me lose my sanity.

best losing friends quotes

Man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence. Joseph Roux

Death ends a life, not a relationship. Jack Lemmon

A lot of things come with fame, whether it’s losing friends or losing family. Young Jeezy

Life without a friend is like death without a witness. John Ray

Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding. Sri Chinmoy

This passion, and the death of a dear friend, would go near to make a man look sad. William Shakespeare

True regret is knowing you missed your only opportunity to be simply a good friend to someone that was exactly like you. Shannon L. Alder

Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity. Terri Guillemets

Even the best of friends cannot attend each other’s funeral. Kehlog Albran

losing friends quotes

The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired. Robert Southey

If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever. A.A. Milne

When our friends are alive, we see the good qualities they lack; dead, we remember only those they possessed. J. Petit-Senn

We all have experienced a lot of ups and downs, saddest quotes will uplift you, empower you and get you ready for the next chapter in your life.

Sad Losing Friends Quotes

Nothing endears so much to a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. David Hume

You cannot stop loving your friend because he’s dead, especially if he was better than anyone alive, you know? Jerome Salinger

When a close friend unexpectedly leaves us, a piece of our heart is forever broken. Chris Lumpkin

There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part. So just give me a happy middle and a very happy start. Shel Silverstein

When people die,’ she said softly, ‘It doesn’t necessarily mean you’re ready to give them up C.A. Belmond

You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can’t forget. Those are your friends. Mark Twain

I don’t think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that remains. Anne Frank

You don’t lose friends, because real friends can never be lost. Mandy Hale

While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil. John Taylor

You don’t know who is important to you until you actually lose them. Mahatma Gandhi

sad losing friends quotes

True friends are the ones who never leave your heart, even if they leave your life for a while. Even after years apart, you pick up with them right where you left off, and even if they die they’re never dead in your heart.

Losing money is a big loss, losing friends is greater than the loss. Eleanor Roosevelt

Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone. Jiddu Krishnamurti

The bond between friends cannot be broken by chance; no interval of time or space can destroy it. Not even death itself can part true friends. John Cassian

When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.

Not even death itself can part true friends. St. John Cassian

Love is stronger than death even though it can’t stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can’t separate people from love. It can’t take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.

Words seem so feeble in moments like these. Life is so precious, and death such a thief. The depth of your pain I cannot comprehend, but I’ll stand alongside you in the darkness, my friend. Love is a bond that death cannot part. Gone from your arms, but still held in your heart. John Mark Green

In losing a friend, she is reminded of all she has lost and all she stands to lose again. Alice Hoffman

Be grateful every second of every day that you get to spend with the people you love. Life is so very precious. Mandy Hale

I love you every day. And now I will miss you every day. Mitch Albom

loss friendship quotes

On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend’s life also, in our own, to the world.Henry David Thoreau

I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. Leo Buscaglia

My scars are a testament to the love and the relationship that I had for and with that person. And if the scar is deep, so was the love.

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. Antoine de Saint Exupéry

You’ll never be forgotten that simply cannot be. As long as I am living, I’ll carry you with me. Safely tucked within my heart your light will always shine; a glowing ember never stilled, throughout the end of time. No matter what the future brings, or what may lie ahead, I know that you will walk with me along the path I tread. So rest my angel, be at peace and let your soul fly free. One day I’ll join your glorious flight for all eternity.

There’s a thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die; their silence. Ben Becht

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance. Henry David Thoreau

If you should die before me, ask if you can bring a friend. Stone Temple Pilots

And when you feel frustrated, quotes about losing a loved one will help you cope.

Deep Losing Friends Quotes

Friends fill time in our lives that will be vacant when they die. Helen Fitzgerald

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Painful though parting be, I bow to you as I see you off to distant clouds. Emperor Saga

Losing people you love affects you. Carrie Jones

And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends. Richard Bach

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. Richard Puz

Can miles truly separate you from friends If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there? Richard Bach

In every friend, we lose a part of ourselves and the best part. Alexander Pope

Some people aren’t loyal to you. They are loyal to their needs. Once their needs change, so does their loyalty. Alvis Corea

Due to success I started losing friends. Ace Hood

deep losing friends quotes

The death of a friend is equivalent to the loss of a limb. German Proverb

It can be good to lose fake friends if they misuse your friendship. Here are some of the quotes that will help you realize the importance of real friends.

A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure. Edward G. Bulwer Lytton

Lovers have a right to betray you friends don’t. Judy Holliday

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade. Christian Nestell Bovee

An insincere friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. Buddha

A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. Benjamin Franklin

Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. 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

Sometimes your closest friend is your greatest enemy. Jason Fong

Excuse me, then! you know my heart; But dearest friends, alas! must part. John Gay

famous losing friends quotes

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces. Richard Burton

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body but an evil friend will wound your mind. Buddha

The sad events that occur in my life are the sad events that happen to everybody, with losing friends and family, but that is a natural occurrence, as natural as being born. Sergio Aragones

It’s hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it. Nicole Richie

There’s something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it’s not something that you get over. I don’t believe there’s a healing process. Chris Cornell

The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical It is the betrayal of a friend. Heather Brewer

If friends disappoint you over and over, that’s in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren’t going to change simply because you want them to. Oprah Winfrey

Some people aren’t loyal to you Once their needs change, so does their loyalty. Alvis Corea

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. Confucius

It’s hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It’s hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you’ve had him for long enough. Joe Abercrombie

He had once thought it was strange to have a friend you’d never met. Now it was even stranger, losing a friend you’d never really had. Tad Williams

One of the difficult things about growing older is that you start losing so many friends. On the other hand, the older you get, the less time you have to wait until you see them again. Ron Brackin

sad quotes about losing friends

Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour. Khalil Gibran

When your friends are gone and you only can look at pictures, then remember, that times and people change but that memories stay forever.