Remembrance is the state of bearing in mind. Inspirational remembrance quotes will get you through anything when the going gets tough and help you succeed in every aspect of life.
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Powerful Collection of Most Famous Remembrance Quotes
Wherever you are, I am there also. Beethoven
Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind–But how could I forget thee? William Wordsworth
It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory. Paulo Coelho
Riveted, screwed to my memory. Shakespeare
And when we have remembered everything, we grow afraid of what we may forget. A face, a voice, a smile? A birthday? An anniversary? No need to fear forgetting, because the heart remembers always. Sascha Wagner
You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. Jane Austen
I wept as I remembered how often you and I had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky. Callimachus
Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead! Laurels and roses on their graves to-day, Lilies and laurels over them we lay, and violets o’er each unforgotten head. Richard Hovey
Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken? Terry Pratchett
Some people regret that they have poor memories. Alas! it is much more difficult to forget. Mme. Deluzy
It’s never too late to be what we have forgotten to be. Mynzah
The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them. Czeslaw Milosz
The past: our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition. Israel Zangwill
This memorial had not the effect of procuring them redress, and they were left to undergo their punishment in exile, and to mingle with the population among whom they were distributed, with the hope that in time their language, predictions, and even the recollection of their origin, would be lost amidst the mass of English people with whom they were incorporated. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Amazing Remembrance Quotes
The story of America’s quest for freedom is inscribed on her history in the blood of her patriots. Randy Vader
We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them. Francis A. Walker
But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye. Thomas Dunn English
The most persistent sound which reverberates through men’s history is the beating of war drums. Arthur Koestler
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! Maya Angelou
When we think of the past it’s the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that. Margaret Atwood
Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He did not lose his place in the minds of men because he was out of their sight. John Henry Newman
Sisters share the scent and smells… the feel of a common childhood. Pam Brown
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. Irish Headstone
When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? George Canning
To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward. Margaret Fairless Barber
A movie about the past is not the same as the past. Margaret Atwood
I try to remember if the past was exactly like this. I’m not sure, now. I know it contained these things, but somehow the mix is different. Margaret Atwood
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. Benjamin Disraeli
All we have of freedom, all we use or know – This our fathers bought for us long and long ago. Rudyard Kipling
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembers–his hopes. Franz Grillparzer
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou
We are all stories in the end, remembered by the adventures we had, the achievements we made and the people we loved. So make sure your story is a good one. Nishan Panwar
Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still. More Fruits of Solitude By William Penn
The good old times — all times when old are good. Lord Byron
I learned from the shadow of a tree, that to and fro did sway against a wall: our shadow-selves, our influence, may fall where we ourselves can never be. Anna E. Hamilton
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. Thomas Campbell
Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end. Immanuel Kant
Everyone can remember that which has interested himself. Plautus
Remembrance is the only paradise out of which we cannot be driven away. Richter
Though we be separated by the whole wide world, you are ever present in my mind. Ovid
We invented something call ‘memory’, just like a computer. Paulo Coelho
Top Remembrance Quotes
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 cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying overhead, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. Chinese Proverb
Oh, give me something to remember you by. Howard Dietz
Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life. Jean Paul
Make Use of this moment right now to create something precious, sometimes there is no next time. Sometimes, there are no second chances. Sometimes, it’s now or never because forever is composed of a bunch of future, you want to live, Lay a stone of remembrance right now. Kemmy Nola
There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,’ my mother explained shortly before she left me. ‘If you can remember me, I will be with you always. Isabelle Allende
What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. Albert Camus
She was disturbed by no fear for her felicity, not humbled by any remembrance of her misconduct. Jane Austen
You can’t be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he’ll take hold of and spend the rest of his life remembering you by. Frederick Buechner
Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear. William Shakespeare
A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d Alexander Pope
It takes a moment to make memories and a lifetime to forget them. Andy Mineo
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. Cynthia Ozick
I cannot but remember such things were that were most precious to me. Shakespeare
