60+ Loss Of Dog Quotes That Help Overcome Sadness

““Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.” —Agnes Sligh Turnbull”

““Dogs die. But dogs live too. Right up until they die, they live. They live brave, beautiful lives. They protect their families. And love us. And make our lives a little brighter. And they don’t waste time being afraid of tomorrow.” —Dan Gemeinhart”

““Everyone thinks that their dog is the best dog in the world. And none of them are wrong.” —W.R. Pursche”

““There is nothing truer in this world than the love of a good dog.” —Mira Grant”

““No one can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned a dog.” —Gene Hill”

““A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” —Josh Billings”

““Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” —Roger Caras”

““The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.” —M.K. Clinton”

““When you adopt a dog, you have a lot of very good days and one very bad day.” —W. Bruce Cameron”

““If you have a dog, you will most likely outlive it; to get a dog is to open yourself to profound joy and, prospectively, to equally profound sadness.” —Marjorie Garber”

““Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished.” —Dean Koontz”

““If the kindest souls were rewarded with the longest lives, dogs would outlive us all.” —Unknown”

““The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be.” —Konrad Lorenz”

““Grief is the price we pay for love.” —Queen Elizabeth II”

““What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” —Helen Keller”

““Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” —Anatole France”

““Dogs leave pawprints on our hearts.” —Unknown”

““No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.” —Louis Sabin”

““Our beloved pets teach us more than we could ever have expected, and they love us more than we could have hoped.” —Unknown”

““Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them and filling an emptiness we didn’t ever know we had.” —Thom Jones”

““The ultimate joy – Pets are not just animals, they are gifts to us that bring love and joy to our lives.” —Bob Barker”

““A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.” —Robert Wagner”

““The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.” —Samuel Butler”

““My little dog – a heartbeat at my feet.” —Edith Wharton”

““I believe that dogs are sent to us to open our hearts.” —Tamar Geller”

““If there is a heaven, it’s certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it would take more than an archangel to detangle them.” —Pam Brown”

““You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.” —Robert Louis Stevenson”

““The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.” —Mark Twain”

““Dogs, Milan Kundera says, are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring—it was peace.” —Anne Raver”

““Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.” —Edna Clyne-Rekhy”

““All dogs go to heaven because, unlike people, dogs are naturally good and loyal and kind.” —Unknown”

““God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he’ll be there.” —Billy Graham”

““We are our pet’s heaven, and just because their physical body is no longer alive, it doesn’t mean their soul loves us any less. We are loved from beyond and always will be.” —Lyn Ragan”

““It came to me that every time I lose a dog, they take a piece of my heart with them, and every new dog that comes into my life gifts me with a piece of their heart. If I live long enough, all of the components of my heart will be dog, and I will become as generous and as loving as they are.” —Anonymous”

““Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. We try to replace them but never quite succeed. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.” —Erica Jong”

““The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief. But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love.” —Hilary Stanton Zunin”

““How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” —A.A. Milne”

““No longer by my side, but forever in my heart.” —Unknown”

““A dog may be only part of your life, but to them, you are their whole life.” —Unknown”

““The pain of parting is nothing compared to the joy of meeting again.” —Charles Dickens”

““One last word of farewell, dear master and mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also happiness in your hearts at the remembrance of my long happy life with you: ‘Here lies one who loves us and whom we loved.’ No matter how deep my sleep, I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail.” —Eugene O’Neill”

““The sweetness of his disposition and endearing qualities are sufficiently attested by the fact that, to the last, when sometimes his sickness entailed additional and disagreeable duties in regard to him, not a servant would hear to his days being shortened, and when he died there were those of the household who felt that though but a dog he had qualities which would have adorned a Christian.” —Charles W. Shimmain”

““Our German forefathers had a very kind religion. They believed that, after death, they would meet again all the good dogs that had been their companions in life. I wish I could believe that too.” —Otto von Bismarck”

““If my dog is barred by the heavenly guard, we’ll both of us brave the heat!” —W. Dayton Wedgefarth”

““Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.” —Mark Twain”

““The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of his master.” —Ben Hur Lampman”

““It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” —John Steinbeck”

““Dogs leave us much too soon, and no matter how many years we have with them, it’s never quite long enough. Their unconditional love and spirit is unmatched.” —Unknown”

““In his grief over the loss of a dog, a little boy stands for the first time on tiptoe, peering into the rueful morrow of manhood. After this most inconsolable of sorrows, there is nothing life can do to him that he will not be able somehow to bear.” —James Thurber”

““Greyfriars Bobby. Died 14th Jan 1872. Aged 16 years. Let his loyalty & devotion be a lesson to us all.” —Unknown”

““I explained it to St. Peter, I’d rather stay here outside the pearly gate. I won’t be a nuisance, I won’t even bark, I’ll be very patient and wait, I’ll be here, chewing on a celestial bone, no matter how long you may be. I’d miss you so much, if I went in alone, it wouldn’t be heaven for me.” —Unknown”

““The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.” —Johnny Depp”

““Dogs’ love is fierce and strong, and that kind of love leaves a mark.” —Unknown”

““You were my favorite hello and my hardest goodbye.” —Unknown”

““What is it about dogs that makes humans fall in love with them? Dogs make us feel loved, needed, and important, and that’s a feeling worth holding on to.” —Unknown”

““No cold philosophy, no cynic sneer, checks the unhidden and honest tear. What little difference, and how short the span, betwixt thy instinct and the mind of man.” —Unknown”

““Animals have these advantages over man: They have no theologians to instruct them, their funeral costs them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.” —Voltaire”

““It is a terrible thing for an old woman to outlive her dogs.” —Tennessee Williams”

““I didn’t know if there was a special dog that she was looking for… she just slowly walked through the little burial plot, reading the names and pausing now and then to stop by a gravestone. She looked sad and thoughtful, and finally left, without saying a word.” —Unknown”

““If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.” —James Thurber”

““A well-trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch. He will just make you feel so guilty that you cannot enjoy it.” —Helen Thomson”

““Dogs are miracles with paws.” —Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy”

““The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” —Andy Rooney”

““Your heart may be broken, but it remembers the joys and the good times, too. Hold onto those because they were real.” —Unknown”

““Honor your grief and the pain you feel when you lose a beloved pet. It is the first step toward healing.” —Karen A. Anderson”

““To have a dog is to welcome both profound joy and deep sadness into your life.” —Unknown”

““Soon or late, every dog’s master’s memory becomes a graveyard; peopled by wistful little furry ghosts that creep back unbidden, at times, to a semblance of their olden lives.” —Albert Payson Terhune”

““God turns clouds inside out to make fluffy beds for the dogs in Dog Heaven, and when they are tired from running and barking and eating ham-sandwich biscuits, the dogs find a cloud bed for sleeping. God watches over each one of them. And there are no bad dreams.” —Cynthia Rylant”

““Happiness is a warm puppy.” —Charles M. Schulz”

““Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.” —Orhan Pamuk”

““The journey of life is sweeter when traveled with a dog.” —Bridget Willard”

““Dogs weave their lives into the very fabric of our being, threading moments of joy and companionship into our days. When they leave, they take a piece of us with them, but they also leave behind an indelible mark on our hearts.” —Unknown”

““Echoes of their pawprints linger in our homes and our hearts, a sweet reminder of the unconditional love and joy they shared with us.” —Unknown”

““Our dogs may leave our sides, but they never leave our hearts. Their spirit lives on in the memories and love that will forever bind us.” —Unknown”

““Life with a dog is a tapestry of happy memories and unspoken understanding. When they pass, that tapestry remains, a beautiful tribute to the bond we shared.” —Unknown”

““To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” —Thomas Campbell”

““A dog’s love is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.” —Michel Houellebecq”

““Dogs are not just pets; they are family members who touch our hearts in ways we never imagined possible.” —Unknown”

““The pain of losing a dog is worth the privilege of loving one.” —Unknown”

““In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. And we will remember the love of our dogs, who never had to speak to be understood.” —Unknown”

““A dog leaves paw prints on your heart, and you are never the same.” —Unknown”

““Missing you doesn’t get easier; I just get better at dealing with it.” —Unknown”

““You may have left my side, but you will never leave my heart. Until we meet again at the Rainbow Bridge.” —Unknown”