Motivational Quotes

Death

The fact that when we die we are nothing more than worm meat---I just don't think about it.

- Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess

Best Quotes about Death

Death is not the worst; rather, in vain To wish for death, and not to compass it.

Sophocles

All that tread, the globe are but a handful to the tribes, that slumber in its bosom.

Bryant, William C.

To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.

Fromm, Erich

When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.

Aaron McGruder

I never think he is quite ready for another world who is altogether weary of this.

Hamilton, Hugh

For the sword outwears its sheath, and the soul wears out the breast. And the heart must pause to breathe, and love itself have rest.

Byron, Lord

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

Donne, John

The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead.

W. Somerset Maugham

It is hard to have patience with people who say There is no death or Death doesn't matter. There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as well say that birth doesn't matter.

Lewis, C. S.

10.

Death is the dropping of the flower that the fruit may swell.

Beecher, Henry Ward

11.

Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.

Aeschylus

12.

We do not die because we have to die; we die because one day, and not so long ago, our consciousness was forced to deem it necessary.

Antonin Artaud

13.

See in what peace a Christian can die.

Addison, Joseph

14.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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There's a thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die; their silence.

Becht, Ben

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It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.

KuBler-Ross, Elisabeth

17.

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

Butler, Samuel

18.

Death is the final wake-up call.

Horton, Doug

19.

There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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For certain is death for the born And certain is birth for the dead; Therefore over the inevitable Thou shouldst not grieve.

Bhagavad Gita

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Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable.

Bhagavad Gita

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I'd rather get my brains blown out in the wild than wait in terror at the slaughterhouse.

Craig Volk

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Unquiet souls. In the dark fermentation of earth, in the never idle workshop of nature, in the eternal movement, yea shall find yourselves again.

Arnold, Matthew

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On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily as lying down.

Allen, Woody

25.

Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.

Gray, Thomas

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Death is the cure for all diseases.

Browne, Sir Thomas

27.

Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.

Cervantes, Miguel De

28.

For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.

Johnny Carson

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Only the young die good.

Herford, Oliver

30.

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.

Butler, Samuel

31.

I have seen a thousand graves opened, and always perceived that whatever was gone, the teeth and hair remained of those who had died with them. Is not this odd? They go the very first things in youth and yet last the longest in the dust.

Byron, Lord

32.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Fielding, Henry

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Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.

Gurdjieff, George

34.

What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill? You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that. Oil and water were the same as wind and air to you.

Chandler, Raymond

35.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Johnson, Samuel

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Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.

Heidegger, Martin

37.

Being prepared for loss is never the same as being ready for it.

Randy K. Milholland

38.

I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return.

Frida Kahlo

39.

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

King Jr. Martin Luther

40.

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. [Matthew 10:28]

Bible

41.

When you lose someone you love, you die too, and you wait around for your body to catch up.

John Scalzi

42.

I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember.

Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

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O how small a portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after the whole world while we are living.

Philip II

44.

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: so man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. [Job 14:11-12]

Bible

45.

The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.

Dyer, Wayne

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At death we cross from one territory to another, but we'll have no trouble with visas. Our representative is already there, preparing for our arrival. As citizens of heaven, our entrance is incontestable.

Lutzer, Erwin W.

47.

He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.

Dryden, John

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You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.

Havner, Vance

49.

The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.

Foster, John W.

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How long after you are gone will ripples remain as evidence that you were cast into the pool of life?