Solace Definition

The meaning and definition of solace is to find comfort and to alleviate grief, pain, and anger. Solace means finding pleasure and enjoyment in the midst of devastation. Console means to sooth or remove sorrow and distress. Below are definitions and key characteristics of solace and some inspirational quotes. These quotes are to encourage you to look more positively towards your future and to help motivate you to continue to strive for greatness and to rise above the challenges and disappointments life may throw at you. Write them down and pin them on your wall for inspiration!

Solace Noun

A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea. Nouns are usually the first words which small children learn.

Noun 1

--- the feeling of comfort in times of sorrow, misfortune, distress, or disappointment

"You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?" - Robert Louis Stevenson

"You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?"Robert Louis Stevenson

"You must have long term goals to keep you focused and not distracted or frustrated by short term disappointments." -- Source Unknown

"You must have long term goals to keep you focused and not distracted or frustrated by short term disappointments."Source Unknown

--- the feeling of ease or freedom from worry

"Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world." - George Bernard Shaw

"Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world."George Bernard Shaw

--- a consoling side of a difficult situation

"Every step is a step towards achieving something better than you current situation." - Source Unknown

"Every step is a step towards achieving something better than you current situation."Source Unknown

"If you never hurt you will never grow." - Source Unknown

"If you never hurt you will never grow."Source Unknown

Noun 2

--- the feeling of comfort in times of misery

"Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but how we react to what happens; not by what life brings us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. Itis a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results." - Source Unknown

"Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but how we react to what happens; not by what life brings us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. Itis a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results."Source Unknown

---state of being relaxed and free from pain

"Work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching." - Source Unknown

"Work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching."Source Unknown

Solace Noun 3

--- the act of consoling in time of difficulty, grief or pain

--- to cheer in grief and solitude

"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security." - Gail Sheehy

"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security."Gail Sheehy

Solace Verb

A verb is perhaps the most important part of the sentence. A verb asserts something about the subject of the sentence that expresses actions, events, or a state of being. A verb is essentially a "doing" word.

  • to comfort, console and support
  • to give moral or emotional strength to
  • make calm or lessen the intensity of fears
  • to give hope to in time of grief or pain
  • to ease grieving, alleviation of grief or anxiety
  • to comfort, console and support
  • to give moral or emotional strength to
  • make calm or lessen the intensity of fears
  • to give hope to in time of grief or pain
  • to ease grieving, alleviation of grief or anxiety

    • "To live happily is an inward power of the soul." - Aristotle

    "To live happily is an inward power of the soul."Aristotle

    "It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years - we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on." - Sharon Salzberg

    "It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years - we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on."Sharon Salzberg

    "Take care of yourself. Good health is everyone's major source of wealth. Without it, happiness is almost impossible" - Source Unknown

    "Take care of yourself. Good health is everyone's major source of wealth. Without it, happiness is almost impossible"Source Unknown

    "The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go" - Martha Washington

    "The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go"Martha Washington