60 Heartfelt Goodbye Quotes: Famous, Happy, and Bittersweet Farewells

Saying goodbye is rarely easy. Whether it’s a temporary farewell or a final parting, finding the right words can be challenging.

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.“

Throughout history, writers, poets, and artists have grappled with the complexity of farewells, leaving us with a treasure trove of poignant expressions.

From heart-wrenching literary goodbyes to bittersweet song lyrics, there’s a wealth of material to draw upon when you need to express your feelings about parting.

Whether you’re looking for the perfect words for a farewell card, a touching message for a retiring colleague, or a comforting quote for a friend moving away, you’ll find inspiration in these carefully curated goodbye quotes.

20 Famous Goodbye Quotes

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

2# “Goodbye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.” – Walt Disney

3# “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss

4# “The two hardest things to say in life are hello for the first time and goodbye for the last.” – Moira Rogers

5# “Goodbyes are not forever, are not the end; it simply means I’ll miss you until we meet again.” – Unknown

6# “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

7# “They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.” – Confucius

8# “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Semisonic

9# “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” – Charles Dickens

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# “Goodbye always makes my throat hurt.” – Charlie Brown

12# “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

13# “It’s not the days in life we remember, rather the moments.” – Walt Disney

14# “Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes. I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.” – Billy Joel

15# “So long, and thanks for all the fish!” – Douglas Adams

16# “Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.” – J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan)

17# “Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.” – William Shakespeare

18# “Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.” – Richard Bach

19# “The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.” – Ivy Baker Priest

20# “We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when, but I know we’ll meet again some sunny day.” – Vera Lynn

20 Happy Goodbye Quotes

1# “Goodbye doesn’t have to be forever.” – Unknown

2# “The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.” – Wendy Wunder

3# “Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

4# “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

5# “Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.” – Garrison Keillor

6# “May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back.” – Irish Blessing

7# “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

8# “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

9# “The best is yet to come.” – Frank Sinatra

10# “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi

11# “Farewell has a sweet sound of reluctance. Good-bye is short and final, a word with teeth sharp to bite through the string that ties past to the future.” – John Steinbeck

12# “Man’s feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.” – Jean Paul Richter

13# “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

14# “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts

15# “May you always have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you, and all your heart might desire.” – Irish Blessing

16# “To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.” – Sir Walter Scott

17# “The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi

18# “Goodbye is the beginning of forever.” – Unknown

19# “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

20# “May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” – Trenton Lee Stewart

20 Sad Goodbye Quotes

1# “Saying goodbye is the hardest solution of all. Sometimes it’s the only solution.” – Unknown

2# “The hardest part of loving someone is saying goodbye.” – Unknown

3# “It’s the emptiest and yet the fullest of all human messages: ‘Good-bye.'” – Kurt Vonnegut

4# “The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.” – Nicholas Sparks

5# “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.” – Rumi

6# “It’s hard to say goodbye to the places you love. It can be just as hard to leave the places you hate.” – Judy Blume

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

8# “You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you.” – Kiera Cass

9# “It hurts to say goodbye to someone you love but it’s the best for both of us to move on.” – Unknown

10# “Saying goodbye doesn’t mean anything. It’s the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.” – Trey Parker

11# “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

12# “It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I’d much rather say hello.” – Ernie Harwell

13# “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

14# “We laughed until we had to cry, we loved right down to our last goodbye, we were the best.” – St. Elmo’s Fire

15# “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho

16# “Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I’ll miss you until we meet again.” – Unknown

17# “It’s not the goodbye that hurts, but the flashbacks that follow.” – Unknown

18# “The song is ended, but the melody lingers on…” – Irving Berlin

19# “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

20# “The pain of goodbye is the price we pay for love.” – Unknown