300 Farewell Quotes to Help You Say Goodbye
“Farewell Quotes”
Our farewell quotes will help you find exactly the right thing to say or add to a special leaving card to let someone you care about know you’re still thinking of them. Sometimes finding the right words and dealing with the situation might be difficult.
Saying “Goodbye” isn’t easy, whether it’s a simple farewell quotes to a friend who is travelling or to a colleague leaving for a new job to parting from your partner.
Whether it’s a simple goodbye to a friend before vacation or farewell to a coworker leaving for a new job—goodbye’s aren’t easy. If you’re not quite sure what to say, we’re here to help. Check out our collection of prominent goodbye quotes to use on any personalized gift, like a card/sympathy card, a photo print, or even a mug.
Farewell Quotes for Friends
1. “You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.” -E.B. White (Charlotte’s Web)
2. “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
3. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” -A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)
4. “Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.” -J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan)
5. “Goodbyes are not forever, are not the end; it simply means I’ll miss you until we meet again.” -Unknown
6. “So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.” -Helen Keller
7. “Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, though somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends.” -Unknown
8. “Good friends never say goodbye. They simply say “See you soon.” -Unknown
9. “Though miles may lie between us, we are never far apart, for friendship doesn’t count miles, it’s measured by the heart.” -Unknown
10. “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
11. “We laughed until we had to cry, we loved right down to our last goodbye, we were the best.” – St. Elmo’s Fire
12. “So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.” –Helen Kelle
Farewell Quotes for Coworkers
13. “Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
14. “They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.” -Confucius
15. “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.” -Mahatma Gandhi
16. “No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.” -Robert Southey
17. “Life is a journey, not a destination.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
18. “Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.” -Garrison Keillor
19. “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” -Semisonic
20. “This is the beginning of anything you want.” -Unknown
21. “Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.” -William Shakespeare
22. “Goodbye is not forever. If it’s meant to be, we’ll meet again someday.”
23. “Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.” – William Shakespeare
24. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
25. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – A.A. Milne
26. “Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.” – Richard Bach
27. “It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad, and I’d much rather say hello.” – Jimi Hendrix
28. “The two hardest things to say in life are hello for the first time and goodbye for the last.” – Moira Rogers
29. “Thank you for being such an important part of our team these past few years. We couldn’t have accomplished what we did without you!”
30. “Great leaders like yourself impact their workplace, and it’s obvious that you’ve touched a lot of people. Thank you for your dedication and hard work.”
Quotes for a Touching Farewell
31. “It’s hard to say goodbye to a colleague who has become such an essential part of our team. I hope your new coworkers know how lucky they are to have you. We will miss you!”
32. “Wishing you all the best in your new adventure. Thank you for being such an incredible colleague and friend.”
33. “I will miss your infectious energy and can-do attitude. It has been great working side-by-side with you these last few years. Thank you for everything.”
34. “I know you’re going to nail this new chapter of your life. You deserve all the best! Thank you for your hard work and always being there for the team.”
35. “You’ve been a great friend and confidante. We’ll all miss you and your incredible presence.”
36. “Though we haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, I always appreciated your commitment to teamwork. Good luck in your new job.”
37. “It’s difficult to express how much the team will miss you. Thank you for always bringing your A-game!”
38. “I’m so excited about this new opportunity. You’ve earned it! Thank you for being such an inspiration, and good luck on your next adventure.”
39. “I hope you know you’ve left an incredible impact on our team that we’ll feel long after you leave. Thank you for your hard work, thoughtfulness, and kindness.”
40. “Saying goodbye feels like losing a member of the family. It’s been an honor to work alongside you and learn from your work ethic, generosity, and passion. I know you’ll do great on your new journey.”
41. “You’re truly a special person. Your support and encouragement helped me in ways that I can’t express in words. Thank you for everything.”
42. “I wish we had more opportunities to work together. Best of luck with your new company!”
Farewell Quotes for Family
43. “It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I’d much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.” -Ernie Harwell
44. “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” -Paulo Coelho
45. “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” –Anatole France
46. “Goodbyes make you think. They make you realize what you’ve had, what you’ve lost, and what you’ve taken for granted.” -Ritu Ghatourey
47. “It’s sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life, starts with goodbye.” -Carrie Underwood
48. “I can’t remember all the times I told myself to hold on to these moments as they pass.” -Counting Crows
49. “It’s not the days in life we remember, rather the moments.” -Walt Disney
50. “Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime. We’ll take the best, forget the rest, and someday will find that these are the best of times.” -Styx
51. “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
52. “The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.” -Wendy Wunder
53. “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” -T.S. Eliot
54. “We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.” -Tim McGraw
55. “There are far better things ahead than we ever leave behind.” -C.S. Lewis
Emotional Farewell Quotes
56. “You get a strange feeling when you leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love, but you miss the person you are at this time and place because you’ll never be this way ever again.” -Azar Nafasi
57. “The two hardest things to say in life is hello for the first time and goodbye for the last.” -Moira Rogers
58. “Moving on is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.” -Dave Mustaine
59. “You never really leave the place you love. You take part of it with you and leave part of you there.” -Unknown
60. “Life is a journey, not a destination.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
61. “It’s sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life, starts with goodbye.” ―Carrie Underwood
62. “I can’t remember all the times I told myself to hold on to these moments as they pass.”―Counting Crows
63. “It’s not the days in life we remember, rather the moments.” ―Cesare Pavese
64. “Goodbye doesn’t mean the end. It only means that I will return or see you some other time. Take the sky, for example, the sun tells the sky goodbye when it gets dark only to return the next day once it is bright.” —Unknown
65. “It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I’d much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.” ―Ernie Harwell
66. “Goodbyes make you think. They make you realize what you’ve had, what you’ve lost, and what you’ve taken for granted.” ―Ritu Ghatourey
67. “You get a strange feeling when you leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love, but you miss the person you are at this time and place because you’ll never be this way ever again.” -Azar Nafasi
Farewell Quotes for Someone You Love
68. “The two hardest things to say in life is hello for the first time and goodbye for the last.” -Moira Rogers
69. “A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.” -Helen Rowland
70. “It takes a minute to say hello and forever to say goodbye.” -Unknown
71. “Saying goodbye doesn’t mean anything. It’s the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.” -Trey Parker
72. “I hate the feeling when you have to say goodbye to someone you want to spend every minute with.” -Unknown
73. “Goodbye is the hardest thing to say to someone who means the world to you, especially when goodbye isn’t what you want.” -Unknown
74. “Moving on is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.” -Dave Mustaine
75. “Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.” -George Eliot
76. “We only part to meet again.” — John Gay
77. “We may not know what each day has in store for us. We could be gone tomorrow. Any minute could be our goodbye. But we do have this moment. This time. Today. Right now. It takes way more effort to shell out hate than it does to allow love to flow freely in our lives. After all, it is what we were born to do.” — Grace Gealey
78. “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” — R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
79. “My tears are saying what my words cannot. Goodbye, my dearest loved one.
80. “ Even though you’ve gone out of my life, you will be forever in my heart.
81. Good friends never say goodbye. They simply say, “See you soon.” So, my friend… I’ll see you soon.
82. “It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad, and I’d much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.” – Ernie Harwell, sportscaster
83. “ The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again. – Charles Dickens
Farewell Message To Someone Special
84. My life will forever be better because you’ve been part of it.
85. I’ve been beyond lucky to know you.
86. You were the best thing in my life. I miss you, but if I don’t say goodbye now, I never will. Take care…
87. Although I am going away for a long time, it won’t change how much I love you. Thank you for all the memories, for all the laughs, and even all the tears. Know that I will never forget you, and I will always love you.
88. I’m still so shocked that you are going away. We had so many wonderful memories together as if it were just yesterday. I will miss you terribly and love you even more. You are forever in my heart, I love you!
89. You were truly a great friend. I appreciate all you did for me, and I will miss you. You are a joy to be around, and I hope that your life brings you much joy. Thanks for everything, farewell.
90. I can only hope that we will be friends for life. Whatever happens, know that you are in my thoughts and heart forever. I love you so much!
91. Goodbyes are definitely not easy, but these quotes will help you deal with it.
Farewell Quotes For Lovers
92. Thank you for teaching me what it feels like to fall in love. You are one of my favorite chapters and a lesson worth learning. Goodbye
93. As much as I want you, I respect you. I respect that you want to part your ways. Though it breaks my heart saying this, goodbye love. You will always remain in my heart.
94. I won’t hold any grudges against you for leaving. I’m grateful that we happened. I’ll cherish the moment spent with you. Thank you, love, for everything.
95. We are too young to be tied down, which is why I am happy to see you fly away into the skies. Don’t look at me as you leave, I don’t want you to see the tears in my eyes. Goodbye.
96. I am happy that you are going away to pursue your dreams but there is a part of me that wants you to stay back and sit right here beside me. I’ll miss ya, goodbye.
97. Don’t feel sorry for me as you leave. My life will be just the same – dreaming about the day we can be together forever. I love you, goodbye.
98. Though we parted our way, you will always remain in my thoughts and memories. I hope you have a wonderful life ahead. Goodbye.
99. I may be the one to end our bond, but you are the one who gave me reasons. Now I have no reasons to be with you or to protect our bond. Goodbye love.
100. Giving up on our love was not easy but loving you was taking away my sanity. I choose me over you and our bond. Goodbye to you.
101. “You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you.” – Kiera Cass
102. “You had me at hello, goodbye and everything in between.” – Shannon L. Alder
103. “We started with a simple hello, but ended with a complicated goodbye.” – Unknown
104. “You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you.” – Kiera Cass
105. “I thought I was stronger than a word, but I just discovered that having to say goodbye to you is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.” – Colleen Hoover
106. “The pain of a hard good-bye is the heart’s tribute to the privilege to love.” – Beth Moore
Meaningful Ways to Say Goodbye
107. My tears are saying what my words cannot. Goodbye, my dearest loved one.
108. Even though you’ve gone out of my life, you will be forever in my heart.
109. Good friends never say goodbye. They simply say, “See you soon.” So, my friend… I’ll see you soon.
110. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – A.A. Milne
111 “I won’t say goodbye, my friend, for you and I will meet again.” – Tom Petty
112 “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
113 Goodbye is necessary before we can meet again.
114 Time and distance will not come between us.
115To let go takes love. I love you, and I know you love me too. Goodbye, dear one
116You’ve touched so many lives – mostly mine.
117 Thank you for allowing me to visit. I’m so glad we were able to spend this time together, and I will always treasure it.
118I am praying for you and will be thinking of you often.
119 I want you to know that you’ve meant so much to me. Words can’t say what I truly mean; I just want to say that I love you, I will miss you, and you will always be in my heart.
120 Thank you for being in my life. I’m going to go now, but know that I’ll be thinking of you and I’m so glad we got to see each other and spend this time together. Goodbye!
121 Today you leave, but I will always love you. I’ll remember the memories we shared and think of you every day. You meant so much to me that I wish you the best in your new life. Know that my door is always open for a friendly visit.
Farewell Quotes For Lovers
122 “Don’t ever tell anyone anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.” -J.D. Salinger
123 “It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest thing in the world.” -John Green (Paper Towns)
124 “I’ll see you in another life. When we are both cats.” -Tom Cruise (Vanilla Sky)
125 “I make it easier for people to leave by making them hate me a little.” -Cecelia Ahern
126 “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go” -Oscar Wilde (The Duchess of Padua)
127 “Not all goodbyes are sad, for example “Goodbye Class!”
128 “It will not be the same without you. It will actually be better!”
129 “Farewell. Someone is really going to miss you. But, it is not going to be me!”
130 “On the outside, know that we may be smiling and wish you farewell. But on the inside, we are desperately praying that you will quit your new job and come back to work with us again.
131 “When I die, I want to die like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep not screaming like all the passengers in her car.”
132 “I still see your face when I am dreaming. That’s why I always wake up screaming.’
133 “A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.” – Helen Rowland
134 Don’t cry, ’cause neither are we! Nah, just kidding you will be missed, but we wish you all the best.
135 I’m sure your new job will pay you well, but there’s no guarantee you’ll have similarly fantastic coworkers as we did. Do you intend to leave?
136 Goodbye. You won’t be missed at all. I’m joking. With you gone, the office will be vacant.
Funny Farewell Quotes For Bosses
137 Things will be really different without your deadlines, meetings, emails, and presentations… Things will finally be easier! Just kidding, we’ll miss you but wish you all the best.
138 We all thought this day would never come. But what a relief, you’re finally leaving! Just joking, you’ve been the best boss our team could wish for and we will miss you a lot!
139 You were the best boss we’ve ever had, except for the time you made us do team-building exercises.
140 Goodbye and good luck finding better employees than us.
141 Thanks for making us all feel like we were part of a sitcom instead of a workplace.
142 Thanks for the memories, the laughs, and for not firing us when we probably deserved it.
143 We’ll miss you, but at least now we’ll be able to use the boss’s office for naps without getting caught.
144 As you choose the next stage of your career, know that our prayers are with you. We wish you luck and will always cherish the memories of days past. Farewell.
145 The only thing that has surprised us more than your resignation is our realization that we will be okay without you. Farewell.
146 You’ve been a boss and a mentor to me. As your former employee, I am grateful for both. Farewell.
147 I am not sure how I can begin to thank you for the hard work and dedication you put into molding me into the professional I have become today. If it weren’t for your constant guidance, there was no telling what kind of a mess I would have been right now. Farewell.
148 As you take a well deserved break, we look forward to being your travel buddy. Farewell.
149 Although your door is shut now, your shade still looks down on us.
150 You have been a great boss for all these years, so it’s time to do something very un-boss like. Here is my gift to you – one last little joke that has no meaning at all except to amuse you. Farewell.
151 I have learned my lessons well from you and thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn from a person who is both Machiavellian and humane – something really hard to come across in real life. Farewell.
152 At work, you were my boss, but in real life I am your friend. From now on we can be just friends and no longer colleagues. Farewell.
153 I have always admired your initiative in taking charge of your own projects and responsibilities. But as you move outside the cold walls of the office, I hope I can reciprocate the favor someday by taking charge of our friendship.
154 Isn’t it funny how life works? You took a meeting (which ended up being more like a lunch) and as you left, I was still at my desk chatting with someone about something that seemed really important – until my boss came by and told me it was time for me to go home.
155 Like the tree, you have given us shade and shelter during the hot summer days. Now that you are leaving us, I hope we can continue to give you shade and shelter in your new endeavors. Farewell.
156 Like water on the beach, you have washed away the grime of office politics. Now that you have stepped out of office politics, we can only wish that your success is as vast as the shoreline and as clean as the sparkling ocean water. Farewell.
Touching Farewell Quotes For Friends
157. “To part is the lot of all mankind. The world is a scene of constant leave-taking, and the hands that grasp in cordial greeting today, are doomed ere long to unite for the last time when the quivering lips pronounce the word, farewell.” – R.M. Ballantyne
158. “The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.” – Nicholas Sparks
159. .Say goodbye to all your troubles and worries today so you can say welcome to joy and life tomorrow.” – Myke Blaze
160. “The easiest way to find out how you feel about someone. Say goodbye.” – Phil Knight
161. “Goodbye doesn’t mean the end. It only means that I will return or see you some other time. Take the sky, for example, the sun tells the sky goodbye when it gets dark only to return the next day once it is bright.” – Frank Alile
162. “I didn’t think saying good-bye would be so hard. And with everything that’s to come — We’ll face it together. To whatever end.” – Sarah J. Maas
163. “Goodbye is the saddest word I ever heard, goodbye is the last time I will hold you near.” – Celine Dion
164. “Good friends never say goodbye. They simply say ‘See you soon.’” – Anonymous
165. “Perhaps the only thing sadder than saying goodbye to a friend is knowing that they will never be the same as who you remember them to be.” – Jomny Sun
166. “Though miles may lie between us, we are never far apart. For friendship doesn’t count miles, it’s measured by the heart.” – Anonymous
167. “You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.” – Frederick Buechner
168. “And I know, despite what may have happened at the end, he loved you. And you still love him. Love him enough to say goodbye.” – Allyson Kenned
169. “When I am brave enough to say goodbye I’ll use the wings you gave me and away I’ll fly.” – Celia McMahon
170. “My heart is your home, wherever in the world you are – you will always have a place to stay.” – K.A. Hill
171. “We started here together and now we’re leaving the same way. The funny thing is you never appreciate what you had yesterday until it is gone today.” – Anonymous
172. “It hurts me to say goodbye to you, my love, I will take solace in the fact that tomorrow is another day and until then I will hold on to thoughts of you to keep my heart warm.” – Stella Nwagbogwu
173. “No matter where the wind of this goodbye takes you, I always pray and wish the best for you.” – Anonymous
174. “The return makes one love the farewell.” – Alfred de Musset
175. “Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
176. “History never really says goodbye. History says, ‘See you later. ” – Eduardo Galeano
177. “So long, see you around, but never a final goodbye.” – Fred Flagler
178. “Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would I’d never leave.” – A.A. Milne
179. “I guess that’s part of growing up, too — saying good-bye to the things you used to love.” – Jenny Han
180. “I thought I was stronger than a word, but I just discovered that having to say goodbye to you is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.”– Colleen Hoover
181. “I wonder how People say goodbye to someone forever? Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.” – Ovid
182. “Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.” – Jonathan Harnisch
183. “I don’t know how you say goodbye to whom and what you love. I don’t know a painless way to do it, don’t know the words to capture a heart so full and a longing so intense.” – Laura Wiess
184. “There was something unfinished about not saying farewell, like a door left open in the chill night.” – Julie C. Dao
185. Goodbyes signify new beginnings. As we part ways, their presence remains in our hearts and stories, fueling hope for future reunions. Find heartwarming positive quotes as you say goodbye to your friends in the section below.
Positive Farewell Quotes
186. “I don’t have to be so afraid of goodbye, because goodbye doesn’t have to be forever.” – Jenny Han
187. “I hate goodbyes, so let’s not say it! I hope you always remember that you have a supportive friend here, it doesn’t matter wherever you go! See you later, dear!” – Anonymous
188. “Best of luck for your new journey. No matter where you go, you shall always be an important part of my life. Farewell, friend. Hope you do wonders in your new life.” – Anonymous
189.”Goodbye. Just tonight. Not ever.” – Rainbow Rowell
190. “The world is round and the place which may seem like the end, may also be the beginning.” – Ivy Baker Priest
191. “Sometimes you’ve got to walk away from something to walk into better things.” – Temi O’Sola
192. “You might be headed someplace far, but you’ll always be in my heart. Farewell for now, but I know we’ll see each other again and it will be like no time passed at all” – Anonymous
193. “Hello is a beginning, and so is goodbye. Goodbye is like a caterpillar that becomes a butterfly.” – Refiloe Moahloli
194. “Sometimes goodbye is a second chance. Clears your head. Anyway… missing someone makes you remember why you loved that person in the first place.” – Jamie McGuire
195. “Love them like you’ve come to the hospital to see them and this is the last time before they say goodbye.” – Nitya Prakash
196. “We may run, walk, stumble. drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.” – Gloria Gaither
197. “Every goodbye makes the next hello closer.” – Anonymous
198. “What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? it’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s goodbye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” – Jack Kerouac
199. “We have already said more goodbyes than are necessary. Those were goodbyes that brought about the end of partings. We taught each other that no parting is possible.” – Donna Goddard
200. “Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, though somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends” – Anonymous
201. “A difficult goodbye means an even more beautiful reunion.” – Anonymous
202. “Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
203. “Two of the greatest predictors of success are the ability to say hello and the ability to say goodbye” – Robert J. Braathe
204. “Thank God I found the “good” in goodbye.” – Beyonce Knowles
205. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
206. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
207. “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” – Vincent van Gogh
208. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
209. “What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
210. “Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” – Lazarus Long
211. “Every meeting led to a parting, and so it would, as long as life was mortal. In every meeting there was some of the sorrow of parting, but in everything parting there was some of the joy of meeting as well.” – Cassandra Clare
212. “With every farewell comes a hidden hope.” – Paulo Coelho
213. “If you never stop when you wave goodbye you just might find, if you give it time, you will wave hello again.” – John Mayer
214. Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. Every sunrise begins with new eyes.” – Richie Norton
215. “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” – L.M. Montgomery
216. “The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye. The story of love is hello and goodbye…until we meet again.” – Jimi Hendrix
217. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins
218. “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” – Babe Ruth
219. “I hope you realize that every day is a fresh start for you. That every sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting to be written.” – Juansen Dizon
220. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
221. “Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.” – Douglas Pagels
222. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
223. “Goodbye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.” – Walt Disney
224. “A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change..” – Sarah Ban Breathnach
225. “For every goodbye, God also provides a hello.” – Donna Gable Hatch
226. “Live your life as if you are ready to say goodbye to it at any moment as if the time left for you were some pleasant surprise.”– Marcus Aurelius
227. “Saying goodbye feels hard, for sure, but I am confident that it is a door through which we walk to bring us to another good chapter in our story together.” – Claudia Quigg
228. “Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” – Ralph Blum
229. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is even if we are apart, I’ll always be with you.” – A. A. Milne
230. “Sometimes you have to say goodbye to the things you know and hello to the things you don’t.” – Steve McQueen
231. “May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always with you, may the sunshine warm you always till we meet again.”– J.R.R Tolkien
232. Saying farewell to dear friends evokes a mixture of joy and sadness. Some leave a deep mark in our lives while it is necessary to say goodbye to some of them for our own good. To feel the depth of these sentiments, read the bittersweet quotes below to say goodbye to your beloved friend as you part.
Creative Colleagues Farewell Quotes
233. “Though our branches grow in different directions, our roots remain as one.”
234. “We laughed until we had to cry, we loved right down to our last goodbye, we were the best.” – St. Elmo’s Fire.
235. “From bunking lectures to wanting to attend them one more time. Happy days came to an end.” – Anonymous
236. And in between freshers and farewell, life happened.” – Anonymous
237. “Walked in with a heavy bag, walking out with a heavy heart.” – Anonymous
238. “3 years, 30 mass bunks, 300 hangouts, 3000 photos, and countless memories.” – Anonymous
239. “It doesn’t matter if today we are going on a different journey, but I promise you that I will meet you again no matter how far you are.” – Anonymous
240. “I’ll never see them again. I know that. And they know that. And knowing this, we say farewell.” – Haruki Murakami
241. “By and by we shall say goodbye.” – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
242. “Goodbye…? Oh no, please. Can’t we go back to page one and do it all over again?” – A. A. Milne
243. “Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day.” – Etty Hillesum
244. “So for now I say goodbye to this chapter of my life and I look forward to what comes next.” – Brooke Davis
245. “We started with a simple ‘hello’ and created some beautiful memories. Now we have to say goodbye. Therefore, life is unpredictable.” – Anonymous
246. “Farewell has a sweet sound of reluctance. Good-by is short and final, a word with teeth sharp to bite through the string that ties past to the future.” – John Steinbeck
247. Can miles truly separate you from friends? If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?” – Richard Bach
248. “Behind you, all your memories. Before you, all your dreams. Around you, all who love you. Within you, all you need.” – Lilli Vaihere
249. “It always is harder to be left behind than to be the one to go…” – Brock Thoene
250. “A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.” – Richard Bach
251. “By and by we shall say goodbye.” – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
252. “So, old friends, now it’s time to start growing up, taking charge, seeing things as they are, facing facts, not escaping them, still with dreams, just reshaping them, growing up.” – Stephen Sondheim
253. “This is the beginning of anything you want.” – Unknown
255. “With every goodbye comes a new beginning and we can look forward to the possibilities that lie ahead. When we part ways, we can take comfort in knowing that life was good.” – Rolf van der Wind
254. As you and your friends depart to expand your horizons, motivational words will give them the strength and courage to embark on their new adventures till you meet again. Check out the next section for some quotes to inspire them on their new journey.
255. “You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.” – E.B. White
256. “We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.” – Pascal Mercie
257. “So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.” – Helen Keller
258. “I will always cherish all those moments we spent together, all those laughter we shared, all those stories we told. Farewell, my friend!” – Anonymous
259. “I have to say goodbye to you now but always keep in mind that we will meet again soon. You will always be in my heart!” – Anonymous
260. “You have not just been a friend to me, you have been a family, a home, a shoulder to cry on. I’ll miss you! Goodbye and good luck!” – Anonymous
261. “Adios, friend! We may not meet every day, but you will always be in my thoughts!” – Anonymous
262. “Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, though somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends.” – Anonymous
263. “Good friends never say goodbye. They simply say “See you soon.” – Anonymous
264. “Though miles may lie between us, we are never far apart, for friendship doesn’t count miles, it’s measured by the heart.” – Anonymous
265. “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
266. “To part is the lot of all mankind. The world is a scene of constant leave-taking, and the hands that grasp in cordial greeting today, are doomed ere long to unite for the last time, when the quivering lips pronounce the word – Farewell.” – R.M. Ballantyne
Simple Farewell Quotes
267. “The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye. The story of love is hello, goodbye.” — Jimi Hendrix
268. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is even if we are apart, I’ll always be with you.” — A. A. Milne
269. “The two hardest things to say in life are hello for the first time and goodbye for the last.” — Moira Rogers
270. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss
271. “You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you.” — Kiera Cass
272. “So long, partner.” – Toy Story 3
273. “You know goodbyes aren’t forever.” – All Dogs Go to Heaven
274. “It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest thing in the world.” – John Green
275. “Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.” – William Shakespeare
276. “So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, goodbye!” — Oscar Hammerstein II
277. “It won’t be the same without you here. Work may actually get done!” — Unknown
278. “It will not be the same without you. It will actually be better!” — Unknown
279. “Goodbye. You’re dead to me now.” — Unknown
Inspirational Goodbye Quotes
280. “Well, I’m not usually one for speeches. So, goodbye.” — Ron Swanson
281. “Don’t shed any tears over me, Toots!” — Howard the Duck
282. “I don’t have time for long goodbyes, but here’s something to remember me by, baby.” – Oliver & Company
283. “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go” – Oscar Wilde
284. “Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.” —The Wizard of Oz
285. “You know that place between sleep and awake? That place where you still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.” – Peter Pan
286. “Goodbye may seem forever, farewell is like the end, but in my heart is a memory and there you’ll always be.” – The Fox and the Hound
287. “We laughed until we had to cry, we loved right down to our last goodbye, we were the best.” – St. Elmo’s Fire
288. “Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.” – George Elio
289. “The pain of a hard good-bye is the heart’s tribute to the privilege to love.” – Beth Moore
290. “We have already said more goodbyes than are necessary. Those were goodbyes that brought about the end of partings. We taught each other that no parting is possible.” — Donna Goddard
291. “I don’t like a long goodbye, for fear my heart may break and weep.” — Sivi le poète
292. “For each moment I am apart from you, I will feel your presence in my heart. Let me whisper to you one more time, “I Love you”. My love for you is timeless and infinite, a journey without end.” — Rolf van der Wind
293. “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” — Semisonic
294. “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” — Paulo Coelho
295. “See You Later, Alligator.” — Bill Haley and the Comets
296. “No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.” — Robert Southey
297. “Thank you for everything that you’ve accomplished so far, and good luck to everything you will in the future.” — Unknown
298. “Please don’t go away. Please? No one’s ever stuck with me for so long before.” – Finding Nemo
299. “Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.” – Garrison Keillor
300. “Goodbyes are not forever, goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I’ll miss you until we meet again.” — Unknown
A goodbye is just as important as a greeting. A healthy goodbye helps us focus on what matters, keep the doors open, and allow us to move forward without unnecessary baggage.
Although goodbyes can be difficult sometimes, due to the psychological effects it has, the ability to tolerate endings is important.
