Headstone Quotes About Home

"Gone home" is one of the oldest and most comforting epitaphs. Home can mean heaven, a reunion with family, or simply the place where love lives.

Short epitaphs

• Gone home.
• Home at last.
• Welcome home.
• Safe home.
• Finally home.
• Home is where you are.
• Together at home again.

Scripture

• In my Father's house are many mansions. (John 14:2)
• I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. (Psalm 23:6)
• We have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (2 Corinthians 5:1)

Public-domain lines

• Home is the sailor, home from sea. (Robert Louis Stevenson, "Requiem")
• 'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, / Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. (John Howard Payne)

Designs to pair

• The family home — see etching the family home.
• An open gate or door.
• A key — see key meaning.
• A path leading to light.

A note on sources

These quotations are scripture or works in the public domain, alongside original lines you're free to use.

Home in other languages

• Hogar, dulce hogar — Home, sweet home (Spanish).
• Chez nous — Our home (French).
• Daheim — At home (German).

See multilingual inscriptions.

Home for immigrants

For immigrant families, home can mean two places. Lines like "Two homes, one heart" or "From Punjab to Peel, always home" honour both.

Key Takeaways

• "Gone home" is a classic, comforting epitaph.
• Psalm 23:6 and John 14:2 suit home themes.
• "There's no place like home" is public domain.
• Homes, gates and keys pair well.

Next Step

See headstone quotes about heaven.