25 Best Quotes to Say Goodbye

Saying Goodbye Quotes

"May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back.  May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields.  And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand." – Irish Blessing

"Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
Some trails are happy ones,
Others are blue.
It's the way you ride the trail that counts,
Here's a happy one for you."
– Dale Evans

"The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected." – Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

"Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together?  I guess that wouldn't work.  Someone would leave.  Someone always leaves.  Then we would have to say good-bye.  I hate good-byes.  I know what I need.  I need more hellos." –Charles M. Schulz

"Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again." – William Shakespeare

"May the sun shine, all day long,
everything go right, and nothing wrong.
May those you love bring love back to you,
and may all the wishes you wish come true!"
– Irish Blessing

"Don't be dismayed at goodbyes, a farewell is necessary before you can meet again and meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."
– Richard Bach

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." – Dr. Seuss

"You and I will meet again,
When we're least expecting it,
One day in some far off place,
I will recognize your face,
I won't say goodbye my friend,
For you and I will meet again."
– Tom Petty

"You are the weakest link – goodbye!" – Anne Robinson.

"Be well, do good work, and keep in touch" – Garrison Keillor.

"If I leave here tomorrow, will you still remember me?" – Lynyrd Skynyd.

"Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it" – Trey Parker.

"This is not the end. This is not even the beginning of the end. It is, instead, the end of the beginning" – Winston Churchill.

"Never say good-bye because good-bye means going away, and going away means forgetting." – Peter Pan

"There are no good-byes, where ever you'll be, you'll be in my heart." – Ghandi

"I miss you a little, I guess you could say.... a little too much, a little too often, a little more every day." – John Michael Montgomery

"You've had my heart since hello. Nothing will ever change that. Not distance, not time, not space. Nothing will ever take my heart away from you." – Jerry Maguire

"Gaze up at the stars knowing that I see the same sky and wish the same sweet dreams." – Elizabeth Barret Browning

"Think of me fondly when we've said good bye. Remember me, once in a while. Please promise me you'll try. When you find that once again you long to take your heart back and be free, if you ever find a moment spare a thought for me." – Andrew Webber

"Nobody said it was easy; it's such a shame for us to part. Nobody said it was easy... no one ever said it would be this hard." – Coldplay

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely." – Charlie Brown

"Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes." – Henry David Thoreau

"But fate ordains that dearest friends must part." – Edward Young

"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same." – Flavia Weedn 

Not much is more difficult than saying goodbye to friends and family when they move away.  These quotes that say goodbye can be great to write in a card, put in a matted picture frame or do something else creative with before the moving company shows up to move their stuff away.

 Several years ago, when I moved away from Tulsa, Oklahoma to return to grad school, some friends made a great gift for me…a small photo album where they each wrote a sweet goodbye quote, then added things like advice, recipes, "life" tips, pictures etc. I loved it! And 10 years later it still means a lot to me. 

Have other goodbye quotes you would like to add to the list?  We love suggestions!